Published rubric / Nothing hidden
Most tools measure
how you sound.
We assess what you actually said. Here is the whole rubric, the rule that keeps it honest, and the things we refuse to score. Read it before you trust us with a sentence that matters.
The five things
we assess.
Every one is about the substance of your answer. None of them is about your voice, your accent or your nerves. This is the live rubric, version voqulo-1 — the same file the coach uses.
| What we look at | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Clear main pointCan the listener tell what you mean? | The main point is not yet identifiable. | A clear main point is stated. | The point is precise, clear early, and tailored to the listener. |
| 02 Easy to followDo the ideas lead somewhere? | Ideas are disconnected. | A beginning, development, and finish are identifiable. | The sequence makes a complex idea easy to follow and ends purposefully. |
| 03 Concrete supportIs there a useful example or reason? | Claims have no supporting detail. | One relevant example or reason supports the point. | Well-chosen detail explains why the point matters without distraction. |
| 04 Purposeful wordingDoes each part help the listener? | The intended message is obscured by repetition or tangents. | Most wording serves the point, with some repetition. | The answer is economical and complete for this listener and task. |
| 05 Fit for the listenerCan you adjust for a new audience? | The response does not address the specified listener or question. | The response addresses the question in language suited to the listener. | Across contrasting prompts, the speaker adapts framing, detail, and the next step effectively. |
The rule that keeps it honest
No quote,
no rating.
A rating only appears if the coach can quote the words of yours that justify it, and the quote is checked against what you actually submitted. If it cannot, the rating is withheld rather than guessed.
That is why there is no overall number. A single score is easy to produce and impossible to act on. Five judgements with your own sentences attached can be argued with — which is the point.
“Concrete support: 2 of 5.”
“We should probably look at the schedule at some point.”
Illustrative example, not a real user session.
What we refuse
to score.
These are the numbers other tools are happy to give you. We do not, because we cannot measure them from a short sample without inventing a result.
- Confidence. We do not grade how confident you seemed. The approved short version of our whole position: no confidence score, one change.
- Professionalism, intelligence or personality. Not measurable from a one-minute answer, and not our business.
- Your accent. Clarity is a skill. An accent is not a defect.
- A single overall number. It would feel like progress without telling you what to do differently.
What the free exercise
measures today.
The exercise on this site is self-guided and runs entirely in your browser. These are transparent text rules, not an AI assessment — and structure is checked before anything else, so a natural “um” never outranks a buried point.
Where your point lands
Whether your recommendation or your main point appears in the opening, or whether the listener has to wait for it. This is checked first, because it matters most.
Whether anything concrete backs it
A number, a date, a named example, a result. One specific detail does more than three general reasons.
Possible filler phrases
A count of matched phrases, reported as a count — not a verdict. Some fillers are natural and useful.
An estimated pace
Words divided by the time you took, shown only when there is enough text to make the estimate mean anything.
Your answers never leave the page. The exercise does not upload what you write, does not save it in browser storage, and never asks for your microphone or camera. Reloading the page clears it. That is a property of how it is built, not a promise about how we behave.
Where this
actually stands.
So you can judge what is finished and what is not.
- Working today: the free self-guided exercise on this site, and the written guides.
- Built and tested, not yet open: the coached session that uses the rubric above. It is in development and there is no launch date.
- Not built: voice input, and any coaching that remembers your previous sessions.