Culinary Skills Solution

Use the Culinary Skills Solution to assess knowledge of cooking principles, cooking equipment, meal preparation and presentation, and kitchen safety in the hospitality industry.

The Prep/Line Cook solution is for entry-level food preparation positions in the hospitality industry. Sample tasks include preparing ingredients and final food items for consumption. The solution is focused on work ethic and performing quality work with no direct customer contact or sales requirements.

Potential job titles that use this solution are: Cook, Line Cook, Food Preparer, Prep Cook and Chef.

What It’s Best Used For

• Screening Entry-Level Kitchen Staff: Vetting high volumes of new applicants or trainees targeting foundational back-of-house positions like cooks, line cooks, prep cooks, and food preparers.
• Evaluating Technical Knowledge: Benchmarking an individual’s operational understanding of standard culinary math, diverse cooking methods, different meal courses, and cooking equipment workflows.
• Auditing Safety and Sanitation Habits: Ensuring incoming candidates already grasp vital food safety regulations, sanitation procedures, and general kitchen safety hazards before they step onto the line.
• Unproctored Remote Pre-Screening: Filtering out unqualified kitchen candidates early in the application pipeline via remote online testing before committing to in-person cooking trials.
• Promotions and Talent Audits: Assessing current internal kitchen employees to identify who possesses the foundational readiness for promotion to higher-tier culinary or chef responsibilities.

Job Levels: Entry Level
Job Family/Title: Hospitality Suite
Localizations Available: US English, Latin American Spanish
Max Number of Questions: 18 items
Approximate Completion Time: 7 minutes
Allowed Time: 15 minutes
Number of Sittings: One
Designed for Unproctored Environment: Yes
Question Format: Multiple Choice
O*NET Competency: Production and Processing

Scores Reported

• Overall Score
• Cooking Principles and Equipment
• Meals Preparation and Presentation
• Safety and Sanitation

Culinary Skills Solution Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Competencies Measured

• Cooking principles
• Cooking methods
• Cooking equipment
• Basic culinary math
• Different courses of meal
• Dish preparation
• Safety and sanitation