Interpretations

An interpretation adds labels and notes to the report when the result meets its criteria — conditions on the total, a dimension or an effect, in points or percent, for the whole test or one section, combined with all or at least one.

Updated 2026/10/15

Interpretations turn results into words. Each interpretation is a rule: when the result meets these criteria, add these labels and notes to the report. A label is a short badge (“Strong verbal reasoning”); a note is a paragraph explaining what the result means and what to do next. Because criteria can look at any dimension or section, a single test can carry dozens of targeted comments.

Creating an interpretation

Open the test's Reporting › Interpretations tab and create an interpretation.
Select where to place the interpretation — the Entire Report, or a specific section's report. This decides where its labels and notes appear.
Add one or more criteria and choose how they combine.
Add at least one label or note.

The table lists every interpretation with where it is placed (Display) and its number of criteria, labels and notes.

Criteria

Each criterion checks whether one value of the result falls inside a range:

Part	Options
Scope	The entire test result, or one section's result.
Value	Total Point, Total Score %, Dimension Point or Dimension Score % for a dimension you name (e.g. `Aptitude/Verbal`), or Effect Point for an effect you name.
Range	Min value and Max value, each with an Inclusive switch. Percentages run from 0 to 100.

Combine criteria with All criteria are to be met (AND) or At least 1 criterion is to be met (OR). For example: Aptitude/Verbal % from 80 (inclusive) to 100 AND Aptitude/Numerical % from 0 to 50 → label “Verbal-leaning profile”.

Labels and notes

	Label	Note
What it is	A short badge shown next to the score	A message block with text, and optionally rich content (formatting, lists, links, images) via Add more details
Status	Info, Warning, Success or Error — sets the colour	Same
Priority	Sets the visual weight of the badge	1 filled, 2 tonal, 3 outlined

Every interpretation whose criteria match adds its labels and notes, so several can apply to one result. Write them so they read well together.

How Interpretations Appear

In the Standard Template, labels and notes of the entire report appear with the overall score, and those of a section with that section's result. The template's Interpretations switch shows or hides all of them at once.
Candidates see them unless the step's User Report settings turn interpretations off.
In custom reports, the rules are available as testReporting.interpretations for your function to evaluate.

Writing Useful Interpretations

Describe behavior, not arithmetic — “you scored between 40 and 60” adds nothing; “you reliably solve routine cases but struggle with edge cases” does.
End with a next step — study material, a recommended role fit, a re-test path.
Cover the range: if you write notes for high and low results, write one for the middle too, so every candidate gets feedback.
Keep the tone consistent; candidates with low results still deserve constructive text.

Interpretations pair naturally with Performance Levels: the level names the band of the overall score, while interpretations can comment on any dimension, section or combination of them.
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