Cracking the Code: Multi-domain LLM Evaluation on Real-World Professional Exams in Indonesia

Fajri Koto


Abstract
While knowledge evaluation in large language models has predominantly focused on academic subjects like math and physics, these assessments often fail to capture the practical demands of real-world professions. In this paper, we introduce IndoCareer, a dataset comprising 8,834 multiple-choice questions designed to evaluate performance in vocational and professional certification exams across various fields. With a focus on Indonesia, IndoCareer provides rich local contexts, spanning six key sectors: (1) healthcare, (2) insurance and finance, (3) creative and design, (4) tourism and hospitality, (5) education and training, and (6) law. Our comprehensive evaluation of 27 large language models shows that these models struggle particularly in fields with strong local contexts, such as insurance and finance. Additionally, while using the entire dataset, shuffling answer options generally maintains consistent evaluation results across models, but it introduces instability specifically in the insurance and finance sectors.
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2025.naacl-industry.69
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Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: Industry Track)
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April
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2025
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Weizhu Chen, Yi Yang, Mohammad Kachuee, Xue-Yong Fu
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Fajri Koto. 2025. Cracking the Code: Multi-domain LLM Evaluation on Real-World Professional Exams in Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 2025 Conference of the Nations of the Americas Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies (Volume 3: Industry Track), pages 938–948, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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