Taking a skill assessment gives you a Skill IQ. After you take an assessment, you have several options to update your Skill IQ.
Who can use this?
Skill assessment do-over
If you don’t feel happy with your first attempt at taking a skill assessment, you can take it again with a do-over. A one-time do-over is only available for 48 hours after you take the skill assessment. If you take a do-over and score lower, it’s okay—we remove the lower score and keep the higher score.
To take a do-over, click Try again on the assessment results page after finishing the assessment. You can also access available do-overs from the Skill IQ page (opens in new tab), from the Skill IQ widget on the right side of your home page, or from your profile page (opens in new tab).
After you take your do-over, you'll see a date when your next skill assessment retake will be available.
Skill assessment retake
A skill assessment retake is the opportunity for you to have your skill proficiency re-evaluated after developing more in the skill. This helps you measure improvement and track your progress over time.
Important: Unlike a do-over, a retake does not remove the lower score. The retake becomes the new score. However, you'll still get a do-over opportunity after any retake.
A skill assessment retake unlocks 14 days from the last day you took the assessment. This includes the initial assessment, do-overs, and retakes. You can access all available retakes from the My Skills tab on the Skill IQ page (opens in new tab).
While you can’t stop or reset a retake, you can exit and return to it at a later time. Your progress will be saved and you’ll resume at the point where you last stopped.
Click Finish to complete any unfinished retakes.
Seeing your skill progress over time
To see how your Skill IQ has changed over time, navigate to the Skill IQ page (opens in new tab) and click My Skills. Click on a Skill IQ you’ve completed twice or more times. Click Skill IQ History to toggle between your current and historical Skill IQ. This shows retake history as a line graph, with each time you’ve completed the assessment as a point on the graph. If you used a do-over, only your highest score will appear.