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How it works

From invitation to a decision you can stand behind

Four steps, one test of about 85 minutes, and a result for every skill on the same scale.

  1. Open your account

    Sign up with your work email, confirm it and add your company's details. Your first five seats are ready straight away.

  2. Invite your people

    Send email invitations, share one link, or give people a username and password. Add hundreds at once from a spreadsheet if you need to.

  3. They take the test

    Six sections in about 85 minutes, on a laptop or desktop with Chrome or Edge and a headset with a microphone. In one sitting, or with breaks between sections if you allow them.

  4. You get results

    A level for every skill, a report, a certificate with a QR code, and the courses each person needs to reach your target.

What the test covers

Six skills, each with its own section and its own clock.

SkillWhat the associate doesTime
GrammarChooses the word or form that completes a sentence.12 min
VocabularyChooses the word that fits the meaning.9 min
ListeningListens to short recordings and answers questions about them.12 min
ReadingReads short texts and answers questions about them.14 min
SpeakingReads sentences aloud, then speaks freely on a topic.8 min
WritingWrites two short pieces, such as a work email.25 min

It adjusts to each person

The test responds to each person's answers as they go, so a strong candidate is stretched and a weaker one is not buried in questions far above them. That is how one test of about 85 minutes can place people accurately anywhere from beginner to advanced.

How answers are marked

Grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening are marked by our server the moment they are answered. The correct answers never reach the associate's browser.

Writing and speaking are marked by AI against OTO's own criteria, among them accuracy, range, organisation, pronunciation and fluency. The written work and a transcript of what was said stay in the report, so your team can see what the level rests on.

Where the level puts its emphasis

The overall level leans toward speaking and writing, because those are the skills people use most at work. Every skill still has its own result in the report, and the report names the weakest one, because an overall level can hide a single weak spot.

Emphasis of each skill in the overall levelA ring in six parts: Speaking 25%, Writing 25%, Listening 15%, Reading 15%, Grammar 10%, Vocabulary 10%.6skills
  • Speaking25%
  • Writing25%
  • Listening15%
  • Reading15%
  • Grammar10%
  • Vocabulary10%
Rounded shares of emphasis in the overall level.

What happens during the test

The test opens in full screen on the associate's own click, after a screen that explains the rules. Copy, paste, right-click and autocorrect are switched off inside it. Leaving the test is counted: the first time shows a warning, and the second pauses the test until your team decides whether it continues. Nobody is failed automatically.

What it can and can't catch →

Try it with your own team

Your first five seats are free, with reports and certificates. No card and no documents.