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Industry Specific Roles>Accounting & Finance>Mettl Test for Accounting Jobs

Accounting Aptitude Test to hire the best talent for accounting jobs

An Accounting Aptitude Test is a pre-employment assessment to evaluate a candidate’s ability to use accounting concepts to keep tabs on income and expenditures, manage the budget, ensure process and policy compliance, and communicate the company's financial information. This test also includes an evaluation of cognitive skills to examine a candidate's aptitude in accounting by focusing on their analytical ability, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, verbal ability, and data interpretation skills.

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Inside this Accounting Test

The Accounting Aptitude Assessment aims to determine the most crucial skills and the right aptitude for a career in the finance industry. It is specifically designed to help recruiting managers and employers identify those candidates who demonstrate an excellent aptitude for accounting skills. These tests are a scientifically validated method for candidate performance prediction within the organization based on their cognitive and skill assessment.

On the one hand, these tests identify the most competent candidates. They screen out incompatible applicants and help make informed hiring decisions. Administering an Accounting Test can provide actionable insights into applicants' core mental abilities to perform job-specific skills and how they handle and respond to work-related situations. Hiring managers can use these insights to identify candidates' propensity to grow, achieve, and succeed in accounting roles.

Due to the nature of work entailed in financial accounting services, the tests are meant to be rigorous and highly focused, which is why these aptitude assessments are the most critical factor of a candidate's job success. This Accounting Skills Aptitude Assessment, designed and validated by subject matter experts, helps uncover how test takers might deal with the responsibilities and challenges of the role they are applying for and gauges the likelihood of their success in their job roles. By including this test during the pre-employment screening process, hiring managers can ensure that the potential candidates they shortlisted for the interview have the prerequisite skills. This test contains 69 questions to be completed in 60 minutes.

Key profiles the accounting test is used for:  

  • Accountant associates/executives  
  • Finance/accounts trainee  
  • Chartered accountancy - Articles

Overview

Professional accountants in business are enablers of organizational growth. They perform several critical responsibilities, such as managing the accounts and finances of any company, ensuring that it's complying with the tax laws and regulations, and assisting the top management with financial analysis. Moreover, accountants perform bookkeeping tasks, prepare financial reports and statements, and analyze trends to make critical finance-related discussions.

Employers looking to hire accountants can use the Accounting Aptitude Test to assess the aptitude and domain skills required in successful accountants. As a test of the on-the-job skills and cognitive competencies, this Accounting Test evaluates candidates' knowledge and competencies based on their:

  • General aptitude skills - analytical ability and problem-solving, data interpretation and verbal ability  
  • In-depth understanding of accounting fundamentals  
  • Conceptual clarity on balance sheets, financial statements, account reconciliation and other essential concepts used in day-to-day work.  

The Accounting Assessment has made it easy to identify skilled accounting professionals. Candidates with 0-1 year of work experience can take the test to demonstrate their skills, aptitude, and knowledge. 

SKILL LIBRARY

This Accounting Skill Assessment is a part of following Skills Libraries

Accounting Skills Assessment Competency Framework

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Accounting Aptitude Test Competencies Under Scanner

Accounting Knowledge
Cognitive Ability

The accounting skills assessment is aimed at evaluating the domain abilities of candidates on the following subskills: Accounting Standards, Financial Statement Analysis, Balance Sheet Basics, Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation, and Inventory Accounting.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Mercer | Mettl Accounting Aptitude Test is tailored for recruitment. However, we can do benchmarking for custom sample sets as well. Please write to us about your request; we will gladly assist you.  

We have previously customized Online Accounting Skills Assessment reports based on the client’s requirements. So please write to us with your request, and we will be glad to provide you with a solution.  

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