![]() While I’m rather limited in the quizzes I qualify for (mainly Microsoft Office products), I don’t think I’ll be spending much more time trying to earn a skills assessment badge for my LinkedIn profile. Vice versa, another candidate may not know what a function is called, but they can execute it perfectly in the program based on their assigned task. While a candidate with a badge might have passed the quiz with flying colors, they also might not be able to execute the functions they were quizzed on in the assessment. Everyone learns/performs differently, and these skills assessments are merely multiple-choice questions-they don’t incorporate any practical applications of the programs themselves. While I appreciate the creation of the LinkedIn Skills Assessment and understand it was created to help job seekers put some clout behind the skills listed on their resumes, I would also encourage employers/recruiters to NOT discount a candidate because they’ve listed a skill on their LinkedIn profile but haven’t passed the corresponding skills assessment. I don’t use Excel every day in my line of work, but I did pass the class in college, so I thought I had a shot at passing. Recalling that I had taken a Microsoft Excel course in college, I decided to try taking this skills assessment quiz as well. I didn’t see any assessments available for those with licenses or certifications in professions such as financial services, insurance, sales and marketing, healthcare-related fields, etc. In no particular order, as I scanned the list, I saw quizzes geared toward: None of the assessments evaluate "soft skills." ( What's the difference?) In a nutshell- these quizzes assess “hard skills” for creatives and technical professionals. Those with formal skills training are at an advantage (a little more about that next).Also, if you fail a test, you have to wait 3 months to retest.If you fail a test, you have the option to delete your score permanently.Scores below 70% are failing and are not displayed on your profile.Earning a score of 70% or more gets you a badge for your profile.Timed quiz with 1 minute and 30 seconds per question (and a timer at the bottom of the screen).Instead, here are some key takeaways for those who may be looking to beef up their profiles with some LinkedIn Skills Assessment badges. I’ll spare you any more of the details surrounding my disappointment of failing this quiz. But instead, was directed to some training on Microsoft Word, curated by LinkedIn. The final, and most shocking, thing I noted from this “results” screen was that I wouldn’t be eligible to take this same quiz for 3 MONTHS. ( Thanks, LinkedIn!) I then had the option to delete the score history from my profile permanently, though it wasn’t going to be displayed anyway, which I did. And, because my score was lower than a 70%, LinkedIn withheld my score, so I really have no clue how badly I bombed it. ![]() Perplexed as to how I was seemingly failing this quiz, I quickly came to the conclusion that this assessment must be geared toward people who are actually certified in Microsoft Word or who have had some proper training in the program, not someone who has used Microsoft Word several times a week since high school and throughout my career.Īs the test came to an end, I was informed that I failed. I somehow knew what the questions were referring to, but I found myself making my best educated guess in the 1 minute and 30 second time frame allotted to each question. I began the quiz, and-you know that feeling when you’ve studied your heart out for an exam and you swear you know the material inside and out, but when you start taking the exam nothing looks familiar? Yeah, that happened. ![]()
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