Skill IQ
Prove what you know. Learn what you don’t.
Benchmark team expertise, identify knowledge gaps and strengths, and find out where you stand. Then, get tailored learning recommendations to level up.
Sandboxes in action
Simulate real, on-the-job experiences
Empower your teams to learn by doing and prepare for the tech challenges they’ll face in their roles—without risking your live production environment or racking up unintentional costs.
How Skill IQ works
Take an assessment
Start here to see what material to skip and where to spend more time. Technical skill assessments take 10 - 15 minutes and adapt in difficulty.
See where you stand
After your assessment, you’ll receive a Skill IQ ranking. This measures your technical ability compared to peers who have taken the same Skill IQ.
View recommendations
Based on your Skill IQ, you’ll get custom recommendations to sharpen your learning journey and deepen a targeted area of expertise.
Reassess your skills
Complete tailored courses and labs, then find out how your work paid off. Retake an assessment in as little as two weeks to validate skill growth.
Take a Skill IQ by itself or within a learning path
Skill IQs are available to take any time, but guided learning paths and certification paths also incorporate them. Browse our library and discover which paths include Skill IQs.
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Certification path
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Practice exam
Skill IQ
Role IQ
Assess skills based on roles
See if you or your teams have the essential skills to excel in specific tech positions. With Role IQ, you can select from a list of titles or design a job function from scratch, then measure role mastery and promotion readiness.
Advanced analytics
Track progress and celebrate success
Get visibility into team skill development with skills inventory analytics. This real-time reporting captures popular topics, shows rankings across teams and at the individual level, and backs up skill growth with clear metrics.
Frequently asked questions
Skill IQs are technical skill assessments that identify strengths and gaps within a particular topic or technology, as well as provide tailored learning recommendations. These assessments are based on modern test theories, Bayesian statistics, and machine learning.
Assessments take about 10 - 15 minutes and include an average of 25 questions.
Skill IQ rankings identify where to start in a learning path based on skill level. For example, if your Skill IQ falls in the above average range, you could likely skip to the advanced section of a path. A novice skill level usually means it’s best to start at the beginning.
You can retake an assessment every 14 days, allowing you to track skill progression over time.
Skill inventory analytics measure Skill IQ progress and are available on all business plans. Use this real-time reporting to monitor popular subjects, see skill progression, and track overall engagement.