An accountant test supports your recruitment process by ensuring you shortlist top-quality candidates for your accounting vacancies.
An accountant test is sent during the pre-screening stages of recruitment to candidates who have applied for an accounting role. It helps assess a range of skills that an accountant would need to be successful, such as numerical reasoning, attention to detail, good situational judgement, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and a range of problem-solving skills.
Using multiple-choice questions, each candidate is given a test score and evaluated. A high score suggests the candidate is likely to surpass minimum requirements and expectations in the role.
Accountant Test
An accountant is responsible for keeping and interpreting financial records, such as budgets, tax returns, and accounting ledgers.
An accountant test helps assess a range of the skills required to be a successful accountant.
In order to shortlist the most suitable candidates for your accounting position, it’s important to use fair and unbiased ways of deciding who your best candidates are.
Traditional methods like resumes and online applications leave room for biased hiring, and it can also be challenging to differentiate candidates, particularly as many of them will demonstrate a similar level of experience.
An accounting test removes these challenges and provides the recruiter with the ability to make better-informed hiring decisions. The results from the test will give a clear insight into how well suited each candidate is, creating a more streamlined hiring process.
The test will highlight how adept a candidate is at the essential skills required for accounting positions, such as a strong numerical aptitude, good attention to detail and interpersonal skills. It also includes communication styles, work behaviours and critical thinking capacity.
Applicants that meet the requirements of the role can be shortlisted, while those who do not display the necessary skills can be removed from the process.
An accountant test would be suitable for the following roles:
Results for the Accountant Test along with other assessments the candidate takes will be compiled to produce a candidate report. The report is automatically generated and available both online and as a downloadable pdf so they can be shared with other team members and employees alike.
Candidates will need to answer a range of questions that measure industry-specific technical skills where applicable (e.g. Microsoft Excel), soft skills (e.g. teamwork), aptitude (e.g. numerical reasoning) and relevant personality dimensions (e.g. integrity). The results present a holistic view of how well suited each candidate is for the job at hand, using a data-driven approach.
The format varies by type of question, including multiple-choice for aptitude and technical skills, situational judgement for soft skills and agreement on a Likert scale for the personality dimensions. This approach ensures candidates are being assessed in an accurate and fair manner, and that results reflect the true underlying qualities of each candidate.
The characteristics, abilities and knowledge necessary to be an accountant were identified using the US Department of Labor's comprehensive O*NET database. O*NET is the leading source of occupational information that is constantly updated by collecting data from employees in specific job roles.
During the development process, test questions were rigorously analysed to maximise reliability and validity in line with industry best practices. They were created by our team of I/O psychologists and psychometricians – who collaborated with subject-matter-experts – and field-tested with a representative sample of job applicants who have varying experience, just like you might find in a talent pool.
Each test is reviewed by a panel of individuals representing diverse backgrounds to check for any sensitivity, fairness, face validity and accessibility issues. This ensures each candidate has a fair chance of demonstrating their true level of expertise.
Our accountant test is monitored to ensure it is up-to-date and optimised for performance.
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Our team of assessment experts is made up of I/O psychologists and psychometricians who are dedicated to making all of our tests as reliable, valid and fair as possible. They strictly adhere to best practices in the industry and stay on top of the latest innovations to ensure job candidates’ unique profiles of characteristics, abilities and knowledge are being measured accurately while minimising bias. They leverage decades of research and advanced predictive analytics to build assessments that link to outcomes that matter, such as job performance, turnover, engagement, culture fit and more.
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Accountants need a range of key skills to be successful in their role, including:
There are a range of accountant types including forensic accountants, auditors, investment accountants and project accountants. This test would be suitable for many of these types of roles.
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