I'm seeing some freelance website designers posting competency test results on their sites. May I ask where this info comes from? I know elance has such tests. Can it be safely assumed this is where it comes from or are there other resources as well? Just curious. Thank you for your time.

I've never heard of this before.

 

To be honest I'm not completely sure what a competency test is. Surely their competency is determined by the work in their portfolio?

I'm seeing some freelance website designers posting competency test results on their sites. May I ask where this info comes from? I know elance has such tests. Can it be safely assumed this is where it comes from or are there other resources as well? Just curious. Thank you for your time.

 

Do you have any links? Never had to do this before or heard of it. That's not to say it doesn't exist, but would be interested without having to do a simple search myself.

AS & RD - Yes a portfolio is the ultimate reflection of skills as opposed to the self-proposed skill level listed manually.

 

4l14s - I hate to name names and be that way. Basically is a list of skills with a percentage of competency usually reflected via a bar graph of sorts. I was just curious if this info is imported via an extension or entered manually, and in either case, how were they tested? Just curious is all. No biggie.

 

BTW - congrats Robby on the accolade.

I did a load of brainbench.com certs back in 1998 for free and they sent you nice printed certificate, it seemed to work on my first employer but back then people who knew html4.0/php3 in yorkshire were much less. I think it's still acceptable for a freelancers website/CV still if from a reputable enough provider/certifier.

Edited January 17, 201412 yr by PipeTenHostingCarl

AS & RD - Yes a portfolio is the ultimate reflection of skills as opposed to the self-proposed skill level listed manually.

 

4l14s - I hate to name names and be that way. Basically is a list of skills with a percentage of competency usually reflected via a bar graph of sorts. I was just curious if this info is imported via an extension or entered manually, and in either case, how were they tested? Just curious is all. No biggie.

 

BTW - congrats Robby on the accolade.

 

Ah - those bar graph things. Yeah, they look good in many respects but would like to see how they concluded to some of the figures in comparison. I'd be interested if anyone had feedback from clients about them i.e. "I came to you due to your proficiency". Personally I feel it's a lot of word of mouth and your existing portfolio that obtains work, but that's just from my experience.