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Measure critical skills with technical assessments
Hire and deploy the right talent for the right roles with confidence. Mercer’s comprehensive library of technical assessments covers both IT and non-IT skills, with knowledge assessments and coding simulations across a wide range of job roles, industries and functions.
Skills-powered decisions at every stage of the talent lifecycle
Whether you’re hiring new talent or deploying existing employees into critical roles, understanding technical capability is key. Mercer’s technical assessments provide a clear, objective view of skills proficiency across a wide range of domains — from IT and coding to sales, accounting, operations, customer service and more. Designed to reflect real-world tasks, our clients use technical assessments to help match the right people to the right roles, identify skills gaps and inform upskilling/reskilling plans. With insights grounded in robust methodology and practical application, we support smarter, skills-powered decisions from hire to retire.
Assess functional knowledge with a library of ready-to-use and customizable technical assessments
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Broad domain coverage
Extensive catalog that measures over 500 skills across 1,500+ job roles and 40+ industries:
- Levels: Entry-level, Experienced professional, Management
- Functions: IT, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Accounting, HR, Operations, Customer Support and more
- Industries: BPO, High Tech, Financial Services, Retail, Media & PR, Hospitality, Education and more
Ready to use now or tailored to meet our clients’ specific requirements. Can also be combined with personality, cognitive aptitude and/or behavioral assessments for a more complete picture.
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Reports with actionable insightsActionable reporting that is fit for purpose—to drive more confident decisions in hiring, talent mobility and deployment, upskilling/reskilling and skills-based transformation programs.
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Online proctoring capabilities
Combine any technical assessment with our powerful proctoring suite:
- Audio and video proctoring
- Identity authentication
- Secure browser
Technical assessments that go beyond multiple-choice questionnaires to measure real-world skills
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MCQs
Multiple-choice questionnaires that measure knowledge across 500+ skills -
Simulators
On-the-job scenarios, including hands-on programming and coding skills with automated scoring -
Caselets
Assess the ability to draw on a multitude of skills to handle more complex problems from a holistic perspective
Item bank of 100,000+ questions
Online coding assessments for 32+ languages
Hire and deploy entry-level and experienced developers at scale. Objectively evaluate an individual’s skills across parameters such as coding aptitude, problem solving and de-bugging via a simulated environment.
Using technical assessments to hire and deploy developers at scale
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- Bootstrap
- AJAX
- jQuery
- Winforms
- Angular JS
- React JS
- Vue JS
- Popper.js
- Knockout JS
- Ionic Framework
- Express JS
- Flutter
- Svelte
- Web Assembly
- TypeScript
- Backbone JS
- Redux JS
- Chai JS
- Mocha JS
- Sinon JS
- Ext JS
- Java Core
- Python 3
- Go
- Node.js
- Ruby
- C#
- .NET
- PHP
- C
- C++
- Apache Maven
- Swing
- ADO.NET
- Delphi
- Unix Shell
- Linux Shell
- Java Spring
- Java Hibernate
- Python Django
- Go Revel
- Express JS
- Python Flask
- Scala
- Kotlin
- Perl
- Laravel
- Java Grail
- Java Play
- Go Bugsnag
- Go Beego
- Hapi
- Sails
- Python Pyramid
- Ruby on Rails
- Sinatra
- Padrino
- Java full stack
- PHP full stack
- C# full stack
- MERN Stack
- Django Stack
- Rails or Ruby on Rails
- LAMP Stack
- LEMP Stack
- Java MySQL
- PHP MySQL
- Python MySQL
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle
- MS SQL Server
- Redis
- Teradata
- PL/SQL
- Amazon RDS
- MongoDB
- Cassandra
- Oracle NoSQL
- HBase
- Hadoop
- SQOOP
- Talend
- Amazon Aurora
- IBM Cloud Database
- Amazon Dynamo
- Couchbase
- Clustrix
- Nuo
- Cockroach
- Pivotal Gemfire
- Volt
- Citus
- Vitees
- SAS
- Pandas
- Python TensorFlow
- Python Psipy
- DAX
- Python NumPy
- AI/Machine Learning
- Big Data
- R
- Python
- Hadoop
- Apache Hadoop
- Power BI
- Apache Spark
- Scala
- Chef
- Puppet
- Ubuntu
- Jenkins
- Unix Shell
- Linux Shell
- Teamcity
- Travis
- TestNG
- JUnit
- Network/Cyber Security
- Docker
- Ansible
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- MS Azure
- Splunk
- ELK Stack
- Git
- SVN
- Vagrant
- Nagios
- Mercurial
- CVS
- Selenium
- Test Complete
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Jasmine
- PHP Unit
- JUnit
- Jira
- JMeter
- HP UFT
- Pyunit
- SoapUI
- Automation Testing
- Loadrunner
- Agile Testing
- Security Testing
- ELT Testing
- Performance Testing
- Regression Testing
- Pytest
- Unit Testing
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Mocha
- Mockito
- Neoload
- Cucumber
- Ranorex
- Catalon Studio
- Kualitee
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Ava
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Jest
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Tape
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Puppeteer
- JavaScript Testing Tool - Qunit
- PHP Spec
- Codesepction
- Mockery
- Nose
- DocTest
- RSpec
- IBM RIT
- SOASTA
- Cloudtest
- IBM RPT
Differentiate good from great using Mercer’s coding simulators:
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Seamless pair programming using integrated coding simulators
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Comprehensive assessments using feedback from multiple rounds
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Digital ideation using inbuilt interactive whiteboard and notepad
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Comprehensive code analysis using code playback feature and screening data
Conduct live coding interviews remotely:
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