Typical speed requirements
Data entry roles commonly ask for 40 to 60 wpm on alphanumeric text, often with 95% accuracy or better. Numeric roles may also ask for a 10 key score in keystrokes per hour.
Data entry typing test
Practise the kind of text data entry jobs really use: customer records with numbers, symbols and capitals. For number-only tests, try the 10 key typing test.
Names, addresses, order numbers, prices and dates
What a data entry test measures
Data entry tests check how fast and how accurately you copy structured information. A wrong digit in a price or phone number matters more than a typo in a sentence, so accuracy carries extra weight.
Tips
Keep your eyes on the source text, use the number row with the correct fingers, and slow down on numbers and email addresses where errors are most common.
Questions people ask
Is this like a real data entry exam?
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Yes. The records mix names, addresses, invoice numbers, prices and dates, similar to common pre-employment data entry tests.
Can I get a certificate?
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Complete a 3 or 5 minute test with at least 85% accuracy to download a certificate.