Changing a quiz’s type updates how Interact calculates results. Your questions and answer choices can stay, but the result logic for your previous quiz type will be cleared.
You’ll be able to:
Understand how each quiz type calculates results
Switch an existing quiz to a different quiz type
Know what gets removed/reset when you switch
Test the expected outcome before publishing
How This Quiz Type Works
Before switching anything in the builder, it helps to understand what “quiz type” controls.
Interact uses quiz type to determine how results are calculated:
Personality: Each answer choice correlates with one or more results. The result with the highest accumulated correlations is shown.
Assessment: Each question has one correct answer. The result is based on how many questions the quiz taker answered correctly.
Scored: Each answer choice has a point value. The result is based on the quiz taker’s total score falling into a score range.
⚠️ Warning: Switching quiz types clears your existing result logic (for example, Personality result correlations, Assessment correct answers, or Scored answer values/ranges). You must rebuild the logic for the new quiz type before publishing.
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Here’s a common situation where switching quiz types makes sense:
You started with Personality because you wanted outcomes like “Bold Editorial,” “Classic Minimal,” and “Warm & Playful.”
You later realize you want the quiz to behave like a knowledge check with correct answers (an Assessment quiz), or you want a total score (a Scored quiz).
💡 Note: Your questions and answer choices can remain the same after switching, but you’ll need to rebuild the result logic that matches the new quiz type.
Step 1: Plan Before You Build
Planning upfront saves time and helps you avoid switching quiz types after you’ve already configured detailed logic.
Decide on the following before you switch quiz types:
Your current quiz type
Identify whether your quiz is currently Personality, Assessment, or Scored, so you know which logic will be cleared.
Your new quiz type
Choose the quiz type that matches your intended result behavior:
Use Personality when answers should map to outcomes via correlations.
Use Assessment when each question should have a correct answer.
Use Scored when answers should add points toward score ranges.
What logic you’ll need to rebuild
Write down what you’ll need to redo after switching:
If switching to Personality, you’ll rebuild Result Correlations.
If switching to Assessment, you’ll set the correct answer for each question.
If switching to Scored, you’ll set answer point values and score ranges.
⚠️ Important Warning: Changing an existing quiz to another quiz type removes its current result logic configuration. You’ll need to rebuild the logic after changing quiz types.
Step 2: Open The Quiz
Log in to the Interact dashboard.
Find the quiz.
Click Edit (or click the pencil icon) to open the quiz builder.
Step 3: Find the Change Quiz Type control
In the quiz builder, scroll to the top of the builder view.
Look for the Change Quiz Type option (it appears in the builder controls).
Step 4: Open Change Quiz Type
Click Change Quiz Type.
❗ Important: If you don’t see Change Quiz Type, confirm you’re editing an existing quiz in the quiz builder (not viewing a published quiz link or a dashboard list page).
Step 5: Switch to the New Quiz Type
This is where you select the new quiz type and confirm the reset of existing result logic.
Select the quiz type you want to switch to (your current quiz type is highlighted).
Review the confirmation terms in the modal.
Confirm the reset of existing logic
Switching quiz types removes the current result setup so Interact can apply the new quiz type’s logic structure.
⚠️ Warning: If you switch quiz types, Interact clears the existing result logic. Do not publish until you rebuild the new logic.
Confirm the quiz type change
Click the terms to acknowledge the change.
Click Continue quiz type to finalize the change.
What happens after switching
Once complete, the builder refreshes and your quiz is now the new type.
💡 Note: All result scoring and result correlations are replaced by empty logic for the new quiz type. You’ll need to update scoring/correlations in a way that matches your quiz content.
Common Correlation Patterns
These patterns help you choose the best quiz type and anticipate what needs to be rebuilt.
Pattern 1: Personality → Assessment
Use this when you want one correct answer per question.
After switching, you’ll need to:
Set the correct answer for every question.
Verify results behave correctly based on total correct answers.
Pattern 2: Personality → Scored
Use this when you want answers to contribute points toward score ranges.
After switching, you’ll need to:
Assign point values to answer choices.
Create or update score ranges for each result.
Pattern 3: Scored → Personality
Use this when you want outcomes driven by answer-to-result correlations (not total score).
After switching, you’ll need to:
Rebuild Result Correlations for each answer choice.
Pattern 4: Assessment → Scored (or Scored → Assessment)
Use this when you’re changing between “correct/incorrect” and “points/ranges.”
After switching, you’ll need to:
Either set correct answers (Assessment), or
Assign point values and score ranges (Scored)
Build balanced and accurate quiz logic
After switching quiz types, confirm the new logic is complete before you publish.
A quick way to check:
Personality: Every answer that should influence an outcome has intentional Result Correlations.
Assessment: Every question has exactly one correct answer selected.
Scored: Every answer has a point value, and every possible total score maps to a score range.
If you skip this step, quiz takers can receive unexpected results.
Tie Guidance
Ties are possible in Personality quizzes whenever two or more results finish with the same highest correlation total.
Reduce ties by adding questions that clearly distinguish similar outcomes and testing mixed answer combinations.
❗ Important: If you need one answer choice to conclusively determine the result, don’t rely on correlations alone—use the appropriate logic approach for that behavior before publishing.
Test your Correlations
Testing helps you confirm that switching quiz types didn’t leave your quiz with incomplete logic.
Step 1: Create an expected-answer path for every result
For each result, write down a set of answers that should produce that outcome (or that score range / correct-total outcome, depending on quiz type).
Step 2: Preview the quiz
Take the quiz in Preview using each expected-answer path.
Step 3: Confirm the correct result appears
Repeat until every intended result has been produced successfully at least once.
Step 4: Test mixed answer combinations
Check for:
Unexpected ties (Personality)
A result that appears too frequently
A result that almost never appears
Answers behaving as if they have no impact (missing correlations, missing correct answers, or missing point values)
Step 5: Test Result Calls to Action
Confirm that each result’s buttons, links, products, services, and resources point to the correct destination.
Save and publish
Save your changes in the builder where applicable.
Click Publish.
Click Publish changes.
Take the live version once more after publishing.
⚠️ Remember: Changes aren’t live until you publish.
Troubleshooting
Problem | What to check or change |
My results changed after switching quiz types | This is expected. Switching quiz types changes the result calculation method and clears the previous result logic. |
My correlations/scoring disappeared | Check whether the quiz type was changed. Switching quiz types clears the existing result setup. |
Quiz takers are getting unexpected results | Rebuild the logic for the new quiz type (correlations, correct answers, or point values/ranges), then re-test in Preview before publishing. |
I switched quiz types and now I’m not ready to go live | Don’t publish yet. Finish rebuilding the new quiz-type logic first, then test all result paths. |
FAQs
Will changing the quiz type delete my questions?
Will changing the quiz type delete my questions?
No. Your questions and answer choices can remain, but your previous result logic is cleared and must be rebuilt for the new quiz type.
Can I switch quiz types more than once?
Can I switch quiz types more than once?
Yes, but each switch clears the current result logic again. Only switch when you’re confident about the result behavior you want.
Why do I have to rebuild logic after switching?
Why do I have to rebuild logic after switching?
Because each quiz type calculates results differently (correlations vs. correct answers vs. total score ranges).
Quick Reference
Recommended starting structure for switching quiz types safely
Setting | Value |
Before switching | Confirm which quiz type you’re moving to and why |
After switching | Rebuild the new quiz-type logic (correlations / correct answers / points & ranges) |
Before publishing | Preview-test every result path at least once |
Setup Checklist
Quiz type selected correctly
New quiz-type result logic fully rebuilt
Every intended result produced successfully in Preview
Mixed answer combinations tested
Result buttons/links tested
Quiz changes published
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