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Test voor administratief medewerker bij werving

See how candidates handle everyday office tasks before you decide who to interview.

10 minuten
15 vragen
Intermediate
Multiple choice
Questions in Engels
Phone and desktop

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Het korte antwoord

This administrative assistant test checks the everyday office work assistants handle: clear workplace writing, planning calendars and priorities, checking records and forms, handling office situations and applying written policies. Candidates answer 15 short scenario questions in 10 minutes. It suits administrative and executive assistants, office managers, coordinators, HR assistants, secretaries, receptionists and front-desk staff with office duties.

Wat het meet

Clear workplace writing, calendar planning, accuracy with records, everyday office judgment and applying written policies.

Workplace writing

Covers choosing clear wording for short messages colleagues or visitors need to understand.

Calendars and priorities

Covers fitting meetings into a calendar and considering competing requests.

Checking records and forms

Covers comparing details against a source and spotting differences.

Handling office situations

Covers choosing a sensible response when a workplace request goes wrong.

Using policies and notices

Covers reading written instructions and applying the policy that fits a situation.

Question formats

Multiple choice

The candidate: Reads a short situation, table or statement and picks the right answer, or every right answer.

You see: Whether the candidate knows the material well enough to apply it, not just recognize it.

15 questions in 10 minutes, served one at a time.

Roles this test fits

Administrative and executive assistants, office managers, team and project coordinators, HR assistants, secretaries, receptionists and front-desk or customer support staff with office duties.

What the administrative assistant test shows that a resume does not

Accuracy with records
Checking a form against its source shows whether a candidate spots the one detail that differs, which a resume line about attention to detail cannot.
Calendars that work
Fitting meetings into a calendar and weighing competing priorities shows how someone plans a real day.
Clear writing
Choosing the clearest wording for a workplace message shows whether colleagues and visitors will understand what the candidate sends.
Judgment when a request goes wrong
Office situations and written policies show whether a candidate applies the rule that fits instead of guessing.

What you get for each candidate

Example report (fictional data)Administrative Assistant

78%Percentile 62. Benchmark: HireValid candidates, n = 581

Workplace writing90%

Calendars and priorities71%

Checking records and forms88%

Handling office situations61%

Using policies and notices82%

Integrity ScoreHoge betrouwbaarheid

Stayed on the test tab throughout
No pasted answers
Answered at a steady pace

Scores, profiles and integrity signals are evidence for you to review alongside an interview, never an automatic decision.

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How the administrative assistant test resists AI help

Each candidate gets a different set of questions drawn from large pools, with question order and answer options shuffled, so names, times and details vary between candidates. Questions arrive one at a time from the server, each with its own timer, candidates cannot go back to an earlier question, and the answer keys never reach the browser. Timing runs on the server, so a reload returns the same question with the time left.

Question text cannot be copied, and a blocked copy is recorded. Signals such as time away from the tab, pastes and very fast answers are summarized in an Integrity Score with a timeline for the employer to review. The score never decides anything about the candidate.

Hoe we fraude met AI tegengaan · Integrity signals

Use the score with a work sample and a structured interview

Read the result as evidence, never on its own, and look at the five sub-skill results as well as the total. A receptionist leans on calendars and office situations; a records role leans on checking records and forms.

Follow the test with a 15-minute work sample in your own systems: a short inbox with three messages that need a reply or a meeting booked, and a form with a few errors to find. You will quickly see how organized the candidate is and whether they check their work. Then ask every candidate the same questions in a structured interview.

Interview questions to ask after the administrative assistant test

Two senior people ask for the same meeting slot. How do you decide what happens?
Listen for checking priorities with the people involved, offering alternatives and confirming the result in writing.
How do you check a document or form before you send it on?
Strong answers describe comparing it against the source, field by field, rather than a quick read.
Tell me about a time a request could not be done the way it was asked. What did you do?
Listen for applying the relevant policy, explaining it plainly and offering what could be done.
How do you keep track of tasks when several people give you work at once?
Listen for a clear system, agreed priorities and telling people early when a deadline is at risk.

Understand scoring and benchmarks

Who should use this administrative assistant test?

Use this administrative assistant test for roles that keep an office running: administrative and executive assistants, office managers, team and project coordinators, HR assistants, secretaries, receptionists, and front-desk or customer support staff with office duties. An office administrator, a receptionist or a virtual assistant are typical examples.

It is pitched at an intermediate level and checks what the work involves rather than formal qualifications. The ten minutes cover five everyday areas: wording a clear message, fitting meetings into a calendar, checking a form against its source, deciding what to do when a request goes wrong, and applying a written policy.

It does not test office software. For roles that spend the day in documents, spreadsheets and email, add a software test such as Microsoft 365 or Google Sheets from the test library. For roles that key in a lot of text, add a typing test. One test per skill the job needs gives a clearer picture than several overlapping ones.

Common office mistakes worth screening for

Office errors are rarely dramatic, but they slow everyone down. The test's five areas map onto the habits behind the most common ones.

Missing a difference. Approving two records as matching when an amount, date or reference differs. This is what checking records and forms looks at.
Double-booking. Scheduling a meeting that overlaps another, or leaving no time between meetings that need it. Calendar questions look at this.
Unclear messages. A reply that leaves the reader unsure what happens next creates another round of email. Workplace writing questions look at this.
Guessing instead of checking the policy. Handling a request from memory when a written policy says otherwise. Policy questions state the rule that applies, so the right answer never depends on one company's customs.
Escalating everything, or nothing. Office situation questions look at when to act and when to ask.

Candidates who avoid these make an office run smoothly. Ask about one of them in the interview, too: someone who has been caught out by one usually remembers exactly how they fixed it.

Reading the result for different office roles

The same administrative assistant test serves several roles if you read the results with the job in mind.

For a receptionist or front-desk role, calendars and office situations matter most, because the job revolves around visitors, bookings and requests that do not go to plan. For a records or HR assistant, checking records and forms and applying written policies carry the most weight. For an administrative or executive assistant, look for strength across all five areas, with workplace writing close to the top, because much of the job is messages sent on someone else's behalf.

The test and a typing test measure different things. A typing test checks how fast and accurately someone types. This test checks how well they write, plan, check and decide. Many office roles need both: a fast typist who books two meetings in one slot still creates work for others.

Whatever the role, a short task in your own systems and a structured interview confirm what the test shows.

Fairness and accommodations

Scenarios use general office work that needs no local knowledge: no money symbols, holidays, sports or idioms, times on the 24-hour clock, dates with the month as a word, and names from many backgrounds and genders in roles of every level. Situation questions state the policy that applies, so the right answer never depends on one company's customs. The reading level is kept to plain, short sentences, and scratch paper is allowed for every candidate.

You can give any candidate extra time as an accommodation. Results are evidence for a person to review, never an automatic decision.

Provisional: no norms exist yet, and reliability will be reported once 200 candidates have completed the test.

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Test details

A ten-minute set of short office tasks of the kind an assistant handles every day: wording a clear message, fitting meetings into a calendar, checking a form against its source, deciding what to do when a request goes wrong, and applying a written policy. Each question is a small, self-contained scenario with its own timer, so it rewards accuracy and sound judgment under a steady pace.

Questions are in English.
Aids allowed: Scratch paper.
Each question is answered once, in order, with no going back.
4 practice questions, 4 minutes, before the timed test.

Veelgestelde vragen

Is the administrative assistant test suitable for receptionists?+

Yes. Receptionists and front-desk staff with office duties use the calendar, writing, checking and office judgment skills the test covers every day. Look closely at the calendar and office situation results, and follow the test with a short task booking a meeting and replying to a visitor's request.

What is the difference between a clerical exam and the administrative assistant test?+

The terms overlap. A clerical exam usually means checking and record-keeping tasks. The test includes checking records and forms, and adds workplace writing, calendars and priorities, office situations and written policies, so it covers more of the everyday work of an office support role than checking alone.

Is the administrative assistant test an MS Office test?+

No. It tests office work, not software. For Word, Excel, Outlook and the other Microsoft 365 apps, add the Microsoft 365 test from the library to the same assessment.

How many minutes does the administrative assistant test take?+

Ten minutes for 15 short scenario questions, a mix of single-choice and multiple-select. Each question has its own timer, and candidates cannot go back to an earlier question. Scratch paper is allowed for every candidate.

Can candidates take the administrative assistant test on a phone?+

Yes. The test does not require a computer, so candidates can take it on a phone, tablet or computer. Questions are short, self-contained scenarios written in plain, short sentences.

Does the administrative assistant test depend on one company's way of working?+

No. Scenarios use general office work that needs no local knowledge: no money symbols or holidays, times on the 24-hour clock and dates with the month as a word. Situation questions state the policy that applies, so the right answer never depends on one company's customs.

What does the administrative assistant assessment test include?+

It uses single-choice and multiple-select questions, each a short, self-contained office scenario. Candidates choose the right answer or every right answer, which shows whether they can apply workplace writing, calendar planning, record checking, office judgment and written policies. A separate practice set has four questions and takes four minutes.

How can an administrative assistant skills test support an interview?+

Use it as evidence to review alongside a work sample and a structured interview, not as a decision by itself. Ask candidates to explain how they would fit a meeting into a calendar, check a form against its source or apply a written policy. This connects the test's office scenarios to the role's actual priorities.