Checking Ability Test
For Bookkeepers, Data-Processors and similar admin support jobs, the ability to perform repetitive tasks such a data-entry and quality checking accurately, consistently and conscientiously is essential.
Mistakes made here infect entire reporting and decision making. Garbage-In = Garbage-Out.
Our Checking Test is designed to test someone’s ability to check numerical and alpha-numerical data by quickly and accurately spotting errors, recognising differences and identifying records that match an original.
Designed for roles requiring consistently high-quality processing of volumes of data and information, employers use the Checking Test to ensure the absolute basics are in place before moving a candidate forward in the hiring process.
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Time to Complete: 4 minutes
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Number of Questions: 25
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Candidate reports delivered to your inbox within minutes of completion
Priced to be used in volume hiring at the beginning of the selection process, the Checking Test can be purchased as a stand-alone test for just $40 or as part of our General Reasoning Test Suite to gain a full assessment of core abilities in bookkeeping and administrative roles.
What our clients are saying
“As a Finance Recruiter and former accountant I found the test to be very useful. It identified short comings I was aware of, and the suggested interview questions were excellent examples that would give the qualitative feed back. i.e is the candidate aware of the limitation, how do they address it and does it impact.”
Samantha Charman
Specialist Recruitment Consultant - Aura Consulting
"Traditionally we would hire accountants based on their tested technical competence, without considering how they would fit into a team based on their personal profile. The APPQ system helps us hire new people in a way that balances our team. "
Sue de Bievre, CEO
Beany, NZ
"We have found that Accountests gives us the opportunity to understand our candidates accounting ability, which no other product has done until now. It also gives us the opportunity to base further questions for the candidate around what we can see their ability is and enable us to make an informed decision."
Sharlene Bryant, Director
Baker Tilly, Hawkes Bay, NZ
"I found the test quite easy to use and interpret and I am really pleased to have this service at my disposal in the future. It’s more objective when employing staff than going by their interview skills alone."
Michelle Thompson, Owner
Tax & Trust Professionals, NZ
"Just some positive feedback, the Manager we got to sit the test achieved 69% - and they interviewed well so we will be making her an offer. In the past we have made offers but have subsequently found the candidate fell well short of what was expected technically."
Sudhir Lala, Director
The Advisory Group, Auckland, NZ
"We now use these tests to assess all potential accounting staff as part of our recruitment process."
Dianne Wilson, Business Manager
McIntyre Dick, Invercargill, NZ
"The Accountest was an extremely useful tool which assisted in our recruitment decision. The person we engaged is at the standard we expected and is in-line with the skill rating in the test results.”
Karen Abery, Practice Manager
Ingham Mora Chartered Accountants, Tauranga, NZ
"The candidates that do well in the test certainly seem to be our better performers."
Arran Findlayson, CEO
The Back Office Co, Auckland, NZ
"I am a very experienced Bookkeeper and the Accountests Bookkeeper Test is exactly what I have been looking for to test potential contractors."
Leanie Jones, Owner
Jones Business Solutions Ltd, Napier, NZ
"We’ve used Accountests a few times now and I’ve been impressed with your service. It’ll certainly be a required step for every hire!"
Paul Struckman, Director
Greenhawk, Auckland, NZ
"We used the management accountant test when reviewing two candidates during recruitment, the results of the test were very useful in understanding the comparative strengths of the two candidates. The reports were very clear and easy to understand."
James Bayly, CEO
Freedom Internet, Auckland, NZ
"This was a very good investment in the recruitment process. It is one tool in a bigger process, however it is valuable to assess the candidate and to identify development needs. The instructions, how-to video's and support/FAQ were very helpful. The test is high level and in a limited time-frame. No time for someone taking the test to google answers and the answers are not easy to guess."
Helen Blom, Business Owner
BLOM FAMILY FARM, LLC, Southland, NZ
"The abilities being shown by the recruited candidate correlates with the outcome of their test, and they are progressing and delivering to expectations"
Partner
BDO, NZ
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