The Berke assessment pairs a personality questionnaire with problem-solving sections, and employers read the result as a job fit report rather than a pass mark. Berke now operates as HighMatch: the old Berke web address redirects to HighMatch's site, so your invitation may use either name. This page covers what the Berke assessment is, its format and timings, how it is scored, the rules to know before you start, how to prepare and a practice plan.
What the Berke assessment is
Berke, also listed as Berke Group, is a US pre-employment assessment publisher based in Atlanta; business directories describe HighMatch as its new name, and the berkeassessment.com address now forwards to HighMatch. Each assessment is tailored to the employer's role, so one candidate may get only personality and integrity questions while another also gets problem solving and hard skills. Prep sites describe the cognitive areas as spatial visualization, vocabulary, idea productivity, logical problem solving and rapid-fire problem solving, and the personality traits as assertiveness, intensity, optimism, responsiveness, social adaptability, sociability and structure.
Format and timings
| Part | What it involves | Time and questions |
|---|---|---|
| Personality questionnaire | Statements about how you work, scored on traits such as assertiveness, sociability and structure | Length not published |
| Logical problem solving | Larger problems worked through step by step | Described by prep sites as timed |
| Rapid-fire problem solving | Many short problems in a row, testing speed and accuracy under pressure | Described by prep sites as timed |
| Spatial visualization and vocabulary | Rotating shapes in your head; word meaning | Included for some roles |
| Other HighMatch modules | Numerical, spatial or mechanical reasoning, situational judgment, culture, emotional intelligence or hard skills | Chosen per role |
Total: about 12 to 55 minutes depending on the role, as prep sites report it; HighMatch describes its assessments as short and role-specific.
How it is scored
- There is no pass mark. A Job Fit report compares your traits and abilities with the profile for the role and lists the mismatches.
- Employers can also get an interview guide with a description of the candidate and suggested questions, and a personal report for development after hiring.
- HighMatch says it gives employers a role-specific fit score and a recommendation with its main reason and any open risk, built by industrial and organizational psychologists.
- Prep sites report that results are shown visually as relative strengths rather than a single number.
Rules to know before you start
- HighMatch describes its assessments as mobile-first and usable on any device.
- Employers can turn on ID verification and proctoring, and HighMatch says AI-assisted monitoring flags suspicious behavior.
- Timings, question counts and retake rules are not published; follow your invitation and ask the employer if it matters.
- Expect your interview to follow up on the report, since the employer's version includes suggested questions.
How to prepare
- Answer the personality items honestly and consistently; the report is built around fit with the role.
- For rapid-fire problem solving, keep moving and do not stall on one item.
- Warm up with short sets of mental arithmetic, word-meaning and shape-rotation puzzles if your role includes the cognitive part.
- Take it on a laptop in one quiet sitting, even though it runs on phones.
- Prepare examples for the areas where you suspect you differ from the role, because the interview guide points interviewers there.
A practice plan
- Day 1: read the invitation for which questionnaires and tests are included and how long each takes.
- Day 2: read the publisher's own candidate guide and sample items so the response formats are familiar.
- Day 3: write down three recent situations at work or study and what you actually did, so your answers come from one consistent picture of yourself.
- Day 4: if a reasoning part is included, do a short set of pattern, number-series or shape puzzles.
- Day 5: take it in one quiet sitting, early in the deadline window, and make sure you submit.
Related guides: what an online assessment is, the SHL assessment, the CCAT.
On the day, and the mistakes to avoid
- Block the full time the invitation states, plus fifteen minutes, in a quiet room.
- Use a laptop or desktop with a current browser, even if the platform also works on a phone.
- Answer as you are at work now, not as you hope to be or as you guess the employer wants.
- Read each statement once and go with your first honest reading; overthinking produces inconsistent patterns.
- Expect to answer every item on a page before you can move on.
- Stay until the final submit or confirmation screen before you close the window.
Mistakes that cost candidates:
- Answering as an imagined ideal candidate, which forced-choice formats and consistency checks are built to expose.
- Spreading the questionnaire over several days and moods, which makes answers less consistent.
- Rushing the reasoning puzzles because 'it is only a personality test', when they are the items with right answers.
- Reading a poor fit for one role as failure; the same profile can match a different role well.
- Forgetting that the interview may probe the extremes in your report.
What happens after the Berke assessment
The employer usually reads your report alongside your résumé and interviews, and many use it to pick interview questions about the areas where your profile and the role differ. Prepare one short example for your strongest work-style tendency and one for the habit you manage most carefully. For the next stage, see our guide to personality tests and AI help.
Where CoPilot Interview fits
Online assessments are tests you take on your own: outside help is not allowed, and proctoring settings can flag other apps, tab switches or a second voice. Practice beforehand instead. CoPilot Interview is an AI interview assistant; its free AI mock interview prepares you for the interviews that follow the assessment, with questions built from your résumé and the job description and each spoken answer scored out of ten. The free plan gives 15 minutes a day of live help in sessions of up to 15 minutes, with AI mock interviews included. Read the invitation carefully and follow your employer's rules.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Berke now HighMatch?
Yes. The Berke web address now redirects to HighMatch, and business directories list HighMatch as the company formerly known as Berke.
How long is the Berke assessment?
It depends on the role. Prep sites report about 12 to 55 minutes, because each employer's version is tailored.
Can you fail the Berke assessment?
There is no pass mark. Employers read a job fit report that compares your results with the role and highlights mismatches.
Is the Berke assessment timed?
The problem-solving sections are described by prep sites as timed; the personality questionnaire is not stated to be. Berke and HighMatch do not publish timings.
Can I use AI tools during the Berke assessment?
No, unless the instructions explicitly allow it. Assessments are meant to be taken on your own, and proctoring settings can flag other apps, tab switches or pasted code. Use AI tools to practice beforehand, and follow your employer's rules.
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