How it works
Our guidance shows its working. Here is all of it.
You should never have to trust a black box with a decision this important. This page explains, in full, how Edukrish turns your answers into suggestions — and what those suggestions do and don't mean.
1. Your interests and values
The profile asks you to rate 38 statements from 1 (“Not me at all”) to 5 (“Very much me”). 24 statements cover six interest areas from the widely used RIASEC framework; 14 cover seven work values.
For each area we average your answers and rescale to 0–100: (average − 1) ÷ 4 × 100. Your three highest interest areas form your interest code. If your top and third interests are within 10 points, we tell you your profile is broad — which usually means explore widely before narrowing down.
Interest areas
- Realistic — Hands-on making, fixing and working with tools, machines or nature.
- Investigative — Asking why, analysing problems and working with ideas and evidence.
- Artistic — Expressing ideas through design, words, performance or original thinking.
- Social — Teaching, supporting and working with people to help them grow.
- Enterprising — Leading, influencing, starting ventures and taking calculated risks.
- Conventional — Bringing order — data, records, processes and precise detail.
Work values
- Stability — Security, predictability and a respected, steady path.
- Earning potential — Strong income and financial growth over time.
- Creativity & independence — Making new things and choosing how you work.
- Impact on others — Work that directly helps people, communities or the planet.
- Leadership & recognition — Leading people, making decisions and being recognised.
- Balance & flexibility — Time for family, health and life beyond work.
- Global exposure — International opportunities and diverse cultures.
2. How a career fit score is calculated
Each career in our library has a profile: how much it draws on each interest area, which values it typically offers, and which school subjects it relies on. We compare yours with it in three parts:
- Interest alignment · weight 55%
- We look at which interests you rated above or below your own average, then weight them by how central each is to the career. A career built on what you enjoy most scores high; one built on what you enjoy least scores low. 50 means neutral.
- Work-values alignment · weight 20%
- The average of your scores for the values that career typically offers — for example stability and impact for a doctor.
- Subject readiness · weight 25%
- How confident you said you feel in the subjects that path relies on. If you haven't rated a subject, we leave this part out, tell you, and re-balance the other two.
The weighted total gives a fit score out of 100: 68 and above is shown as “Strong alignment”, 55–67 as “Good alignment” and anything lower as “Worth exploring”. If your current stream isn't the usual entry route for a career, we don't hide it — we show a pathway note with alternatives. Current engine version: career-match-1.0.
3. What a fit score is not
- It is not a prediction of admission, exam results, success, income or happiness.
- It is not an aptitude or ability test. It reflects what you told us about your interests and confidence.
- The questionnaire has not yet been independently validated. We will say so until it has been.
- It is never influenced by payments from universities, counsellors or anyone else.