Basic Clerical Skills Assessment

Use the Basic Clerical Skills Assessment to assess skills and proficiencies that are essential for success in the clerical and office administration field.

Purpose: The Basic Clerical Skills Assessment evaluates skills and proficiencies that are essential for success in the clerical and office administration field.

What It’s Best Used For

This test is best used during pre-employment vetting, corporate training setups, or professional development audits to confirm a candidate can handle everyday office tasks efficiently before onboarding.

• Measuring Data Entry Metrics: The assessment evaluates typing speed and accuracy under strain, reporting precise keystrokes per hour, words per minute, and exact error percentages for both Alpha-Numeric and 10-Key entries.
• Verifying Proofreading & Typing Speed: It tests a candidate’s speed at typing raw text and ensures they have the sharp attention to detail needed to catch formatting or grammatical errors.
• Evaluating Software Expertise: The test tracks and scores an applicant’s functional comfort level with foundational office applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Gauging Reading Comprehension: It checks how effectively an employee can read, process, and act on instructions or information presented in business texts.
• Seamless Recruitment Workflows: Designed to streamline high-volume hiring, the platform is ATS compatible, legal for use in Canada, built to APA standards, and delivers an immediate online score report.

Application

• Pre-employment
• Training
• Professional development

Scales

• Alpha-Numeric Data Entry
• 10-Key Data Entry
• Typing Skills
• Proofreading Skills
• Reading Comprehension
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint

No. of questions: 29
Question type: Skill testing
Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards
Validation Information:
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Features

• Benchmarks:Available (general population, clerical workers)
• Group Comparisons: Available

Basic Clerical Skills Assessment Factors & Scales

Overall Score plus the following scales:

• Data Entry Skills: Assesses the ability to enter information quickly and accurately. Includes Alpha-Numeric Data Entry Speed (keystrokes per hour and words per minute), AlphaNumeric Data Entry Accuracy (number of errors and accuracy percentage), 10-Key Data Entry Speed (keystrokes per hour and words per minute), and 10-Key Data Entry Accuracy (number of errors and accuracy percentage).
• Typing Skills: Assesses the ability to type text quickly and accurately. Includes Typing Speed (keystrokes per hour and words per minute) and Typing Accuracy (number of errors and accuracy percentage).
• Proofreading Skills: Ability to read and understand information presented in a text or article.
• Reading Comprehension: Ability to interact productively and tactfully with others.
• Software Expertise: Assesses a person’s self-rated level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.