While browsing on the internet, I came across this sample test that a school district in Ohio uses as part of the interview process.
The test is directed at three different levels of secretaries- the first level in my experience is for part-time secretaries or receptionists; next level could be attendance secretaries, or department secretaries; the highest level – third level would be principal secretaries, or specialized roles (computer secretaries in charge of maintaining a data, usually in high schools).
The first level requires Basic Word skills such as:
- Open and close a document
- Save a document
- Change the format of text
- Align text
- Change page margins and orientation
- Print specific pages
- Adjust line spacing
- Check spelling
- Create a blank document
- Set tab stops
- Select text
- Display formatting marks
- Display ruler
- Indent paragraphs
- Go to specific page
- Undo and redo actions
- Zoom
- Use Thesaurus
The next two levels require a knowledge of more advanced Word features such as:
- Templates
- Headers/Footers/Page Numbering
- Tables – create and sort
- Find and replace text
- Move and insert text
- Paragraph spacing
- Apply borders
- Mail Merge
- Custom margins
- Format Painter
- Send to
- Clip Art
- Page and section breaks
- Shading