Complete Skills Test Library for:

Administrative Roles

Our administrative skills test library helps hiring managers understand a candidate’s knowledge of basic and administrative principles and terminology they’ll likely encounter while on-the-job.

HighMatch Administrative Skills Test Library

HighMatch’s Services team made up of industrial & organizational psychologists have identified a number of relevant role-based skill tests for candidates working within administrative roles based on prior experience with clients in the space.

  • Data Entry Alpha Numeric: This test measures the speed and accuracy of a person in conducting data entry. The resulting report indicates the speed in keystrokes per hour and accuracy of the data entry session
  • Data Entry 10 Key: This test measures the speed and accuracy of a person to type information into a simulation of a spreadsheet. The report indicates the speed, in keystrokes per hour, and accuracy of the data entry session
  • Numeric Proofreading: This test is structured as a spreadsheet containing numeric data to which questions are aimed. Skills tested include identifying numeric data errors, correlating numeric data with alpha-numeric data, verifying accuracy and making corrections, as well as referencing numeric information
  • Proofreading: This test assesses the skill level of a person in identifying errors in text, tables and lists. The errors included are those of transference (made when transferring data from one site to another), grammatical errors, errors of calculation (made when compiling simple information), and punctuation errors
  • Typing: This test measures the speed and accuracy of a person’s typing. The test presents the user with a passage which he/she must type as accurately and quickly as possible

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HighMatch Foundational Skills Tests

Certain skills are foundational to specific discipline, in that someone applying for a role needs to have some level of expertise in these skills as a baseline to even be considered qualified as a candidate. In accounting and finance, these foundational skills include:

  • Basic Office Skills: This test measures basic math and verbal skills. Topics include Basic Math (adding numbers, subtracting fractions), Business Math (business related word problems), Filing Skills (recognizing alphabetical order), Grammar, and Spelling
  • Business Etiquette: This test assesses the manners and behaviors required in the workplace. Topics covered include Client Etiquette, Effective Communication, Professional Appearance, Social Communication, Phone Etiquette, Office Ethics, and Professional Correspondence. It’s appropriate for any applicant, from entry level to executive level, that is required to know appropriate business behaviors
  • Office Math: This test measures a person’s ability to complete basic arithmetic and business word problems. This test is designed for people who need math skills in order to perform a job successfully
  • Office Phone Etiquette: This test measures general use of the phone for most organizations. The focus of this assessment is on evaluating a person’s communication skills along with their ability to recognize proper phone etiquette and the best way to handle calls
  • Microsoft ExcelFast, mobile assessment that tests a candidate’s knowledge of the domains measured by the Microsoft MO-200 Excel 365/2019 Certification
  • Microsoft PowerPoint: Fast, mobile test that tests a candidate’s knowledge of the domains measured by the Microsoft MO-300 Powerpoint 365/2019 Certification
  • Microsoft WordFast, mobile test that tests a candidate’s knowledge of the domains measured by the Microsoft MO-100 Word 365/2019 Certification

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Customizable MS Office Testing

HighMatch’s suite of Microsoft Office skills tests are fully ADA / WCAG-2 compliant for accessibility and accommodation, is fully customizable and built from the ground up for mobile.

They feature SMS invitations and reminders, a mobile-optimized candidate experience and the ability to customize the questions, scoring and reporting to your specific needs.

Tests include:

These tests were written by expert technical writers with 20+ years of experience, including developing content directly for Microsoft, and have been rigorously tested by our in-house team of I/O psychologists with a large group of professional users.

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HighMatch’s Administrative Skills Test

HighMatch is a modern pre employment assessment platform that identifies top talent, keeps strong candidates in your pipeline, and re-skills current employees.

Choose from either custom or packaged assessment based on the specific needs of your organization, and allow your candidates to benefit from an intuitive, mobile-first platform that works to build a holistic index of their capabilities.

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