The JLPT is pretty heavily weighted towards reading and listening than anything else, you can be functionally incapable of seriously using the language and still pass N2 if you can read. There are zero long-form questions, it’s entirely multiple choice and there’s no oral component. The listening section is all stuff like

Your coworker Tanaka asks “where are the black pens?” How do you respond?

1. Goodbye.
2. In the desk.
3. In the hospital.
4. Give me the pen.

Which isn’t to say that mere gooning alone would pass N2 by any means, this guy was gooning with purpose. But it’s less useful than it sounds.