Reading comprehension test to assess a candidate's comprehension skills

Reading comprehension plays a vital role in employees' ability to understand what their coworkers, supervisors, or clients are trying to communicate. Comprehension skills are suggestive of an individual's overall communication skills and attention to detail. Moreover, proficiency in comprehension skills further affects other learning areas in the workplace, such as reading and writing skills, problem-solving skills, presentation skills and more. Mercer| Mettl's reading comprehension test, as the name suggests, measures a candidate's English comprehension skills. It assesses a test-taker’s ability to comprehend, think logically, and derive objective conclusions based on the verbal content in the English language.

Comprehension skills help in retaining large amounts of data in a workplace by summarizing all the essential key points, which further helps make business decisions more effectively. Candidates with good comprehension skills are highly likely to read texts with speed and accuracy and produce quality and error-free work. That is why Mercer| Mettl's reading comprehension test allows recruiters to identify candidates who can understand textual information and use analytical thinking to draw logical conclusions. This reading comprehension test comprises questions (items) containing a passage of varying lengths. Candidates need to read these questions and answer questions based on their understanding of the passage. Questions can vary from direct (such as stating the facts/figures mentioned in the passage) to inferential (such as,'' what is the key conflict that the author highlights in the passage'').

Mercer| Mettl's online comprehension test helps employers identify talented candidates from an ocean of resumes, enabling them to make objective hiring decisions. The test significantly reduces the administrative overhead of assessing and interviewing too many candidates and saves ample time while filtering out unqualified candidates.

Designed by subject matter experts, this online comprehension test includes 24 questions to be completed in 45 minutes. Moreover, the candidate's skills are evaluated on the three levels - easy, medium and difficult.

Use this test for:

• Recruitment: This test can be used for several profiles that require a candidate to be proficient in English, such as in Sales, Marketing, Customer or Technical support. The test identifies its significant usage in employing freshers with a work experience of 0-1 year.
• Learning and Development: Understand the current proficiency level of an employee; train and develop employees effectively.

Key profiles the test is helpful for:

• Graduates/Undergraduate trainees
• Entry-level profiles across industries