Content Writing Test to hire candidates with excellent content writing skills
The Content Writing Test is a skills assessment to help recruiters evaluate the content writing skills of candidates. It also evaluates the candidate's skills in other areas such as grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
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Aptitude
0-2 years
Moderate
75 minutes
85 questions
Technical content writer (across industries), Web content writer (across industries), Content writer for products/ services (across industries)
English India, English UAE, English UK, English Global
About the Mercer | Mettl Content Writing Test
This test helps hiring managers gauge the depth and breadth of candidates' working skills and job readiness. It has been designed to measure if a candidate can translate complex information into digestible and easy-to-understand language, use aids such as graphs, charts, images, etc., creatively to make information accessible to comprehend, follow, remember, and create detailed instructions to produce accurate content. This pre-employment test helps recruiters find a suitable candidate and make unbiased hiring decisions.
What is the importance of the Content Writing Test?
Content writers are responsible for weaving words into powerful sentences that resonate with readers. They are accountable for creating informative content for a predefined audience through articles, blogs, web pages, infographics, presentations, etc. However, finding and onboarding skilled content writers is arduous for employers seeking top talent. Utilizing a content writer assessment can benefit recruiters and provide an effective and reliable way of assessing a person's writing skills, vocabulary, and creativity.
How can this test help recruiters hire?
The Content Writing Test helps employers find the most suitable candidates. The automated test includes a writing simulator that measures and grades a test-taker's content piece based on vocabulary, grammar and other nuances of the language. Recruiters can conduct the assessments in a controlled and secure environment with features like webcam proctoring, limited system access, and window violation. Writing and communication abilities are must-have skills for the content writer or copywriter; the test measures their aptitude, knowledge and skills for the job. It includes sub-competencies, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary, writing skills, etc. The test offers detailed analyses of the cognitive abilities that help recruiters predict a candidate's job success. The Content Writing Test can be used in early screening to find the most suitable talent. Candidates scoring higher on this test can produce content that connects with the target audience, helping organizations reach their goals and succeed.
SKILL LIBRARY
Content Writing Test competency framework
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Content Writing Test competencies under scanner
Content writing skills
Competencies:
It evaluates candidates' ability to perform detail-oriented tasks accurately. This section comprises image-based and string-based questions.
It assesses candidates' abstract reasoning skills through questions based on JC Raven's abstract reasoning.
It evaluates the reading comprehension skills of candidates through a range of questions.
It measures the candidate's grammar through various subskills, including grammar-based fill-in-the-blanks, sentence correction, tenses, articles, spot errors, etc.
It provides insight into candidates' vocabulary. The subskills included in this section include vocabulary-based fill-in-the-blanks, antonyms, synonyms, analogy, sentence equivalence, idioms, homophones, and phrases.
It includes a range of essay writing questions that help assess the writing skills of candidates.
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Flexible customization options to suit your needs
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Can we benchmark applicants based on our internal sample set?
Yes, it is possible. We can benchmark applicants as per the client’s requirements. Please write to us for assistance.
2. How do I test a content writer?
You can use Mercer | Mettl’s Content Writing Assessment to evaluate candidates on competencies crucial for content writing job roles. The test can help you get an in-depth analysis of all candidates to understand their strengths and areas of Improvement.
3. What topics can be included in the Content Writing Test?
The topics covered in the Content Writing Assessment include writing cues, research tasks, writing nuances, headline creation, fill-in-the-blanks, etc.
4. Can we customize the Content Writing Test report to include some specific analysis?
Yes. We have previously customized the test reports on a client-to-client basis. We suggest you write to us with your request, and we are glad to work out a solution for you.
