Two real tasks, a short message and a longer professional piece, in about 15 minutes. Scored by AI on five dimensions with pasting switched off, and a CEFR level back within minutes. In 13 languages, from $0.60 a test.
A colleague has asked to swap shifts with you next Friday. Reply to them: say whether you can, explain why, and suggest another option.
A writing test for hiring measures how well a candidate gets a message across in writing: whether they answer what was asked, organise it so a reader can follow, and use the grammar, vocabulary and conventions the situation calls for. Evalingo's runs online from a link. The candidate writes two answers in the browser against a clock, and AI scores the text against the CEFR scale from A1 to C2.
A CV, a cover letter and a take-home exercise all show writing the candidate had unlimited time and help with. A timed test with pasting switched off shows what they produce on their own, at the speed the job asks for, which is the writing a customer or a colleague will actually receive.
2 tasks in 2 sections, about 15 minutes of writing. Each task is drawn at random from a library inside a fixed structure, and each has its own clock.
A short everyday message, then a longer structured piece scored for organisation as well as accuracy. Pasting is switched off for every candidate.
Total timed: 15 minutes.Each dimension is a fifth of the result and comes back as its own score, so a writer who is accurate but disorganised looks different from one who is organised but careless.
Roles that commonly need it
Any role that writes to customers or colleagues needs a writing level, and chat and email support need it most: every message an agent sends is a small piece of public writing with your name on it.
Speaking and writing come apart more often than people expect: someone fluent in conversation can be unsure on the page, and someone who learned from books can write well and speak haltingly. That is why the two are scored separately, and at about 15 minutes this one is a small ask for a role where writing is most of the job.
A CEFR level from A1 to C2, a score on each of the five dimensions, and written notes on what went well and where the writing fell short, usually within minutes of the last answer.
The full text of each answer stays on the result page beside its scores, so a level you want to check can be checked against the writing itself. An answer that was not a real attempt, such as a few words or a reply in another language, gets "Not assessable" and the reason instead of a level.
How the scoring worksWriting · English
Covered every point the task asked for in a clear order, with a register that suited a message to a manager.
Article use was inconsistent, and the longer piece leaned on the same two linking words throughout, though neither ever obscured the meaning.
Ten free assessments, no card. Send them to people whose writing you read every day. If the levels match what you already see, you have your answer.
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