Assessio test: what to expect and how to prepare

Assessio is the test publisher behind the Matrigma logic test and the MAP personality test. Swedish municipalities, government agencies and universities use both when they hire, and Assessio says more than 2,000 companies use its tests. This page gives you the overall picture: what Assessio is, what each test does and what happens to your result. The details of each test are on their own pages.

What is Assessio?

Assessio makes tests that employers use in recruitment. The employer is the one hiring: it buys the tests and sends you the invitation. The employer also picks which tests are included, so two recruitments can look different even with the same provider.

Tests are common in Sweden, especially in the public sector. In a 2021 survey of just over 60 Swedish government agencies, more than 80 percent said they use tests in some or all of their recruitments. An Assessio test is a normal step in the process and doesn’t mean that you in particular are being checked more closely.

Nacka Municipality, for example, has used Matrigma and MAP through Assessio Bloom since February 2026, with a contract that runs to 2029.

Assessio Matrigma: the logic test

Matrigma is a non-verbal logic test. You see patterns in 3×3 grids and choose the missing piece. It measures general mental ability, meaning how quickly you spot rules and put them to use.

The standard version is adaptive: 12 minutes, one minute per task, with difficulty that follows your answers. Your result is a c-score from 0 to 10 compared with the working-age population. The tasks are shapes, and the instructions are available in many languages, English included. There is also a 40-minute version with tasks that get harder as you go. Assessio says it is used less often and that the instructions tell you if you have it.

Everything about the versions, how the tasks are built and how to practice is on the page about Matrigma.

The MAP personality test

MAP is Assessio’s personality test. There are no tasks to solve; the statements are about how you tend to work and get along with others. MAP is based on the five-factor model of personality. Assessio says there is no right or wrong personality type, and that recruiters look for behavior that suits the particular role and company. Employers often pair MAP with Matrigma to get a picture of both problem solving and working style.

Assessio advises answering with work in mind, except for statements that are clearly about your life outside work. The norm group is the working-age population, with a higher share of people with post-secondary education than the population as a whole, so you may not fully recognize yourself in the results.

One piece of advice holds for every personality test: answer as you are, and skip guessing what the employer wants to hear. A polished answer makes it harder for both sides to see whether the job suits you. Our guide to personality tests explains how they are used in hiring, and the free Big Five personality test shows what a five-factor questionnaire feels like.

Who sees your result?

This is what people worry about most, so here is how it works:

• The employer sees your result. That is the purpose of the test.
• You usually see your own result on screen as soon as you finish. How much you see is up to the organization running the test.
• Your result stays with the organization that invited you. Under the GDPR that organization is the data controller, and data is not shared between companies.
• The organization decides how long your result is kept. Two years is usual, but it varies, and you can ask the test administrator to delete your results.

Because results aren’t shared between companies, a weak result with one employer doesn’t follow you to the next one. There you start over. The Administrative Court of Appeal in Gothenburg shows how this can work in practice: it accepts a result for two years and can reuse it within the Swedish courts for one year.

How to prepare for an Assessio test

Assessio says general problem-solving ability is largely stable in adults, and that practice helps you become more confident with the test format so you get closer to your own best level. That is an honest answer, and it shows where you can gain something. An unfamiliar format costs time and adds stress, and practice takes care of both.

• Read the invitation carefully. If it says Matrigma, MAP or both, you know what to prepare for.
• If Matrigma is included, practice matrices against the clock. One minute per task goes faster than it sounds.
• Learn the rule types that matrix tasks use, such as number, movement, rotation and overlap.
• Don’t rehearse answers for the personality test. There are no right answers there, and honesty serves you best.
• Sit somewhere you won’t be disturbed, with a stable connection, at a time when you are alert.

It doesn’t take much time either. TRR, a Swedish career transition organization, found that candidates who practiced for three hours improved their test results by up to 20 percent, and that the effect leveled off after that.

Which employers use Assessio?

A few examples we can document: Nacka Municipality and the Administrative Court of Appeal in Gothenburg use Matrigma and MAP. The Swedish Transport Administration uses the same two tests, and KTH Royal Institute of Technology uses Assessio’s tests for some roles. If a different employer has sent you another logic test, compare it with the Alva Labs logic test, which uses the same kind of matrix tasks.

Want to try the format before it counts? Take the free logic test: 12 matrix tasks with one minute each, with your result and an explanation for every task right away. No account needed.