Guides
Rating skills correctly: scales and examples
Basic to expert: honest scales for IT, languages and methods – without dots and bars.
Rated skills only help when the scale is honest: exaggeration surfaces in interviews, understatement costs chances.
The scale
- Three levels suffice: basic, advanced, expert.
- With context: Excel, advanced, pivots daily beats dots.
- No bars: graphic levels are vague and tracking-hostile.
Staying honest
- Stay testable: anything above basic must survive questioning.
- Stay current: drop outdated tools instead of dragging them along.
- Allowed to drop: what nobody needs, nobody needs to read.
In the editor you rate skills in words – machine-readable and honest.
Frequently asked questions
Dot or percent scales?
No – 85 percent Excel means nothing and only confuses.
How many skills?
The ten most important – sorted by relevance to the role.