Skills Testing & Psychometrics

Whether you advertise with AccountingJobs.co.uk or not, our psychometric profiling and skills testing can save you time and costly recruitment mistakes.


Psychometric Profiling

Psychometric profiling dates back as far as the ancient Greeks, so there’s been just a bit of time for it to be refined and developed. Now it is a robust tool, used in conjunction with other methods to assess and judge a candidate’s suitability to a job, team and company.

Normally psychometric testing took hours of written tests, and required attendance at a test centres. However our written version takes approximately 20 minutes, and can be taken anywhere.

Each candidate simply answers a series of questions leading to the production of a report of their character, behaviour and abilities. The profile you receive contains graphical interpretations, textual analysis, a glossary of terms and a conclusive role evaluation (view an example report – requires .pdf viewer)

The beauty of this process lies in its subtle complexity as it is near impossible for a candidate to pre-empt and manipulate their psychometric assessment.

So how can you benefit from it? Hopefully you’ve come to realise that our aim at AccountingJobs.co.uk is to make your first hire the right hire. That’s exactly what this tool intends to achieve.

Therefore before you pointlessly waste time and money on incorrect recruitment decisions, our psychometric tests will demonstrate a candidate’s affinity for a role, their manageability, their capacity to perform in a team besides more subtle detail. With knowledge like this you can know just how much of an asset they could be (or many not be!) to your company.

Each psychometric profile is just £45, with bulk discounts available. To purchase please contact customer services.


Skills Testing

We’ve all heard stories of some candidates blatantly listing skills they don’t have, leading to costly recruitment blunders. Obtaining evidence is the key to separating this fact from fiction and be sure you are investing in the right candidates. Our skills testing can help give you this assurance.

Conducted on any computer with an Internet connection you can quantitatively assess and benchmark a candidate’s abilities for recruitment or training needs.

Our skills tests are easy to use and easy to administer, utilitising random questions to avoid test-smart candidates.

For this peace of mind we charge just £39 per test, with bulk discounts available (please contact customer services to purchase tests). All results are delivered instantly and can be used on any skill sets:

International Suite
Microsoft Office Suite

Simulated assessments on Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook and Access applications provide a decisive insight into the abilities of candidates and employees.

The Microsoft Office Suite of assessments covers the key applications of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access to provide a decisive insight into the abilities of candidates and employees. All tests are designed to provide a true simulation of Microsoft Office applications, with each test allowing questions to be answered via the menu, toolbars, function keys and right click menu options. The test simulations do not unfairly discriminate against candidates that use Microsoft Office short cuts.

The Microsoft Office tests can be taken at three levels – basic, intermediate and expert – each of which can be combined to form a single assessment covering all levels, depending on the experience of the candidate.

All tests pull questions randomly from large question banks so candidates cannot become test-smart.


Clerical & Legal Suite

Assess the competency of your candidates in audio and speed typing, data entry and spelling and grammar.

The Clerical Suite features five tests to determine a candidate’s suitability for general commercial secretarial tasks through their skill levels. The tests covered are:

The Legal Suite enables organisations to determine a candidate’s ability to combine the essential ingredients of speed and accuracy when processing text and is based on the elements of the UK Clerical Suite with the addition of legal terminology.


Call Centre Suite

Identify the core skills needed from candidates to work in a call or contact centre environment through effective audio-based assessments.

The Call Centre Suite is an audio-based assessment that provides organisations with a means of assessing the key skills and competencies essential for achieving success in a demanding call centre environment, namely:

Questions are randomised from a large and diverse pool of questions to ensure an accurate assessment of each candidate’s skills. The Call Centre Suite consists of three tests:


Aptitude Suite

Assessments aimed at today's workplace to determine the ability to perform basic tasks.

The ability for employees to perform basic tasks is an essential factor for any organisation. The Aptitude Suite enables a candidate’s essential skills to be assessed through the following tests:

Each test contains 30 questions in multiple choice format randomly selected from a wide pool of questions.


Sage & Accounts Suite