Kenexa Administrative/Clerical Tests

The Kenexa Administrative/Clerical Tests are an extensive suite of online skills and personality assessments designed to evaluate a candidate’s practical office capabilities, communication accuracy, and technical clerical knowledge. Rather than a single exam, this platform features a massive catalog of standalone, targeted modules covering core administrative duties like typing speed, data entry, proofreading, bookkeeping, and business etiquette. Delivered completely online, these validated tests give hiring managers immediate, objective data to verify an applicant’s real-world efficiency before making a hiring or promotional commitment.

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What They’re Best Used For

• Verifying keyboarding and data entry speed: Measuring onscreen typing accuracy across 1, 3, or 5-minute durations alongside alphanumeric and 10-key numeric entry workflows.
• Assessing language and communication mechanics: Checking candidate grammar, advanced spelling, punctuation, reading comprehension, and business writing capabilities.
• Evaluating transaction and file management: Testing foundational cash handling skills, basic bookkeeping, mathematical word problems, and numeric or alphabetical filing systems.
• Vetting professional communication and soft skills: Screening for telephone etiquette, email protocols, business systems analysis, and situational office problem-solving.
• Testing multilingual and translation fluency: Gauging cross-linguistic translation skills and general bilingual capacities, notably between English and French Canadian or Spanish options.
• Screening specialized HR and project talent: Measuring baseline knowledge in recruiting fundamentals, project management, and basic employee benefits structures.

The Kenexa Administrative/Clerical Tests include the following titles:

• Advanced Spelling
• Algebra
• Analytical Skills
• Arithmetic [Fill-in-the-blank]
• Audio Typing [5 Minutes]
• AUS-NZ Advanced Spelling
• AUS-NZ Analytical Skills
• AUS-NZ Basic Computer Terminology
• AUS-NZ Basic Office Skills
• AUS-NZ Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• AUS-NZ Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• AUS-NZ Basic Reading Comprehension
• AUS-NZ Basic Spelling
• AUS-NZ Clerical Proofreading
• AUS-NZ Computer Literacy
• AUS-NZ Data Entry 10 Key [Onscreen]
• AUS-NZ Data Entry 10 Key Quick Test [Onscreen]
• AUS-NZ Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• AUS-NZ English as a Second Language
• AUS-NZ Internet Basics
• AUS-NZ Numeric Filing
• AUS-NZ Office Grammar and Spelling
• AUS-NZ Office Maths Skills
• AUS-NZ Shorthand
• AUS-NZ Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• AUS-NZ Typing – General [3 Minutes Onscreen]
• AUS-NZ Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• AUS-NZ Vocabulary
• AUS-NZ Vocabulary – Homophone Usage
• Basic Arithmetic [Fill-in-the-blank]
• Basic English – Images
• Basic Numeric Conversion
• Basic Office Skills
• Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• Basic Reading Comprehension
• Basic Spelling
• Bookkeeping
• Business Etiquette
• Business Systems Analyst
• Business Writing
• Canadian Advanced Spelling
• Canadian Basic Spelling
• Canadian Cash Handling
• Canadian Cash Handling [No Pennies]
• Canadian Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen – No French Characters]
• Canadian Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• Canadian Human Resources Basics
• Canadian Office Grammar and Spelling
• Canadian Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• Canadian Typing – General 2 [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• Canadian Typing – General 3 [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• Canadian Typing – General 4 [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• Cash Handling
• Clerical Proofreading
• Coding
• Computer Literacy – Advanced
• Computer Literacy – Basic
• Corrective Proofreading – Independent Films
• Corrective Proofreading – Reply Letter
• Corrective Proofreading – Restaurant Review
• Customer Service Mindset Survey
• Data Entry 10 Key [Onscreen]
• Data Entry 10 Key Quick Test [Onscreen]
• Data Entry 10 Key with Decimals [Onscreen]
• Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• Data Entry Check Number Database [Onscreen]
• Data Entry Inventory Database [Onscreen]
• Email Etiquette
• English as a Second Language
• Filing by Name
• Following Verbal Instructions
• Following Verbal Instructions [Audio]
• Following Written Instructions
• French Canadian Advanced Spelling
• French Canadian Analytical Skills
• French Canadian Basic Office Skills
• French Canadian Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• French Canadian Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• French Canadian Basic Reading Comprehension
• French Canadian Basic Spelling
• French Canadian Cash Handling
• French Canadian Cash Handling [No Pennies]
• French Canadian Coding
• French Canadian Office Grammar and Spelling
• French Canadian Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• French Canadian Typing – General 2 [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• French Canadian Typing – General 3 [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• French Canadian Typing – General 4 [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• French Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• French-English Bilingual
• French-English Bilingual (Intermediate)
• German Basic Office Skills
• German Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• German Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• German Data Entry 10 Key [Onscreen]
• German Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• German Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• German Typing – General [3 Minutes Onscreen]
• German-English Bilingual
• Haitian Creole-English Bilingual
• Healthcare Benefits Knowledge
• Human Resources Basics
• Human Resources Benefits Knowledge
• Internet Basics
• Internet Research Skills
• Interviewing and Hiring Concepts
• Italian Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• Italian-English Bilingual
• Listening Skills [Audio]
• Logical Reasoning – Classifying
• Logical Reasoning – Decision Making
• Logical Reasoning – Deduction
• Logical Reasoning – Drawing Conclusions
• Logical Reasoning – Mathematical
• Mailroom Management Skills
• Marketing Fundamentals
• Matching – Addresses
• Matching – Images
• Matching – Passage
• Math Word Problems
• Numeric Filing
• Numeric Proofreading
• Office Abbreviations
• Office Filing Skills
• Office Grammar and Spelling
• Office Management Skills
• Office Math Skills
• Office Reasoning Sample – People Management
• Office Reasoning Sample – Problem Solving
• Office Reasoning Sample – Project Event Planning
• Office Reasoning Sample – Project Time Management
• Office Telephone Etiquette
• PeopleSoft HRMS
• Portuguese Basic Office Skills
• Portuguese Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• Portuguese Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• Portuguese Basic Reading Comprehension
• Portuguese Data Entry 10 Key [Onscreen]
• Portuguese Data Entry 10 Key Quick Test [Onscreen]
• Portuguese Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• Portuguese Office Grammar and Spelling
• Portuguese Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• Portuguese Typing – General [3 Minutes Onscreen]
• Portuguese Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• Portuguese-English Bilingual
• Project Management for IT Professionals
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Proofreader Marks
• Punctuation
• Reading Comprehension
• Recruiting Fundamentals
• Retention
• Sales Concepts
• SAS 9 – Data Analyst
• Shorthand
• Software Quality Assurance
• Software Testing
• South African Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• South African Human Resources Basics
• Spanish Analytical Skills
• Spanish Basic Office Skills
• Spanish Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• Spanish Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• Spanish Basic Reading Comprehension
• Spanish Matching – Images
• Spanish Office Grammar and Spelling
• Spanish Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• Spanish Typing – General [3 Minutes Onscreen]
• Spanish Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• Spanish-English Bilingual
• Technical Terminology
• Translation Sample – English to French
• Translation Sample – English to Italian
• Translation Sample – English to Portuguese
• Translation Sample – English to Spanish
• Translation Sample – French Canadian to English
• Translation Sample – Italian to English
• Translation Sample – Portuguese to English
• Translation Sample – Spanish to English
• Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• Typing – General [3 Minutes Onscreen]
• Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• U.K. Advanced Spelling
• U.K. Analytical Skills
• U.K. Audio Typing [5 Minutes]
• U.K. Basic Computer Terminology
• U.K. Basic Office Skills
• U.K. Basic Office Skills [No Math]
• U.K. Basic Office Skills [No Verbal]
• U.K. Basic Reading Comprehension
• U.K. Basic Spelling
• U.K. Bookkeeping
• U.K. Business Writing
• U.K. Clerical Proofreading
• U.K. Coding
• U.K. Computer Literacy
• U.K. Data Entry 10 Key [Onscreen]
• U.K. Data Entry 10 Key Quick Test [Onscreen]
• U.K. Data Entry 10 Key with Decimals [Onscreen]
• U.K. Data Entry Alpha Numeric [Onscreen]
• U.K. English as a Second Language
• U.K. Internet Basics
• U.K. Logical Reasoning – Deduction
• U.K. Logical Reasoning – Mathematical
• U.K. Matching – Images
• U.K. Maths Word Problems
• U.K. Numeric Filing
• U.K. Numeric Proofreading
• U.K. Office Grammar and Spelling
• U.K. Office Maths Skills
• U.K. Sales Concepts
• U.K. Shorthand
• U.K. Towns Spelling
• U.K. Typing – General [1 Minute Onscreen]
• U.K. Typing – General [3 Minutes Onscreen]
• U.K. Typing – General [5 Minutes Onscreen]
• U.K. Vocabulary
• U.K. Vocabulary – Homophone Usage
• U.K. Writing Sample – Technical Writing
• U.S. Cities Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Vocabulary – Homonym Usage
• World Cities/Countries Spelling
• Writing Sample – Advertising/Marketing
• Writing Sample – Collection Letter
• Writing Sample – Customer Service
• Writing Sample – Email
• Writing Sample – Market Research
• Writing Sample – Persuasive
• Writing Sample – Sales Correspondence
• Writing Sample – Social Media (Blog)
• Writing Sample – Technical Writing [List Form]
• Writing Sample – Technical Writing [Paragraph Form]
• Writing Sample – Thank You Letter