ORIGIN Onboarding Tests
Act 01, Who we are Section 13 of 13

Seven acts, seven quizzes, one exam, and one plan that you write and own.

20Questions in each act quiz
90%To pass every quiz, and the exam
50Questions in the final exam
Day 10Your 90 day plan is fixed
See how it works
Before we begin

Your first 90 days include quizzes, an exam and your day 90 outcome, with a review every month before it. Here is exactly how each one works, so none of it is a mystery.

Part 1

The Academy

Every one of us must be able to explain ORIGIN the same way. That is the one reason the Academy exists.

The Academy is these seven acts. You read an act, then you take its quiz, here on this site. It is marked automatically, and you see your result at once.

Each act quiz, after you finish the act

20questions
90sfor each question
90%to pass
3attempts, at least 24 hours apart

If all three attempts at a quiz are used, the next step is a conversation, not another attempt.

The final exam, after every act quiz is passed, around day 25

50questions, across every act
90%to pass
2attempts, at least 72 hours apart

The exam ends with a five minute pitch of ORIGIN in your own words, recorded so it can be reviewed fairly. Everyone who is full time or part time takes it, senior or junior, new or long serving.

In practice

Do not save the acts for the weekend before the exam. One act every few days, with its quiz, is how people pass first time.

You score below the pass mark on your first attempt at an act quiz. What is true?

Three attempts, at least 24 hours apart. Use the wait to read the act again.

Part 2

Your 90 day plan

  1. Day 5Draft

    You draft it, against your role and your goals.

  2. Day 7Present

    You present it to your line manager and People & Culture.

  3. Day 10Fixed

    Your line manager fixes it. After that, only your progress changes.

In practice

Write it as something you can be measured against, not something that sounds good in a meeting.

Part 3

Reviews and probation

You have a review each month for your first three months, then every three months, so day 90 holds no surprise. There are three possible outcomes:

Your role is confirmedYour probation is extendedWe part ways

The length of your probation is whatever your signed contract says.

Remember

Seven acts, seven quizzes, one exam, one plan that you write and own.

Your part

That is Act 01

Three questions before you move on. Type your answer, send it, then check it.

Your answers stay on this device.

1How many questions in an act quiz, and what is the pass mark?

The answer20 questions, and 90% to pass.

2What are the three dates of your 90 day plan?

The answerDay 5, you draft it. Day 7, you present it. Day 10, it is fixed.

3What are the three possible outcomes at day 90?

The answerYour role is confirmed, your probation is extended, or we part ways.

Answer all three and Act 01 is yours.
ORIGIN

You know who we are.

Take the Act 01 quiz when you are ready. It draws 20 questions from these thirteen sections.

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