The Align Culture Clarity Score
A single score that answers the question “how clearly does this company actually have a culture?” — not whether it’s a good one, but whether it’s a defined one. When you take the quiz, the same score becomes a personalized fit number against your work style.
Two modes, one score
Default: Culture Clarity
When we don’t know you yet, the score answers: how clearly defined is this company’s public culture? Strong opinions on the dimensions that matter score high. A company sitting at 50 on everything scores low — that’s corporate fog, not culture.
- Distinctiveness (60%) — how far the company sits from neutral on the six dimensions, on average.
- Completeness (40%) — how much culture content exists in the profile (story, values, do’s, don’ts, leadership, etc.).
Personalized: Your Fit Score
After you take the culture quiz, the same score becomes: how aligned is this company with how you actually work? We weight each dimension by your conviction — how strongly you feel about it. A mismatch on a dimension you don’t care about barely moves the score; a mismatch on one you feel strongly about hurts.
This is why two people can take the same quiz and rank the same company very differently. That’s the point.
The six dimensions
Every company is scored on six spectrums. None of these are “more is better” — a 20 on hierarchy is just a different kind of company than an 80, not a worse one.
Innovation
How experimental vs. proven. Do they ship rough drafts and learn, or wait until it’s right?
Hierarchy
How decisions actually get made. Flat consensus vs. clear chain of command.
Collaboration
How people get work done together. Independent ownership vs. high-touch teamwork.
Work-Life Balance
The actual operating tempo, not the careers-page version.
Mission
Whether the stated mission shows up in day-to-day decisions.
Growth
How steep the learning curve and trajectory are — for the company and for you.
Where the dimension scores come from
For every company we publish, we read the public record in parallel — official sources (careers pages, values pages, handbooks), employee voice (Glassdoor, Reddit, Blind), press coverage from the last 24 months, and leadership interviews. The findings are synthesized into the six dimension scores above, and every claim on a profile is traceable back to the source it came from.
We don’t average star ratings. We don’t weight by review volume. The score isn’t voting — it’s synthesis.
What it is
A read-out of how clearly defined a company’s public culture is, based on the synthesis of multiple independent sources.
What it isn’t
A judgment of whether the culture is good. Two companies with very different cultures can both score 90 — they’re both clear.
How it changes
When new sources land — fresh press, new interviews, more employee voice — the dimensions update. So does the score.
Top of the leaderboard right now.
The companies with the clearest culture signal across the synthesis. Take the quiz to see this list re-ranked against you.
See it work on a company you know.
Pick a company you’ve worked at — does the score match what you actually saw? Then take the quiz and watch every score in the database personalize.