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

  • 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.

  • Reports with actionable insights
    Actionable reporting that is fit for purpose—to drive more confident decisions in hiring, talent mobility and deployment, upskilling/reskilling and skills-based transformation programs.
  • 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

  • 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:

  • Seamless pair programming using integrated coding simulators
  • Comprehensive assessments using feedback from multiple rounds
  • Digital ideation using inbuilt interactive whiteboard and notepad
  • Comprehensive code analysis using code playback feature and screening data

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