Automatically-Scored Written Essay Test

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The Automatically-Scored Written Essay Test is a measure of the ability to use written media to effectively and efficiently communicate ideas and information. The Automatically-Scored Written Essay Test evaluates the applicant’s ability to present a message appropriate for the audience, to organize content in an understandable and appropriate manner, and to display appropriate levels of mechanical/grammatical skill within writing.

What It Was Best Used For

• • • Screening Managerial Candidates: Evaluating entry- to mid-level leadership applicants to ensure they could craft clear, executive-ready written messaging.
    • Auditing Written Focus and Clarity: Verifying a candidate’s tendency to write in a focused manner, back up statements with specific details, and use concise word choices.
    • Measuring Message Appropriateness: Assessing whether a prospective employee’s tone, structure, and delivery style were tailored appropriately for a corporate audience.
    • Testing Sentence Mechanics and Variety: Checking an applicant’s foundational mastery of grammar, mechanical spelling rules, and varied sentence structures.
    • Evaluating Core Content Organization: Quantifying an individual’s capacity to structure and organize text-heavy details in an easy-to-understand manner.
    • Rapid, Unproctored Remote Pre-Screening: Implementing early, web-based recruitment filters that work-from-home or distant applicants could securely complete in under half an hour.

Job Level: Entry to Mid-level
Job Family/Title: Leader
Localizations Available: English (US)
Time Allowed (minutes): 10 minute time limit
Number of Questions: One
Designed for Remote Testing: Yes
Question Format: Essay

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies Measured

This test measures written communication skills. Specifically assessed is a candidate’s tendency to write in a clear and focused manner. This includes providing specific details and well-developed support for statements, using a consistent voice, concise word choice, and varied sentence structure. Scores are provided for a candidate’s organizational skills, the appropriateness of his/her message, as well as the correct use of grammar and mechanics. Percentiles scores are based on a normative sample of managerial level incumbents. As such, this test is recommended for use with managerial level candidates.