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[Hod]

Other people can wait if they like. In this case, though, IELTS and Cambridge failed miserably.

I taught IELTS in a previous life. I�m not going to criticise its reliability or accuracy; it�s adequate for those wanting to study in Australia, for example. But for this Malaysian wanting to apply right now for this job in Germany, it is not an option.

Do I detect snobbery here about TOEIC? It seems to hold its own in this market and, unlike IELTS and Cambridge, has moved on a lot in the last decade. It would be amusing to see some salesman trying to convince a HR bigwig to use IELTS to test his workforce.

[tosca100]

I agree that your best bet would be a telephone interview with a teacher who is a native speaker possibly from another laguage school, if this school does not have any other native speakers, who could do this.

I am also not a native speaker, I am origially from Germany and grew up with a British stepmother and never took any English tests, though I took the CELTA, but this does not really assess your English skills. When I apply for jobs, there is usually a phone or face to face interview with a native speaker, either the Director, the DOS or the person responsible for hiring and after this, so far, I have always been offered the job, so it seems to work.