Skills & Assessments

What do we mean by "skills"?

Our community is comprised of experts across a variety of levels of experience, languages and specialities. We use the general word 'skills' to refer to these capabilities. When we look for Talent to work on specific projects, we search for those with the right mixture of skills, experience and geographic location.

How do we assess skills?

In assessing skills, we do everything we can to respect your expertise, time and effort, while ensuring we reach objectively high standards of quality in every project we do.

The way we assess skills varies by the level of experience and the type of skill. For example, to evaluate speaking ability in French, we may request you to record your voice.

We regularly use the following assessment methods:

• Review of a CV/Resumé

• A brief phone interview

• A multiple-choice or other automated test

• A test requiring a human review

• A test on a third-party platform

• An open-ended prompt

• Practice work using one of our tools, such as Foundry

Folio Learn

Most of our assessments are performed on Folio under the Learn tab. When it is time for you to take a test, you will be provided a link to log into iMerit One and complete the assessment.

When might I be assessed?

During your onboarding process, depending on the type of project you are applying for, we might provide one of the above types of test for you to complete. The result of the test will determine your eligibility for this project. For future projects, you may have to take an additional test.

How long do assessments take?

Depending on the skill we are assessing you for, the test may take from a few minutes to an hour.

Am I paid for taking assessments?

Unless a Project Manager specifically informs you otherwise, there is no compensation for assessments.

Regarding the result of a test you have taken: In almost all cases, the decision of our Skills team is final, and we do not enter into dialogue about the results of any specific test.