Practical test
Data entry accuracy test
Accuracy transferring information between a source document and a structured form under mild time pressure.
- Time to complete
- About 8 minutes
- Test family
- Practical skill
- Included in
- All plans
What a candidate actually does
- Copy twenty invoice lines from a scanned document into a form
- Flag the two rows where the source contradicts itself
How it is scored
Field level accuracy against the source, weighted so a wrong digit in an account number costs more than a misspelled city.
Roles it suits
- Data entry
- Accounts payable clerk
- Order processing
- Claims processor
What it will not tell you
Measures care, not domain knowledge. A candidate can score well without understanding what an invoice is.
Every test has a boundary like this. A test used outside it stops predicting anything, which is the usual reason a hiring team loses faith in testing altogether.