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Technical skills tests for hiring accountants and bookkeepers. CPA's, Part Qualified, Bookkeepers and Graduates. Test the technical knowledge of your candidates. Designed by accountants, for hiring accountants.
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Dedicated tests for accountants and bookkeepers at all levels. All prices in $US
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Client Stories
Noble Accounting, Los Angeles, CA
Kevin Matthews, Founder & President
"Accountests fills the critical gap of testing candidates’ knowledge rather than relying on their interview performance. Nobody should hire an accounting staff member without giving them one of these tests first."
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Amanda Michael, Faculty Finance
"I recently used Accountests as we were looking for a way to assess technical management accountant ability to supplement our interviews of shortlisted candidates. It helped inform our decision and would definitely use it again."
Financial Express, London UK
Ryan Rambaccussing, Group Financial Controller
"The tests were extremely valuable in providing an independent gauge of the skill level of the candidates, which played a key part in making a decision on who was right for the role.”
BDO New Zealand
Partner
"The abilities being shown by the recruited candidate correlates with the outcome of their test, and they are progressing and delivering to expectations"
PKF Mack, Perth, WA, Australia
Chris Roos, Partner
"The service offered by Accountests has been a game changer for our recruitment of professional staff. The ability to quickly assess the relevant technical skills of candidates has significantly improved our decision making process."
Lewis Brownlee, London & SE, UK
David Jones, FCCA
"Accountests has completely changed our interview process. No longer do we waste time with the ‘talkers’ who have the gift of being amazing at interviews but who turn out to be not so great at their job! I can honestly say that we will never give up using Accountests."
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Our Team
Kevin Matthews FCCA
Accountests USA
Kevin has 25 years of accounting experience in the UK and US. Running his own US based firm taught him that testing candidates is essential to successful hiring!
Giles Pearson FCA
Founder & Director
After 18 years as a partner with PwC Giles joined Steve to found Accountests to help those recruiting accountants to make better decision
Steve Evans
Founder & Director
With 25 years experience in testing and assessment in New Zealand and the UK Steve knows how to ensure both the assessments and reporting are world class.
Dave Murdoch
Director
Dave provides 20 years experience in customer experience and B2B digital products to make sure we get the message told the right way!
Accountests Blog
In this week’s blog, Kelly Barcelos from Jobsoid shares her insights on measuring the effectiveness of the recruitment pipeline. She’s done all the hard work for us by narrowing down the 10 key hiring metrics best to measure.
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How many interviews are too many? Who else needs to be involved in the decision? How long do I keep a candidate waiting? In a world where your candidate is also a fully engaged social media commentator & quite often a customer too, here’s some practical yet essential steps to follow to avoid abusing candidates and getting the negative reviews that some employers thoroughly deserve.
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At some point in the selection decision, the over-used phrase ‘team fit’ almost always comes up. For some, ‘team fit’ simply means hiring someone else just like all the others; or just like me. At first glance, it seems a sensible enough decision, but what business opportunities are you missing out on if you keep hiring like minded people? Here’s a 2 minute read from two senior recruiters on the risks of hiring like minded people and 3 ways you can avoid it.
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