About odesk Test

A reputation is the most important factor in success on freelance sites like oDesk.

But what if you're new?

Specifically for oDesk, taking tests can help build your 'street cred'.

Once you have a few successful projects under your belt you'll find your online resume a lot stronger.


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List of recommended tests per role:

Job Role

Required Tests

Elective Tests


.NET and Microsoft Programmer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Dot Net Fundamentals
Visual Studio
ASP.NET 2003 Test
VB.NET 2003 Test
ADO.NET 2003
ASP.NET with SQL Server
JSharp 2003 Test
C Programming Test
C++ Programming Test
C# Programming Test
MS SQL Server 2000
Javascript 1.3 Test
Frontpage 2000 Test
Ecommerce Test


C/C++ Programmer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
C Programming Test
C++ Programming Test
C# Programming Test
Visual Studio
Visual Basic 6
ASP.NET 2003 Test
VB.NET 2003 Test
ADO.NET 2003
MS Access 2003
MS SQL Server 2000


PHP Programmer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
PHP5 Test
MySQL Test
Ecommerce Test


Java Programmer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Java Test
Advanced Java Test
Ajax Test
JDBC 2.1 Test
JSP 2.0 Test
J2ME Test
Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 2.0 Test


Perl Programmer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Perl 5 Test
Ecommerce Test


XML Programmer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
XML 1.0 Test
HTML 4.01 Test
CSS 2.0 Test


Other Programming Skills

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Power Builder
ColdFusion MX 7 Test
Delphi 6
Python 2.x test
SOAP 1.2 Test
DHTML Test
HTML 4.01 Test
CSS 2.0 Test
Ecommerce Test


Graphic Designer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Macromedia Flash 8
Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects 7.0 Test
Dreamweaver 8
Frontpage 2000 Test
Ecommerce Test
HTML 4.01 Test
DHTML Test
XHTML 1.0 Test
CSS 2.0 Test


Enterprise Software Engineer

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 2.0 Test
JDBC 2.1 Test

Microsoft DBA

English Test (Sentence Structure)
MS Access 2003
MS SQL Server 2000
System Analysis
SQL Test
Data Structures
Data Warehousing

Oracle DBA

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Oracle 10g Test
Oracle Database 10g
Oracle PL/SQL 10g Test
System Analysis
SQL Test
Data Structures
Developer 2000

MySQL DBA

English Test (Sentence Structure)
MySQL
System Analysis
SQL Test
Data Structures
Data Warehousing

IBM DBA

English Test (Sentence Structure)
DB2 Admin Test
System Analysis
SQL Test
Data Structures
Data Warehousing

Network and System Administrator

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Networking Concepts Test
CISCO
Networking Server 2003 Test
Networking with Windows NT 4
Networking XP Test
Windows Networking Design Infrastructure Test
Windows Networking Infrastructure Test
TCP/IP

Windows OS

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Windows NT
Windows XP Test

Unix OS

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Unix
Unix Shell

QA/Tester

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Software Testing Test

Data Entry

English Test (Sentence Structure)
MS Word 2003 Test
Office Skills Test
MS Powerpoint 2003 Test
Email Etiquette Certification
Telephone Etiquette Certification
Call Center Skills Test

SEO

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Search Engine Optimization Test
Ecommerce Test

Techwriter

English Test (Sentence Structure)
Technical Writing Skills Certification
MS Word 2003 Test
Editing Skills Certification