Typing Skills Test to assess a candidate's typing speed and accuracy
This Online Typing Test helps recruiters assess the candidate's ability in terms of speed (words per minute) and accuracy while working with textual information. It enables recruiters to evaluate on-the-job skills and filter out unsuitable candidates efficiently.
Available on request
Aptitude
Moderate
Data Entry, Assistant and Secretarial Work, Customer Support Representative
English India, Spanish, Portuguese (Brasil), Mexico Spanish, English Global
About the Mercer | Mettl Typing Skills Test
Our Typing Speed Test is a timed practical assessment that allows employers to evaluate and screen potential candidates for keyboarding skills (typing speed and accuracy) required to succeed in their roles. This online test includes a powerful typing simulator to assess a candidate's ability in a real-time environment.
What roles can you assess for using the Typing Skills Test?
- Data entry roles
- Assistant and secretarial work
- Customer support representative
How does a Typing Skills Test help recruiters hire people?
Fast typing speed and accuracy are instrumental in acquiring a job and professional advancement. These skills are needed in most jobs, so employers perceive an ideal candidate to have good typing speed and accuracy. Employers can assess an applicant's typing skills with the Typing Skills Test. These tests play a critical role in recruitment by giving employers insight into the candidates' typing skills. Pre-employment typing tests are frequently used in the screening process for jobs requiring swift typing skills, such as customer support representative, data entry, secretarial work, etc. Speed and accuracy are the core of these assessments, and they help determine the applicant's WPM. Once a passage is given, candidates must type the paragraph correctly and quickly within the given time. The tests are immediately graded once the time is over, and employers or candidates can view and critically analyze the results. Employers can use this Typing Skills Proficiency Test to identify candidates comfortable with computer keyboards and typewriters and assess their ability to maintain speed and accuracy while typing texts or numbers.
SKILL LIBRARY
Typing Skills Test competency framework
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Typing Proficiency Test competencies under scanner
Typing simulator
This efficient and robust typing simulator offers realistic work simulation assessments that help hiring managers evaluate a candidate's ability to type or input text accurately and quickly by pressing keys on a computer keyboard or a typewriter in the form of letters, numbers and other symbols.
Customize this Typing Skills Test
Flexible customization options to suit your needs
Choose easy, medium or hard questions from our skill libraries to assess candidates of different experience levels.
Add multiple skills in a single test to create an effective assessment. Assess multiple skills together.
Add, edit or bulk upload your own coding questions, MCQ, whiteboarding questions & more.
Get a tailored assessment created with the help of our subject matter experts to ensure effective screening.
The Mercer | Mettl Typing Skills Assessment advantage
- Industry Leading 24/7 Support
- State of the art examination platform
- Inbuilt Cutting Edge AI-Driven Proctoring
- Simulators designed by developers
- Tests Tailored to Your business needs
- Support for 20+ Languages in 80+ Countries Globally
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the typing speed needed for a job?
The typing speed requirement varies from job to job. However, a typing speed of 40 WPM is generally considered acceptable.
What does a typing test include?
The candidates are given specific written information, e.g., a paragraph, and they are asked to type as much of the passage as possible in the given time. For more detailed information, please get in touch with Mercer | Mettl.
