New Applicants or Existing Employees
These assessments are appropriate for either New Applicants or Existing Employees.
Showing all 62 results
-
Air Conditioning Specialist
The Air Conditioning Specialist Test is a 60-item knowledge-based assessment designed to evaluate a candidate’s technical skills in HVAC maintenance, equipment installation, and industrial repair workflows. Available in both online and paper-and-pencil formats, this test takes under an hour to complete and comprehensively scores an individual across multiple mechanical domains, complete with targeted safety questions integrated into each section.
-
Applicant Potential Test
The Applicant Potential Test (APT) is a highly efficient, 12-minute timed aptitude test engineered to accurately and objectively identify top performers, effective problem solvers, and quick learners. This streamlined 40-question assessment measures a candidate’s core cognitive abilities, helping organizations separate applicants who merely “sound good” in an interview from those who possess the practical thinking skills to do the job right.
-
Arithmetic Tests (Battery)
The Arithmetic Tests Battery is a flexible suite of five individual entry-level math assessments designed to measure basic computational speed and accuracy. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, these tests evaluate a candidate’s ability to work with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and percentages without complex mathematical theory. Depending on the specific version chosen, the testing format ranges from 24 to 40 questions and is available in multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank structures across online or paper formats.
-
Ashland Interest Assessment
The Ashland Interest Assessment (AIA) is a specialized career planning and counseling tool engineered for individuals facing educational, physical, emotional, cognitive, or psychiatric barriers to employment. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this flexible assessment consists of 144 pairs of work-related activities. It is uniquely optimized for individuals at or above a 3rd-grade reading level, featuring highly concise item phrasing printed in larger-than-normal type to ensure ease of use.
-
Barriers to Employment Success Inventory – 5th Edition
The Barriers to Employment Success Inventory – 5th Edition (BESI) is a quick, 20-to-30-minute self-assessment designed to help individuals identify the hurdles and obstacles that stand in the way of a successful job search and long-term career growth. To ensure an easy and stress-free user experience, individuals simply rate 50 straightforward statements regarding their current levels of concern. The inventory can be administered online or on paper and scored by hand or via an automated online report.
-
Basic Computer Skills Test
The Basic Computer Skills Test is a quick, entry-level pre-employment screening tool designed to evaluate an applicant’s foundational word processing capabilities and general familiarity with Microsoft Windows applications. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 26-item multiple-choice exam presents candidates with questions directly related to software screens to test practical, on-the-job technical knowledge.
-
Becoming A Customer Service Star
The Becoming a Customer Service Star Assessment and Workshop is an interactive professional development tool designed to help individuals evaluate their behavioral tendencies and attitudes regarding frontline client relations. Taking under 30 minutes to administer as a standalone test—or functioning as a core asset for a 1.5-hour training workshop—this intermediate-level program identifies an individual’s personal service reflexes rather than just teaching abstract concepts.
-
Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test-II
The Bennett Mechanical Comprehension Test-II (BMCT-II) is a 25-minute timed online assessment designed to measure a candidate’s mechanical understanding, spatial perception, and ability to learn new technical skills. Replacing all older paper versions, this modernized 55-item test uses everyday visual mechanisms to evaluate how effectively an individual can apply physical laws to real-world repair and maintenance scenarios.
-
Boilermaker Test
The Boilermaker Test is a journey-level pre-employment assessment designed to evaluate a candidate’s technical knowledge of industrial boiler installation, heating systems, and mechanical repair. This 121-item multiple-choice exam takes under 30 minutes to complete and can be administered via online or paper formats. It focuses strictly on practical, job-related engineering concepts rather than abstract theories.
-
Can-Do Attitude Test
The Can-Do Attitude Test offered by Creative Organizational Design is a fast, under 30-minute personality screening assessment designed to evaluate an applicant’s optimism, workplace morale, and willingness to go the extra mile. Available in both online and paper formats, this test helps employers look past technical skills to secure hires who bring a positive, cooperative energy to the job.
-
Career Directions Inventory
The Career Directions Inventory (CDI) is a flexible, highly cost-effective vocational counseling tool designed to facilitate career exploration for high school, college, and university students, as well as adults navigating a professional transition. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this 100-item test can be administered in an online or paper format and is suitable for individuals aged 14 and older, regardless of whether they plan to pursue post-secondary education.
-
Carpenter Test
The Carpenter Test is a journey-level pre-employment skills assessment designed to measure a candidate’s advanced technical knowledge of structural woodworking and job site mechanics. Taking under an hour to complete, this concise 60-question multiple-choice exam focuses strictly on practical field competencies rather than abstract construction theory.
-
Checking Accuracy Test
The Checking Accuracy Test is a quick, entry-level pre-employment screening assessment designed measure a candidate’s ability to read and verify raw administrative data accurately. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 30-question multiple-choice exam evaluates practical, on-the-job clerical precision rather than abstract reasoning.
-
Clerical Skills Test
The Clerical Skills Test is a quick, under 30-minute screening assessment designed to objectively determine an applicant’s core administrative capabilities before hire. Available in both online and paper formats, this highly practical test helps employers bypass hiring guesswork by verifying foundational office literacy and numerical accuracy. Physical booklets feature a unique hidden carbonless panel that automatically captures answers for fast manual grading, while the digital version offers immediate automated reporting.
-
CNC Operator Test
The CNC Operator Test is a quick, journey-level screening assessment designed to measure a candidate’s technical knowledge and field experience with computer-numerical-control (CNC) machinery. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 60-question multiple-choice exam evaluates practical, on-the-job manufacturing mechanics rather than abstract engineering concepts.
-
CNC Test
The CNC Test is a quick, journey-level pre-employment skills assessment designed to evaluate a candidate’s understanding of core industrial computing and machining concepts. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 60-question multiple-choice exam focuses on practical technical knowledge rather than abstract manufacturing theory.
-
CNC Trainee Test
The CNC Trainee Test is a trainee-level screening assessment designed to evaluate the foundational knowledge and technical skills of prospective computer-numerical-control (CNC) operators. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this comprehensive 90-item multiple-choice exam identifies candidates with the right baseline aptitude before an employer invests heavy training resources.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Chemical Operator
The Combined Basic Skills – Chemical Operator assessment is a quick, entry-level screening test designed to measure a candidate’s baseline technical and problem-solving skills for industrial environments. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 52-item multiple-choice exam evaluates core workplace competencies rather than dense academic theory, helping employers bypass hiring guesswork. The Combined Basic Skills – Chemical Operator test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Clerical
The Combined Basic Skills Clerical is a part of the CBS Series for assessing Reading Arithmetic Inspection and Measurement Troubleshooting and more, in industrial roles. The assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test designed to measure foundational clerical competencies, administrative accuracy, and problem-solving skills within industrial and manufacturing environments. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 64-item multiple-choice exam focuses on practical, day-to-day workplace tasks rather than complex administrative theory. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Custodial Services
The Combined Basic Skills Custodial Services is a part of the CBS Series for assessing Reading Arithmetic Inspection and Measurement Troubleshooting and more, in industrial roles. The Combined Basic Skills – Custodial Services assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test designed to measure foundational literacy and problem-solving skills for maintenance and facility roles. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 24-item multiple-choice exam evaluates practical, on-the-job competencies rather than complex theory to help employers make objective hiring choices. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Electrical
The Combined Basic Skills Electrical is a part of the CBS Series for assessing Reading Arithmetic Inspection and Measurement Troubleshooting and more, in industrial roles. The Combined Basic Skills – Electrical assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test designed to measure foundational technical, reading, and math skills for industrial settings. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 52-item multiple-choice exam evaluates practical, on-the-job mechanics rather than complex engineering theory to help employers make objective hiring choices. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Food Industry
The Combined Basic Skills – Food Industry assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test engineeredto measure foundational technical, literacy, and mathematical skills within the food manufacturing sector. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 42-item multiple-choice exam evaluates on-the-job competency—including Reading Comprehension, Arithmetic, Process Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Team Skills—rather than dense academic theories. Available in both online and paper formats with instant automated reporting or quick hand-scoring options, this EEOC-compliant screening tool is highly optimized for evaluating job applicants or existing employees for food production, packaging, and general plant floor support roles. It is fully legal for use in Canada. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Mechanical
The Combined Basic Skills – Mechanical assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test engineered to measure foundational technical, literacy, and mathematical skills for industrial environments. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 52-item multiple-choice exam focuses on practical, on-the-job mechanics rather than dense academic theories. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Metric
The Combined Basic Skills – Metric assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test engineered to measure foundational technical, literacy, and mathematical skills utilizing metric units for industrial environments. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 52-item multiple-choice exam focuses on practical, on-the-job mechanics rather than dense academic theories. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills – Tools
The Combined Basic Skills – Tools assessment is a rapid, entry-level screening test engineered to measure foundational technical, reading, and hardware skills for industrial environments. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this concise 81-item multiple-choice exam focuses on practical, hand-on competencies rather than dense mechanical theories. This test is part of the Combined Basic Skills Tests battery.
-
Combined Basic Skills Tests
The Combined Basic Skills (CBS) Tests are a comprehensive suite of entry-level screening assessments developed to measure essential foundational competencies across diverse industrial, service, and administrative roles. Designed to be completed in under 30 minutes, these highly efficient multiple-choice tests evaluate practical workplace knowledge rather than abstract theory to help employers make data-backed hiring and promotion decisions.
-
Combustion Control Technician
The Combustion Control Technician test is a journey-level pre-employment skills assessment designed to evaluate a candidate’s advanced mechanical and electrical trade knowledge for high-stakes industrial operations. Taking under 30 minutes to complete, this extensive 118-item multiple-choice exam focuses strictly on practical field competence rather than abstract engineering theory to ensure employers make objective hiring and promotion decisions.
-
Comprehensive Leader
The Comprehensive Leader is a 40-item assessment and workshop tool engineered to help professionals discover their personal leadership style and put practical, visionary leadership principles into practice. Requiring between 60 and 90 minutes to complete, this intermediate-depth instrument is available in both online and paper formats to analyze management behaviors across corporate, educational, or governmental environments.
-
Comprehensive Personality Hiring Test
The Comprehensive Personality Hiring Test is an online or paper-based screening assessment designed to evaluate an applicant’s natural behavioral traits to determine their structural fit for a role. Taking approximately 45 minutes to complete, this 131-question inventory uses a strongly agree/strongly disagree format. Unlike traditional clinical assessments, every item was developed specifically for the corporate workspace, ensuring high job relevance and professional face validity.
-
Comprehensive Personality Profile
The Comprehensive Personality Profile (CPP) is a fast, under-30-minute screening assessment engineered to map a candidate’s natural behavioral traits against specific workplace requirements to optimize job fit. Available in online and paper formats, this multilingual test supports English, French, and Spanish language configurations. (Important Notice: This specific assessment is no longer directly available for sale through Creative Organizational Design and must be purchased via Wonderlic). Consider the Comprehensive Personality Analysis as an alternative.
-
Computer Career Assessment Test
The Computer Career Assessment Test is a comprehensive 1-hour and 30-minute vocational screening tool designed to evaluate an individual’s natural aptitude and technical potential for computer-related occupations. Created by Bruce A. Winrow, this self-instructive assessment is available in both online and paper formats, requires only basic clerical supervision to administer, and is fully legal for use in Canada.
-
Construction (Carpenter/Painter/Sheeter) Test
The Construction (Carpenter/Painter/Sheeter) Test is a professional knowledge exam designed to screen job applicants and evaluate existing employees for trade skills. Created by the Ramsay Corporation, this 125-item, multiple-choice test evaluates candidates at a journey-level competence across broad building and trade categories. It is available in both online and print formats, taking under an hour to complete.
-
Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory
The Cross-Cultural Adaptability Inventory (CCAI) is a 15-to-30-minute assessment and training tool designed to evaluate an individual’s capacity to adjust to overseas relocation, travel, and immersion in new cultures. Available in both online and paper formats, this unique test measures cross-cultural adaptability independent of a person’s prior language skills or international experience. Rather than just testing basic awareness, it scores four critical dimensions—Emotional Resilience, Flexibility/Openness, Perceptual Acuity, and Personal Autonomy—to provide an actionable roadmap for developing practical global communication skills.
-
Customer Service Aptitude Profile
The Customer Service Aptitude Profile (CSAP) is an online or paper-based test designed to measure both the motivation and the baseline capability of candidates targeting customer care or support roles. Taking less than an hour to complete, this 140-item questionnaire is written at an accessible 6th-grade reading level and can be administered to anyone over the age of 14. Unlike traditional tests that only measure whether a candidate can perform customer service work, this profile specifically evaluates whether they will follow through once they are on the job. The resulting interpretive report scores multiple core performance traits while using automatic validity scales to filter out unrealistic self-representation.
-
Diesel Mechanic Test
The Diesel Mechanic Test is a journey-level technical assessment designed to measure the required repair knowledge and practical troubleshooting skills of vehicle mechanics. Taking less than an hour to complete, this 50-item, multiple-choice test evaluates hands-on competency rather than generic abstract theories. Available in both paper and online formats, it helps transportation managers, fleet operators, and industrial employers bypass hiring guesswork by providing concrete data to verify an individual’s mechanical capabilities.
-
DISCstyles Assessment
The DISCstyles Assessment is a highly validated behavioral profile designed to help organizations understand how personal chemistry impacts everyday employee success, leadership, and communication. Taking only 10 to 15 minutes to complete via online or paper formats, this concise 30-item assessment evaluates a person’s behavior across three distinct contextual settings—work, home, and social—to plot a highly accurate view of their preferred operating style. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Military, the tool generates a personalized report that maps an individual’s strengths, communication preferences, and underlying workplace motivations.
-
Electrical Aptitude Test
The Electrical Aptitude Test is a quick, under-30-minute screening assessment designed to measure an individual’s foundational potential to understand electrical layouts, process flows, and relevant mathematics. This 36-item multiple-choice test is available in both paper and online formats, helping employers evaluate a candidate’s baseline capacity to learn technical trade skills before investing in extensive training resources.
-
Electrical Entry
The Electrical Entry test is a 30-minute screening assessment designed to evaluate entry-level applicants on their fundamental electrical knowledge and practical skills. This 60-item multiple-choice test is available in both online and paper formats. It helps employers make informed hiring and promotion decisions by verifying technical capabilities across seven core areas before investing corporate capital into training.
-
Electrical Learner Series
The Electrical Learner Series (formerly the Electrical Repair Apprentice Battery) is a modular pre-employment testing suite designed to screen electrical apprentice candidates for foundational technical aptitude and learning readiness. This series features five standalone multiple-choice tests (ranging from 25 to 40 items each) that can be purchased and administered separately depending on an employer’s specific onboarding focus. Symmetrical to the needs of trade programs, it is more challenging than a generic basic skills battery but less demanding than a full maintenance trainee exam, making it a perfect tool to predict an applicant’s long-term on-the-job training success.
-
Electrical Maintenance Trainee
The Electrical Safety Knowledge test is a paper-based, journey-level assessment designed to screen electrician and maintenance applicants on their technical competency and safety protocols. This 60-item multiple-choice test takes less than an hour to administer and is scored by hand. It helps industrial facilities and manufacturing operations look past generic resumes to verify that candidates possess the practical knowledge required to operate safely around high-voltage setups and equipment.
-
Electrician (Chemical)
The Electrician (Chemical) test is an advanced, above-journey-level assessment designed to screen industrial electricians who specialize in maintaining electrical systems within chemically oriented production environments. This 60-item multiple-choice test takes less than an hour to complete and can be administered via traditional paper booklets or online. It helps industrial facilities bypass hiring guesswork by verifying that highly technical candidates can manage complex circuitry, heavy motors, and power distribution setups safely under specialized plant floor demands.
-
Electronics & Instrument Technician
The Electronics & Instrument Technician test is a comprehensive, journey-level screening tool designed to evaluate the technical knowledge and practical skills of industrial maintenance applicants. This robust 100-item multiple-choice test takes less than 30 minutes to complete and is available in both online and paper formats. It helps manufacturers and industrial facilities look beyond generic resumes to verify an applicant’s ability to troubleshoot complex digital circuitry, process controls, and automated software networks before investing significant company training budget.
-
Emotional Intelligence Skills Assessment
The Emotional Intelligence Skills Assessment (EISA) is a 50-item training and development tool designed to measure and improve adult emotional intelligence across five key areas. Requiring under 30 minutes to complete or score, this assessment is available in both online and paper formats, and it requires no professional certification to administer. Rather than a standalone test, it functions as a comprehensive workshop curriculum—complete with workbooks and facilitator guides—to help individuals identify their personal strengths, understand how they control emotions, and develop action steps for professional success.
-
Employability Skills Inventory
The Employability Skills Inventory (ESI) is an 80-item self-report assessment designed to help individuals quickly evaluate their own workplace strengths and weaknesses to improve their job readiness. Taking only 20 minutes to complete in either online or paper formats, this self-scoring and self-interpreting questionnaire evaluates critical skills directly mapped to federal SCANS requirements. It provides administrators with a fast snapshot of a client’s core capabilities while giving individuals clear improvement strategies and action worksheets to build their professional value.
-
Employee Screening Questionnaire
The Employee Screening Questionnaire 2 (ESQ2) is a 15-minute, personality-based pre-employment test designed to evaluate an applicant’s conscientiousness, integrity, and long-term job commitment. This 27-question assessment uses an innovative “forced-choice” format—where applicants must choose between statements that are equally desirable—making it exceptionally resistant to “faking good” and up to two times more powerful at predicting future work behaviors than traditional transparent measures. Available in both online and paper formats, it screens for a wide range of positive and counterproductive habits using a massive validation norm group of 98,000 applicants. (Note: This particular assessment is not designated as legal for use in Canada).
-
Entrepreneurial Style & Success Indicator
The Entrepreneurial Style & Success Indicator (ESSI) is a self-administered assessment designed to identify an individual’s inherent entrepreneurial tendencies, motivations, and professional propensities. Taking less than one hour to complete, this tool is available in both online and paper formats and can be scored by hand or automatically through an online portal. The evaluation is split into two parts: a style assessment that maps the test-taker to one of 21 proprietary style patterns, and a benchmarking section where individuals rank themselves against 28 top entrepreneurial success factors derived from research on 4,000 successful entrepreneurs.
-
Interpersonal Skills Test
The Interpersonal Skills Test assess candidates on their interpersonal, customer service and teamwork skills as well as their workflow management abilities.
-
Job Style Indicator
The Job Style Indicator helps measure the work style requirements of a specific job, role, or responsibility.
-
Leadership Skills Profile
Use the Leadership Skills Profile for all your selection, development, succession planning, coaching, counseling and training needs.
-
Maintenance Troubleshooter
Use the Maintenance Troubleshooter test for selecting maintenance employees who have mechanical and electrical maintenance knowledge at the journey level.
-
Manager’s Job Style Indicator
The Manager’s Job Style Indicator to help you prioritize the types of tasks and the style behaviors required in the position.
-
Mechanical Learner Series
Use the Mechanical Learner Series tests to assess knowledge of basic mechanical concepts, tools, reading, and troubleshooting skills.
-
MultiCraft Diagnostic Test
Use the MultiCraft Diagnostic Test for selecting maintenance candidates with multi-craft knowledge in 16 areas.
-
MultiCrafTest
Use the MultiCraft Test for selecting maintenance employees who have knowledge in seven different craft areas.
-
Numerical Data Interpretation Test
Assesses numerical reasoning ability, related to the interpretation and manipulation of the types of numerical data routinely encountered in the workplace.
-
Personal Style Indicator
The Personal Style Indicator self-assessment helps you and your clients discover your natural preferences towards time, people, tasks, and situations. It provides you (and others) with self-awareness that’s positive and motivates people to take action to improve relationships – of personal, professional and with yourself.
-
Sales Effectiveness Profile
Use the Sales Effectiveness Profile test to assess sales candidates’ skills in customer service, sales management, marketing and public relations.
-
Supervisory Skills Test
Use the Supervisory Skills Test evaluate the cognitive skills of managers, supervisors and/or candidates for those positions.
-
Time Management Effectiveness Profile
Collect self or 360-degree feedback on time management and measure 7 different competencies with the Time Management Effectivneess Profile.
-
Wesman Personnel Classification Test
The Wesman Personnel Classification Test (Verbal Reasoning) measures the ability to reason through analogy and the perception of verbal relationships.
-
Wind Turbine Technician Test
Use the Wind Turbine Technician Test to assess the skills and knowledge of job candidates applying to wind turbine maintenance positions.
-
Workplace Excellence Inventory
Helps individuals identify the basic skills and strategies needed to successfully transition to the workplace and demonstrate excellence in their job performance and assesses: Critical-thinking, Work ethic, Career management, Soft skills, Leadership, Teamwork
List Tests by Category:
Filter by Format:
- Online or Paper (62)
Filter by Time Required:
- > 1.0 hour (2)
- < 0.5 hour (48)
- < 1.0 hour (12)
Filter by Language:
- English (52)
- English-French (2)
- English-French-Spanish (1)
- English-French-Spanish-Other (3)
- English-Other (1)
- English-Spanish (2)
Need help?
Not sure which test fits your needs? We can help you to make the right choice. Please contact us.
Not sure which test fits your needs?
We can help you to make the right choice.