Free Japanese for IT Professionals test with certificate

The Science of Apps Japanese for IT Professionals Certificate is a free 30-minute online test for engineers who work in or with Japan: business manners and keigo, IT vocabulary, hōrensō-style reporting, and reading Slack and email messages. Score 70% for a verifiable certificate. It is a skills credential, not the JLPT or BJT. A free skills credential for your CV, LinkedIn and job applications. Not proctored, and not accepted for visas, immigration or university admission.

Yes. Taking the test, receiving your certificate as a PDF and by email, adding it to LinkedIn and having it verified are all free, with no sign-up. It has a credential ID and QR code anyone can check.

No. A free skills credential for your CV, LinkedIn and job applications. Not proctored, and not accepted for visas, immigration or university admission. If an embassy, university or regulator asks for a language test, take the one they name.

25 questions — 5 from each of 5 skill areas — in 30 minutes. You need 70% to pass and 90% for distinction.

Business Manners & Keigo, IT Vocabulary, Meetings & Reporting, Reading Work Messages and Listening at Work: Business Manners & Keigo (respectful and humble forms, phone and email manners, in-group and out-group); IT Vocabulary (project phases, testing and release, incidents and effort); Meetings & Reporting (hōrensō, progress and risk, consensus and polite refusal); Reading Work Messages (schedule changes, requests and attachments, rules and status); Listening at Work (requests and updates, times, numbers and status, polite refusals and idioms).

Yes. The bank holds 50 questions, so a retake draws questions you haven't seen. If you don't pass you can retake after 30 minutes.

Developers, testers, bridge SEs and IT consultants working with Japanese clients, in Japan or offshore from India and elsewhere.

Roughly N4–N3 workplace Japanese. Take the Japanese Level Certificate for a full N5–N1 level.

報連相: reporting (報告), contacting or updating (連絡) and consulting (相談), the core habit of Japanese teamwork.

No. It is an independent, free skills credential and not proctored.

Yes. The test and certificate are free.

70% to pass, 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.