How MinTraq works
Career readiness, measured against the move you're making
Most people judge their readiness by feel. You've done the work, you have the experience, so you're probably ready. Then the interview or the promotion conversation tests something you had not thought much about.
MinTraq replaces the guesswork with evidence. Tell us where you want to go, work through the situations that move would put you in, and see where you stand.
What career readiness actually means
Readiness only makes sense against a target. You can be ready to lead a team at one company and still have real gaps for the same title somewhere else, because the two places reward different things.
So MinTraq never asks "are you ready?" in general. It asks whether you're ready for this specific job, at this company, at this level.
Why the company and the level change the answer
Take two Senior Product Manager roles. One company wants someone who can align five teams before anything ships. The other wants someone who can make a call with half the data and move fast. Same title, different test.
MinTraq builds a profile of each company from its own published material: how it describes its culture, what it expects of leaders, how it hires. That profile shapes the situations you face and the expectations behind them.
Seniority matters too. If you're aiming for your first manager role, you're measured against what a first-time manager needs, not against a director.
How the system works
- 1
Pick a company
Search for it. If MinTraq has already researched it, you can start straight away. If not, we'll prepare it for you, usually within 24 hours.
Company intelligence - 2
Set the role
Paste the job description if you have one. If you don't, MinTraq works out what the role involves from the title.
Role analysis - 3
Work through real situations
You'll face the kind of decisions the job involves: a stakeholder changing direction late, a project going sideways, a call you have to make without all the facts.
Assessments - 4
See where you stand
You get a readiness score out of 100, the strengths that already meet the bar, and the gaps that matter most for this particular role.
Readiness scorecard - 5
Work on what matters first
Learning written around your gaps, a brief on the company, and interview rehearsal with Mira that uses your actual results.
Skill Builder - 6
Measure again
After at least 14 days, reassess. If something has moved, you'll see it.
How we treat evidence
MinTraq does not fill in the blanks. Each capability ends up in one of three places, depending on how much your responses actually show.
- Scored
Your responses give us enough to score it, so we do.
- Indicative
There's some signal, but not much. Read it as a direction rather than a verdict.
- Not enough evidence
We tell you that, instead of guessing.
The score is calculated by fixed rules, so the same answers always produce the same number. Language models help write the situations and explain your results. They don't decide your score.
How this compares to what you may have tried
| What you get | Career advice | Personality tests | Question banks | MinTraq |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built around the job you want | Varies | Usually not | Sometimes | Yes |
| Looks at what you do in situations | Usually not | You describe yourself | Partly | Yes |
| Shows the evidence behind the result | Varies | Limited | Usually not | Yes, for each capability scored |
| Tells you which gap to work on first | Sometimes | Usually not | Usually not | Yes |
| Learning built from your results | Usually not | Usually not | Limited | Yes |
| Tracks progress over time | Varies | Usually not | Limited | Yes, through reassessment |
Who uses it
Some people are moving: a new company, a new field, a role they've wanted for a while. They want to know how that employer will see them before they walk in.
Others are growing where they already are. A promotion is coming up, or a bigger remit, or their first leadership role. Promotion and leadership readiness
And some simply want to know their strengths still hold up as their work changes, including what AI is changing about it.
Questions people ask
What is a career readiness assessment?+
It measures how ready you are for one specific move. That might be a new job, a promotion or a bigger role. It's built around that target, not around you in general.
Isn't this just a personality test?+
No. A personality test asks you to describe yourself. MinTraq puts you in situations the job actually involves and looks at what you'd do.
How long does it take?+
Each type of assessment has a set number of situations. The situational assessment, for example, has 18.
Can I take it again?+
Yes. You can reassess after at least 14 days, within your plan's allowance. That gap is deliberate: it's long enough for real change to show.
Who sees my results?+
Your results are private to your account. We never share them with employers, recruiters or anyone else.
Does MinTraq use AI?+
Yes, behind the scenes. Language models help research companies, write situations and explain results. Your score itself comes from fixed rules applied to your answers.