Typing tests for hiring

Send candidates one link. They take a typing test checked keystroke by keystroke, and you see every result in one list.

Make a hiring test

How it works

1. Make a test. Sign in, open Hiring tests, and give the job's title, your company's name, the language, the length (one, three or five minutes) and, if you like, a pass mark for speed and accuracy.
2. Send the link. Each test has one link, such as camelkeys.com/hire/ABCD2345/. Put it in your job advert or send it to the candidates you have shortlisted. They do not need an account.
3. Candidates take it. They can practise first as often as they like. Then they give their name and email address and take the test once.
4. See the results. Every candidate is in one list, fastest first, with their speed, accuracy, whether the result was checked and whether it met your pass mark. Download the list as a CSV file for a spreadsheet.

A fair test

Every candidate for a job types the same words, so the results compare like with like. The words are common words of the test's language, without tricky punctuation, so the test measures typing rather than reading. Each candidate has one attempt; practice runs are never sent to you.

Speed is counted the way the rest of CamelKeys counts it: correct words, five characters to a word, per minute. Accuracy counts every key pressed, so a mistake fixed with Backspace still counts against it. For the speeds jobs usually ask for, see our guide to typing speed for jobs.

What "checked" means

Every attempt is replayed keystroke by keystroke on our server and scored again. Pasted text, scripts and speeds no person can type are flagged, and the list marks those results as not checked. What a check proves is that the test was typed as recorded. It cannot prove who typed it, because nobody watches: the test is not proctored. For a final decision, ask the candidates you shortlist to take a short test in person or on a video call.

Candidates' details

A candidate's name, email address and result go to you, the employer who made the test, and to nobody else. We use them for nothing else and never add candidates to any mailing list. We keep them until you delete the test, and for a year at most. Candidates who want their details deleted sooner can ask you or write to us.

Price

Free for one open test at a time, with up to 20 candidates. With Premium or the coaching centre plan, you can have as many tests and candidates as you need.