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Admin & Customer Service Tests

Smooth operations start with the right people. Psychometric testing helps you find people who are accurate, dependable, and client-focused.

Why use Administrative & Customer Service Skills Tests

Because bad hires in these roles drain time, money, and customer trust. Skills testing reveals the accuracy, service mindset, and problem-solving ability that keep operations smooth and customers happy.

Administrative & Customer Service Skills Tests

These tests provide an objective measure of the key skills needed in admin and customer service roles—typing, data entry, call centre scenarios, digital literacy, and Microsoft Office. Benchmarking against an international norm group highlights each candidate’s speed, accuracy, and competence, giving you confidence to hire on evidence, not impressions.

Sample Tests & Reports

Explore the full range People Central Administrative & Customer Service Skills Tests below. Each test delivers clear, evidence-based insights into practical skills, helping you make fair and confident hiring decisions. They highlight genuine strengths and areas for improvement, giving you a transparent benchmark to guide both selection and development.

Admin Staff Ability Assessment

Aimed at people who have completed secondary school education, the Admin Staff Ability Assessment is a custom combination that blends GCAT with a Checking test with applications in a wide range of admin, clerical and customer services type roles. The assessment includes:

  • Verbal Reasoning to test effectively communicating in everyday business English
  • Numerical Abilities in making sense of everyday office arithmetic and numbers
  • Abstract Reasoning to test how quickly they can learn and grasp new concepts outside of previous experience
  • Clerical Checking Test to test conscientiousness, attention to detail and accuracy in performing repetitive administrative tasks

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Microsoft Office Suite

Please view the full range of Microsoft tests in the ‘IT & Software Skills Tests’ tab of the website. Click here to access.

  • Click here for a MS-Excel 2016 Beginner Level sample report
  • Click here for a MS-Excel 2013 Advanced Level sample report
  • Click here for a MS-Word 2013 Intermediate Level sample report
  • Click here for a MS-Outlook 2016 Intermediate Level sample report
  • Click here for a MS-PowerPoint 2016 Intermediate Level sample report

Contact Centre Scenario Inventory (CCSI)

The CCSI presents candidates with scenarios commonly experienced in contact centres to assess their suitability for working effectively in customer services and sales environments.  Scenarios include:

  • Reaction to customer requests & demands
  • Team member interaction & support
  • Performance and meeting targets
  • Following policy & procedure consistently
  • Adding value
  • Outbound sales

CCSI focuses on personality traits associated with success in contact centre environments.  Clients typically combine the CCSI with the Administrative Assessment to cover both abilities and personality of contact centre candidates.

Take a look at the sample report to see the easy to interpret, then give us a call to add the CCSI to your selection process.

Typing Tests

We have a range of Typing Tests, pick a general test or an industry specific test; all of which assess online a candidate’s copy typing speed and accuracy.

Industry – Specific Typing Tests

  • Technology
  • Medical
  • Legal
  • Banking & Finance
  • Accounting

Data Entry Alphanumeric

This test measures a candidate’s ability to quickly and accurately enter both letters and numbers into database fields, simulating the real demands of administrative and customer service roles. It provides an objective assessment of speed, accuracy, and attention to detail—critical skills for handling large volumes of information without errors. Results help you identify candidates who can maintain productivity and data quality under pressure

Click here to see the easily interpreted performance reports generated from the Alphanumeric Data Entry Test.

Basic Computing Test

Can your candidate perform the absolute basics when working in any system? Ideal for entry level roles and for candidates with limited computing experience to date. The test is in a simulated database/CRM environment where candidates have to actually operate the system to answer questions.

Topics covered:

  • Moving, Maximising & Prioritising Windows
  • Typing, including using arrows, alt & shift keys & backspace
  • Navigation, including pages, hyperlinks, dialogue tabs & scrolling
  • Printing
  • Mouse Operation, including right/left clicks, rolling, drag & drop, cursor changes, selecting from dropdown menus & checkboxes
  • Password creation & management
  • Editing, including menu commands, deleting and changing text

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Digital Literacy Test

A step up from the Basic Computer Literacy Test, this test is set in a simulated environment where candidates need to navigate the software to answer questions and  covers a broad spectrum of computing and software skills including:

  • Web Pages – Opening using links & tabs
  • Desktop – Editing & Administration
  • Files & Disks – Creating folders, copying between disks & renaming files
  • Using Tools & Help
  • Hardware – Identifying & using Printers etc.
  • Software – Word editing & basic Excel formatting.  File management
  • Printing – print preview & printing Word & Excel files
  • Security & Safety – Virus risks
  • Operating System Requirement understanding
  • Email – Opening, writing, sending, forwarding & sorting

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