How Good a CTO Are You, Really?
Fifty questions across ten competencies and the four faces of a modern CTO — Architect, Builder, Innovator, Leader. Behavioral and scenario-based, not flattery. About 15 minutes. Built for CTOs and senior technology leaders who want a real read on whether they run, grow and transform — not just keep the lights on.
What this assessment measures
10 competencies across the 4 faces of the CTO role — Architect, Builder, Innovator, Leader — built on the Run / grow / transform CTO mandate. Five questions each: scenarios, honest reads and forced choices designed to resist self-flattery.
Architect
Technical strategy, architecture, build-vs-buy.
- Technical Strategy & Roadmap — Tech strategy as business advantage; predictable roadmap.
- Architecture & Technical Decisions — Sound architecture, standards, hard technical calls.
- Technical Debt & Build-vs-Buy — Debt as a governed trade-off; modernization; build where it differentiates.
Builder
Delivery, reliability and security — the run base.
- Delivery & Engineering Velocity — Predictable, fast delivery; DORA metrics; CI/CD.
- Reliability, Quality & Operations — SLOs, blameless postmortems, observability, run-what-you-build.
- Security & Risk — Security by design, data protection, resilience.
Innovator
Emerging tech (incl. AI) and business leverage.
- Innovation & Emerging Tech — AI and emerging tech as edge; disciplined R&D.
- Product & Business Partnership — One team with product; commercial fluency; outcomes.
Leader
Team, culture and executive influence.
- Talent, Team & Culture — A hiring machine, a leadership bench, a culture top engineers want.
- Executive Influence & Communication — Board presence, translating tech to business, healthy challenge.
How the score reads
- Emerging (0–34) — Foundations forming — operating below a full CTO mandate today.
- Developing (35–51) — Real strengths with clear, nameable gaps before a top technology seat.
- Established (52–67) — A solid, credible CTO across the four faces.
- Advanced (68–82) — A strong CTO operating ahead of the role — board-grade.
- World-class (83–100) — A boardroom-grade CTO — technology as a durable business advantage.
What you get
- An overall score out of 100 and a maturity level
- Your CTO archetype — the honest read on how you lead today
- A 10-competency radar across the faces above
- What companies actually demand from CTO hires, from real job postings, against your profile
- A personalized AI analysis and development roadmap, delivered by email with a print-ready PDF report
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