Soft Skills

10 multiple-choice questions. You need 80 percent to pass and you can retake the exam as often as you like. When you pass, you get a certificate with a verification code and a LinkedIn-ready badge. The exam is free.

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1The three factors for career success are job skills, work experience and: Luck Relationships Degree Age

2A good career goal is: Start a marketing apprenticeship by 30 September Work hard Be successful Be happy

3When fear shows up before an application, a useful response is to: Read your proof list of what you have finished and then send it Delay it Cancel the application Ask for permission

4A limiting story such as "I am too old" should be: Hidden Shared with employers Tested against evidence and rewritten to be true and useful Believed

5Preparing for an important event is helped most by: Avoiding practice Defining success, listing obstacles, planning responses and rehearsing Hoping for the best Staying up late

6Being a "+1" means: Doing the minimum Waiting to be asked Making things easier for the people you work with, by being prepared and following up Taking credit

7Which resume line is strongest? Worked with email Wrote a monthly newsletter for 300 members and raised open rates by testing subject lines Responsible for email Good at email

8A beginner portfolio should include: Only a resume Only testimonials Only screenshots Three projects, each with goal, actions and result

9A strong cover letter opening is: Specific to the company and shows research and relevance A joke A long biography I am writing to apply for the position

10A good way to answer "Tell me about a time when…" is the: Random method Long story method Situation, action, result method Yes or no method

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