SEO: practice, test and prove it
Crawling and indexing, search intent, titles and meta descriptions, headings, links and technical SEO basics.
SEO screenings for entry-level roles rarely ask about tricks. They check whether you understand how a search engine finds a page, decides what it is about, and chooses which result best serves the searcher. Expect questions on search intent, page titles, meta descriptions, headings, internal links and basic technical files such as robots.txt and sitemaps.
This page gives you practice questions with explanations, two short lessons on the fundamentals, and interview answers you can adapt. Work through the questions you get wrong first, because those usually point to one concept you have mixed up, such as crawling versus indexing.
Benchmark: The pass mark is 80%, and this skill is commonly screened for SEO executive, content writer, digital marketing and web content roles. Requirements vary by employer.
Lessons
Interview prep
Certificate
Common questions
Do I need coding skills for an entry-level SEO role?
No, but you should be able to read basic HTML such as title tags, headings, links and meta tags. Knowing what a redirect or canonical tag does matters more than writing code.
Is keyword density still important?
Not as a target number. Use the main term naturally in the title, a heading and the opening, then write to answer the searcher's question fully.
How long does SEO take to show results?
It varies by site, competition and how often the site is crawled, so avoid promising timelines. In interviews, say you would track progress through indexing, impressions and clicks over several weeks.