Are you ready to be an AI Engineer?Free Generative AI skill check.
The Generative AI skill check is five multiple-choice questions, one each on LLM fundamentals, RAG, Inference controls, AI safety and Embeddings. It is free, takes about three minutes, and grades you from Novice to Expert with every answer explained.
- 5 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Free
Choose a course
Every course in the AI Tutor has its own check: five questions, one per topic.
Career tracks 11 courses
For a new role: engineer, scientist, analyst or builder.
Sign up free to start. Your answers are graded when you finish and saved to your record.
The Generative AI skill check.Five topics, one question each.
Question 1 is below exactly as the check asks it. The answer, and why it is right, come with your result.
Generative AI is transforming every industry. Companies are hiring AI Engineers who can build with large language models, design retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, and ship safe, reliable AI products. But the field moves fast — skills that were cutting-edge six months ago are table stakes today.
This 3-minute snapshot tests five core areas that hiring managers look for: LLM fundamentals, RAG architecture, inference controls, AI safety, and embeddings. It won't replace a full technical interview, but it will tell you where you stand and where to focus.
Whether you're a software engineer pivoting into AI, a data scientist expanding your toolkit, or a student choosing your first specialisation, this diagnostic gives you an honest starting point.
- LLM fundamentals
Understanding how models process context is the foundation of every AI engineering role.
- RAG
RAG pipelines are how production AI systems stay grounded in real data.
- Inference controls
Tuning temperature and sampling is essential for reliable AI outputs.
- AI safety
Defending against prompt injection separates prototypes from production systems.
- Embeddings
Semantic search and retrieval depend on understanding vector representations.
What does a large language model do at each step as it writes a reply?
- ALooks the answer up in a database
- BPredicts the next token from the text so far
- CRuns a web search for every sentence
- DCopies a sentence from its training data
“Learn AI” means three things.This check tests one of them.
It tests how LLM products are built: context, retrieval, sampling, prompt-injection defence and embeddings. No training maths.
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Machine learning foundations
How models learn from data: the statistics, training and evaluation underneath them.
For you ifyou want to train and judge models, as an ML engineer or data scientist.
Take the Machine Learning check - 02This check
Applied LLM engineering
Building software on models like Claude and GPT: prompts, retrieval, agents, evals and shipping.
For you ifyou write code and want to build AI features, not train models from scratch.
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AI for your job
Using AI tools well in the work you already do: briefing them, checking what comes back, keeping data safe.
For you ifyou do not plan to code and want AI to make the work you do faster and better.
Take the AI for Operations check
Three steps.About three minutes.
It is free and nothing is booked. Save the report to keep it on your account.
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Pick a course
Any of the 21 courses in the AI Tutor, from Generative AI to AI for Teachers. Each check covers five topics.
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Answer five questions
One question per topic, four options each. Nothing is marked until you finish.
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See your readiness
Your readiness out of 10, a skill map, every answer explained, and the path through the course.
Programmes that build on this check.Your result shows where to start.
Each one teaches Generative AI by building, and ends in deployed work graded against a rubric you can read.
Before you start.Three quick answers.
How long does the AI skill check take?
About 3 minutes. Five multiple-choice questions, instant results. You sign up as a student first, free.
What topics does it cover?
LLM fundamentals, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), inference controls like temperature, prompt injection defence, and embeddings for semantic search.
Is this a certification?
No — it's a quick skill snapshot to help you identify gaps. For a full AI-graded assessment with a personalised learning plan, take the free full assessment after signing up.
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