What to expect in an AI skills assessment: show how you work with AI.
A company you applied to sent you a task. Do it in your own AI tool, the way you would in the job, and get your result back.
Plan a launch budget
We launch in Germany next month with €50k. Using our positioning, last year’s UK campaign results and three competitor sites, decide where the money goes, in five lines for the CMO, and write the launch email.
Then do the same for France with €30k.
- The positioning, one page
- Last year’s UK campaign results
- Three saved competitor pages
- Deadline Fri 24 Oct
ChatGPT
Claude Cowork
Lemonsignal helps you get the job, and get better at your work.
- 1Show how you really workReal work in the AI tool you already use, not a quiz. The company sees what you did, not only your CV.
- 2Talk about it in the interviewThe company gets a question about a moment in your task, so the next conversation is about your real work.
- 3Get better at your workYou get your result back: every skill, the moment it’s based on, and what to work on next. Most applications get no answer at all.
Before you start
- The task
A brief, the files, and a deadline, a time limit or both. You see it all before you start.
- Your tools
On your own computer, with your saved prompts and skills, or in the browser.
Claude Code
CodexClaude CoworkChatGPT - What we record
Your conversation with the AI, what you hand in, and anything you built for it. Nothing else on your computer.
- How you’re judged
Six skills, read by Lemonsignal and checked by the hiring team. Never on speed, prompt count, which tool, or polished English.
UnderstandBriefCheckCorrectSign offReuse
Your result, to keep
How you did on each skill, the moment it’s based on, and how to get better. The company gets a score for the role, and a person there decides the next step.
Telling the AI what is wrong.
Correct · Turns 14 to 18- Understand Strong You saw that clicks and paying customers point to different channels, and planned on customers.
- Brief Solid You gave it the UK numbers and the budget, and said to use only those.
- Check Strong You asked where every number came from before using it.
- Correct Partial You said “make it better” four times on the email before saying what was wrong.
- Sign off Strong You checked every claim in the email before signing off.
- Reuse Solid You did France with the prompt you wrote for Germany.
Make it better.
Next time, try:The opening is about us, not the reader, and the free trial is buried. Lead with the problem and put the trial in the first two lines.
Questions
Can I use the internet during the task?
Yes. Work the way you would in the job.
What if I run out of time?
Hand in what you have. We score what your work and your conversation with the AI show, and an unfinished piece of work still shows a lot.
What if my AI tool is not on the list?
Use one of the tools in the brief if you can. If you cannot, contact us at lemonsignal.io/contact before you start.
Can I ask for more time?
Yes. The company that sent you the link sets the time, so ask them. Tell them why; a good reason is usually enough.
Is the AI there to catch me out?
No. Every task has a few places where AI usually gets it wrong, because real work does too. Noticing them is part of the job, not a trick.