What do I think about ISTQB certifications? - certificate itself --- Let's start with what we have for foundation level: - unlimited attempts (even daily, if you have enough money 😅) - 26/40 correct answers - ~250$ / online / "automatic check" - no information about failed questions (meaning you can't improve... or cheat?) - all certificates are the same, you don't see the score, only a Pass/Fail - valid forever --- In result, if you have 2 testers with this certificate: - one, having 37/40 correct answers from the first try without visiting "learning centers" - meaning he/she knows something - and the other one, having 26/40 from the 5th try with visiting(paying) for a course in the "learning center" - meaning he/she just got lucky enough you, as a an employer, are not able to select the better(first) candidate, because you just don't know the score and attempts, and they look identical to you, but they are definitely not 🤷‍♂️ --- Now, let's compare it to IELTS: - 1 attempt / 31 days - there is no pass/fail. You get scores which are visible to everyone - ~220$ / in person / manual check by a professionals - you get the information about failures, meaning you can improve - all certificates are different (because scores are different) - valid for 2 years As an employer - you see everything, can easily compare candidates and define which level of knowledge (aka B1/B2/C1) is needed for you --- Looks way better, right? Because IELTS certificate is a proof of knowledge (even if it is A2) --- So, to sum up: - from employer (and employee) point of view - the ISTQB certificate is almost useless, because it does not provide any data about candidate skills and does not prove knowledge - from ISTQB point of view - the second candidate is perfect (just calculate the $$$) - from price point of view - 250$ for an online test which is being generated and checked automatically, its kinda 🤯 --- #istqb