Slovak job applicants have better English than Czechs, Hungarians

A joint study, carried out by TrackTest.eu and Profesia.sk has revealed that Slovaks in general have a better grasp of English than Czechs and Hungarians, with the larger number of Slovaks reaching the B1 proficiency level. "Around 30,000 job applicants from three countries; Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary, who stated a knowledge of English in their CVs, participated in the tests carried out in 2015-17," said Nikola Richterová from Profesia.sk on Tuesday. Meanwhile, employers seeking staff with a knowledge of English most frequently demanded the B2 level. Nonetheless, most applicants did not meet these expectations. "Around 34 percent of people were on the B2 level, i.e. medium-advanced," said TrackTest.eu project manager Branislav Pokrivčák. "The results of the testing showed that Slovak and Czech job applicants tend to make similar mistakes. They had scored similarly in 15 out of 17 grammar categories, a fact that is most probably due to the closeness of their languages. They were significantly better in adjectives, comparing adjectives and vocabulary vis-a-vis Hungarian applicants," said Richterová.