Where is the logic in this?

So I got roped into some cheeky English exam to prove my superior English skills for a German. Thing is, it's for a specific branch of jobs - mine being focused on IT - however the test itself is in British English, which doesn't seem logical to me since most everything IT related is in American English.
Why they do dis?

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DistractedKate101 · 31-35, F

hmmm, what a good question which I don't have an answer to. I thought both forms of English were similar enough in grammatical structure to make literal translation and quantitative reasoning possible. I guess I was wrong especially in the context of IT work.