The complete guide
Everything about the Office Manager Test
This test is one part of screening every applicant from one link: add a one-way video interview and resume scoring, and compare candidates in one report.
What is the Office Manager Test?
The Office Manager Test is built for people who run offices. Facilities questions cover breakdowns, leases, asset registers, fire drills, maintenance and supplier performance. Budget questions cover purchase orders, approval limits, split invoices, variance tracking, total cost of ownership and combining subscriptions. People and policy questions cover onboarding, visitor sign-in, desk booking, comfort complaints, adjustment requests and return-to-office policies. Planning questions cover office moves, business continuity, room booking, competing requests from leaders and using booking data to plan space. The scenarios fit offices of most sizes and sectors.
What the Office Manager Test does not measure
It does not measure skill in a specific finance or facilities system. Check those in the interview or with a short practical task.
How does the Office Manager Test work?
The Office Manager Test is an auto-scored multiple-choice test. Each candidate answers 20 questions drawn at random from a bank of 60, so two candidates rarely see the same set, and most finish in 8 to 12 minutes. The questions are spread evenly across facilities and suppliers, budgets and purchasing, people and policies and planning and problem solving, with a mix of easy, medium and hard items, and the report shows a score for each area as well as an overall score.
Why is the Office Manager Test important to employers?
Office managers control real money and keep everyone able to work. One who splits invoices to dodge approvals, ignores supplier problems or handles policy changes badly creates cost and frustration across the company. This test shows who manages budgets, suppliers and people fairly and sensibly.
