Computer proficiency / testing software?

gabe · Post by **gabe** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:22 pm

I would assume there are a decent number of IT professionals in a joint like this...

Is anyone familiar with any software (online or otherwise) that tests proficiency in Microsoft Office, IE, WPM, etc?

Google gives me plenty of results, but I would like to hear from someone with first hand experience.

junkeR · Post by **junkeR** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:38 pm

What do you mean by proficiency in regards to those applications?

gabe · Post by **gabe** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:45 pm

My apologies. I should have provided more details.

Basically, we are looking at doing pre-employment testing to make sure users are able to perform basic tasks (CTRL+V, CTRL+C) and can type with fingers OTHER than their right index finger.

toki · Post by **toki** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:49 pm

If you're going to sit them in front of a PC anyway, why not just give them a worksheet-type exercise that covers the sort of functionality you'd expect to be used in the job, and ask them to get on with it?

If it's taking them half an hour to open Word and type the date, it's probably pretty clear that they're not the employee you're looking for...

Michaelm · Post by **Michaelm** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:42 pm

gabe wrote:and can type with fingers OTHER than their right index finger.

I can type 10 words per minute with plenty of faults with ten fingers or I can type 100 words per minute with 2 or 3 fingers.
A typing certificate is so last century.

And I consider CTRL+V and CTRL+C to be the first words a newborn should speak.
Like someone already mentioned make your own exercise were everything you want to test is in it.