Hire The Perfect Accountant - get the Guide

Finding the right candidate for the right position is hard enough in today’s market. Accountests helped us evaluate the candidate’s strengths and weaknesses to make sure they have the skills required for the job. Having them take a timed assessment also helped us get an idea of how well they work under pressure.

Tiffany R., Firm Administrator - Michael & Company, CPA

Graduate / Trainee Accountant Test

Name: Graduate / Trainee Accountant Test
Brand: Accountests
Price: 40.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$40.00

The Graduate / Trainee Accountant Test is designed to be a fast, simple and efficient way to determine whether graduate or trainee candidates have a working knowledge of the basics of double entry accounting (i.e. debits and credits) and business acumen.

The test is ideal for graduate or trainee positions where candidates have limited accounting experience.

For a test focusing completely on double entry accounting see the Double Entry Accounting Test.

The test covers four areas:

Create Journals – From a transaction what is the journal entry?
Interpret Journals - From a journal what transaction is occurring?
Accounting Concepts – Demonstrate an understanding for some basic accounting concepts
Business Knowledge – Demonstrate an understanding of business terminology in practical use

Sample Candidate Test Report - Click Here

Example Graduate/Trainee Accountant Questions - Click Here

Test Features

20 Questions & a time limit of 15 minutes
3 variants of all questions
Questions loaded randomly to manage risks of tests being compromised & cheated
Fast report generation of completed tests sent straight to your inbox
Each test purchased allows you to test one candidate

When your candidate has completed the test you can use this Interpretation Video to help understand more about their test report.

Want to know more about your candidate? Have a look at our Personality Profile. You can easily add to your Accountests purchase - Graduate / Trainee test + Personality profile $360.

The Critical Reasoning Test is suitable for university graduates. If you want to use a more General Reasoning Test please contact us to order this bundle.

Use the 'Additional Testing Options' menu on the top right of this page to select the bundle you need. Links for all tests are delivered immediately to your inbox.

Not sure which test is right for your candidate? Find out with our Which Test Table here

What our clients are saying

Here's what some of Accountests clients tell us

"The abilities being shown by the recruited candidate correlates with the outcome of their test, and they are progressing and delivering to expectations"

Partner

BDO

"The Accountest was an extremely useful tool which assisted in our recruitment decision. The person we engaged is at the standard we expected and is in-line with the skill rating in the test results"

Karen Abery

Practice Manager, Ingham Mora

"We now use these tests to assess all potential accounting staff as part of our recruitment process."

Dianne Wilson

Business Manager, McIntyre Dick

"The candidates that do well in the test certainly seem to be our better performers."

Arran Findlayson

CEO, The Back Office Co

"We have found that Accountests gives us the opportunity to understand our candidates accounting ability, which no other product has done until now. It also gives us the opportunity to base further questions for the candidate around what we can see their ability is and enable us to make an informed decision."

Sharlene Bryant

Director, Baker Tilly

"The tool was great and formed a good part of the pre-employment process for us."

Danielle Dwyer

HR Manager, Flavorite Marketing

"Hiring professionals and vetting them is one of the most challenging and subjective areas of running a business. Accountests allowed us to gauge a candidates skills so that we made more informed decision which saved us both time and money."

Ilona Brunner, CPA, MBA

Founder, Brunner Accounting Group