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Culture Test
The culture add test assesses how a candidate’s values and behaviors align with your organization values and the behaviors that would make your ideal hire successful in a specific role, based on a customized survey you fill out. All successful companies have one thing in common: a strong culture. Culture is not about the fancy office, the ping-pong table, or the colorful co-creation rooms. Culture is what people do when nobody is looking. It’s the sum of all individual behaviors in the organization: the habits that are formed, how people respond under pressure, what is being rewarded and celebrated, and what is being disfavored. A strong culture acts as a powerful competitive advantage. It enables innovation, facilitates decision-making, engages employees, and attracts candidates to your open roles. Having a strong organizational culture means that the leadership of a company and its employees share the same values around work, work side by side to achieve a vision and mission they believe in, and together create a productive and rewarding workplace for all. On the contrary, companies with weak cultures experience rifts between leadership and employees, see a high turnover rate as a result of employee unhappiness, and ultimately report sinking profits. Hiring plays a crucial role in building a high-performance culture, and this culture add test will help you identify the candidates that will help your organization thrive. The test provides insights about your candidates on two important parameters: values and behaviors. By understanding what motivates each of your candidates and how their inner drive and aspirations align with the values and needs of your organization, you can hire people who’ll not only fit in with your existing culture but will also contribute to making it better. Since every culture is unique, we’ve designed this test to be customized precisely to your company’s values and your open role’s needs for optimum results. To set the standards for the assessment, we ask you to rate a list of values according to their importance for your culture and indicate the behaviors (such as analytical, diligent, helpful, etc.) that are important for your open role. Candidates then receive a blank survey that asks them to select the values and behaviors that matter most to them. We then map the results of each candidate against the specification of your organization. The results of the culture add test help you understand how each candidate aligns with your organizational values and how their behaviors contribute towards what you’re looking for in a particular role so you can find the perfect hire.
English C1 (Advanced) Test
The English C1 (Advanced) test evaluates a candidate’s knowledge of the English language at the C1 level of the CEFR framework. This test will help you hire employees who can participate in demanding professional and social conversations in English. Employees who have advanced skills in English will enrich your company’s internal and external communications by clearly and effectively discussing ideas, plans, and goals with customers and colleagues. They will also be able to write well-structured reports, presentations, and other materials in English to help promote the company’s brand and ideas to others. The English C1 (Advanced) test evaluates a candidate’s ability to communicate at the C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages. The test evaluates candidates in the areas of grammar and vocabulary, sentence composition, reading comprehension, and listening comprehension. Employees with advanced English skills can express themselves fluently and spontaneously without much searching for expressions. They can understand longer, demanding texts and recognize implicit meaning in both written and verbal communications. They use the language flexibly and effectively for social, academic, and professional purposes and can produce detailed texts on complex subjects, showing a controlled use of organizational patterns, connectors, and cohesive devices.
DISC Assessment
The DISC test is based on the model developed by psychologist William Marston for behavioral assessment. It classifies how we express emotions into the four behavior types of DISC: dominance (D), influence (I), steadiness (S), and conscientiousness (C). Understanding which behavior type motivates you and others to take action and make decisions enables you to navigate relationships, collaborations, and conversations with others better. Once you understand that main trait that governs your and others’ behavior you can tailor your words and actions and guide those of others to achieve better results together. The DISC test offers these insights for your candidates by asking them to conduct a self-evaluation by scoring each of 48 statements from 1 (very inaccurate) to 5 (very accurate). The way candidates score these statements shows their preferences for each type of behavior in the DISC model: dominance (D), influence (I), steadiness (S), and conscientiousness (C). Candidates can sit squarely within one of the four main behavioral types or exhibit a combination between one type and one of its two adjacent ones, giving a total for 12 possible outcomes. The results page gives the type of each candidate and a general description of their behavioral type. It then gives provides insights into how each type behaves in their personal relationships and at work and describes their best traits and main challenges. Finally, the report offers tips for effectively communicating and working with that type, as well as suggested questions to use in an interview.
Executive Assistant Test (If Needed)
The Executive Assistant test evaluates a candidate’s ability to manage dynamic situations and deliver. This screening test will also help you hire administrative professionals who communicate effectively as an extension of the executive team. Being able to prioritize your focus on mission-critical priorities can seem like a luxury nowadays. There are too many deliverables and not enough hours in the day to accomplish them all. An executive assistant is a key player on the executive’s team. Not only do they solve problems and manage important administrative deliverables, but they also give the executive back the precious time that otherwise would be taken from leading and managing their business or clients. The executive assistant has the potential to act as a true business partner to the executive. Having the right executive assistant can be an invaluable asset for your business. The Executive Assistant test evaluates candidates’ abilities to solve problems accurately and efficiently, manage their time and tasks effectively, and communicate effortlessly through myriad situations and mediums. Candidates who perform well on this test have a self-sufficient attitude that allows them to proactively address problems and determine the best solutions to deploy. They can manage their time and tasks without creating additional work and do it effectively. These candidates understand the power of communication and how to wield it successfully to represent and propel a business entity forward.
QuickBooks Online (If Needed)
This QuickBooks Online test evaluates candidates’ proficiency of the software, including their ability to navigate the system, process transactions, generate reports, prepare reconciliations, and perform other key QBO tasks. QuickBooks Online is an accounting software package geared mainly toward small and medium-sized businesses for the processing of accounting information, paying bills, generating sales invoices, preparing reconciliations, and running reports to manage the financial aspect of the business. This QuickBooks Online test evaluates candidates’ ability to use the software in four key areas: set up a company and maintain lists such as the Chart of Accounts, customers, and vendors; process sales transactions, set up products and services, and process customer payments and refunds; process vendor purchases and expenses, bill payments, and refunds; and set up the banking function and prepare bank reconciliations and other accounting functions such as processing journal entries and running reports as required by the core functions. Candidates who perform well on this test have a strong grasp of QuickBooks Online and possess practical experience using the software. They have a good understanding of how to navigate the system and process accounting transactions, know which reports to run for a core business function, and can prepare reconciliations to ensure the company’s financial data is accurate. This test does not cover taxes in QuickBooks Online, as that process and requirements differ from country to country.