Skills Assessment & Testing

Whether you are screening one job candidate or thousands, potential or existing employees, students or trainees, our library of customizable skills assessments covering more than 1000 job skills can help you meet your goals.

Available in multiple languages, First Advantage’s assessment solutions feature a powerful combination of performance-based and knowledge-based skills testing, along with easy-to-use test creation and advanced reporting functionality.

You can help new hires or existing employees rapidly develop new skills with First Advantage’s self-paced professional training courses, including titles from popular software packages such as Microsoft Office, Lotus, Microsoft Works, QuickBooks, Quicken and more.

First Advantage assessments cover the widest range of job skills including clerical, software, accounting and finance, call center, healthcare, industrial, legal, retail, food service and IT, as well as behavioral assessments covering attitudes, aptitudes and abilities.

Available Skills Assessments:

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  Finance and Accounting

  

  First Advantage Accounting and Finance Assessments help you evaluate key competencies in accounting and bookkeeping, bank teller skills, collections, and financial management. Our accounting tests assess knowledge of accounts receivable and accounts payable, as well as abilities with popular accounting software such as Peachtree and QuickBooks. Our tests also measure accounting office work skills such as typing, audio transcription and language skills.
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  Call Center

  

  Use our Call Center Assessment to measure customer service skills and sales ability using realistic simulations of call center scenarios. Data entry tests and customer service skill tests measure the proficiencies of your potential new hires, ensuring quality customer interactions.
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  Computer Literacy

  

  Tap our performance-based and knowledge-based Digital Literacy tests to assess basic understanding of all aspects of computing and the Internet, including hardware, software, networks, e-mail and Internet browsing.
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  Food Services

  

  Use our Food Service job aptitude test to screen applicants on the basics of food hygiene, food storage and disease prevention, and test for specific knowledge of clinical nutrition, world cuisine and food preparation techniques.
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  Information Technology

  

  Measure critical skills for programmers and IT professionals. First Advantage IT Assessments measure the most important programming languages and information technology systems.
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  Legal

  

  Use our Legal Assessments to evaluate legal professionals in important areas such as legal research, litigation and general legal knowledge. You can also assess legal office skills such as typing, audio transcription and legal terminology.
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  Medical

  

  Assess understanding of critical concepts and terminology for more than a dozen different medical disciplines. First Advantage Medical Office Assessments also let you assess the knowledge and skills of those working in hospitals, insurance firms and other medical environments with tests on medical billing and medical coding, as well as typing, transcription, language and other medical office skills.
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  Nursing

  

  Measure knowledge of medical coding and dosage calculations, and evaluate nursing knowledge and skills with assessments for specific fields.
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  Retail Sales

  

  With First Advantage Retail Sales Assessments and aptitude tests, you can measure knowledge and skills required for effective retail sales work with tests based on standards established by the National Retail Foundation for the National Skills Standards Board.
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  Software

  

  Our Software Skills Assessments, featuring state-of the-art software testing simulations, to test candidates on today’s top office software. Our software tests include Microsoft Office, Lotus SmartSuite, WordPerfect and more.
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  Staffing and HR

  

  Determine your HR or staffing consultant's knowledge and skills in recruiting, sales, operations, management and training, as well as their understanding of compliance with employment rules, regulations and laws.