Language Proficiency Test

Chris Apps • 13 June 2024

Measures Reading, Writing & Listening

 The Criteria Language Proficiency Test (CLPT) is a customisable set of assessments that measures the level of language proficiency that you require for any given role. Currently offered in English, the CLPT assessments measure reading comprehension, writing, and listening skills. As adaptive assessments, they are underpinned by sophisticated scoring algorithms that adjust the difficulty of test items based on each candidate’s previous responses, which ensures a precise, shorter, and more efficient testing experience.


The reading and listening modules contain 13 multiple-choice questions, while the writing module contains 8 free-text questions. The test is completed online and takes the candidate 21 minutes to complete. For improved test security, candidates are streamed different questions from a large bank of items. This means that no two candidates are likely to be presented with the same set of questions, making it harder for candidates to cheat or prepare for specific questions.


The CLPT is ideal for assessing candidates’ suitability for call centre and customer service roles, as well as any role that requires a high level of verbal interaction with clients. By assessing a candidate’s English proficiency, employers gain surety in a candidate’s grasp of English and can easily identify candidates with a satisfactory language level for a given job. 


Fermion specialises in psychometric testing for recruitment. Please contact Fermion to discuss how the CLPT, or any other psychometric test, can help with your recruitment decisions.

About the Author:

Christopher Apps is an Organisational Psychologist and the owner of Fermion. He stays updated on the latest psychology research and shares evidence-based insights.


The focus of Fermion is "Psychometric Testing for Recruitment" and "Recruitment to Retention: How to select good staff and keep them". If you would like to learn how to select good staff and keep them, please feel free to contact us at Fermion.


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