General Clerical Test-Revised (GCT-R)

The GCT-R is a powerful assessment tool which is both flexible and comprehensive.

Quickly and confidently ascertains a job candidate’s verbal, numerical and clerical abilities. The GCT-R, developed in the UK, is an ability test for any job requiring these important abilities, including secretary, purchasing agent, paralegal, bookkeeper, or management trainee.

Screen for Important Abilities

You can administer all 10 subtests in less than an hour, or pick one appropriate subtest for an even faster score in just 7 to 23 minutes:

1. Checking - ability to detect transcription errors in a copy document
2. Filing - ability to identify the correct location for a set of named files
3. Calculation - ability to perform a series of simple arithmetic calculations
4. Error location - ability to detect numerical errors in tables of sales figures
5. Estimation - ability to estimate the correct solution to numerical calculations
6. Problem solving - ability to solve a series of numerical problems reflecting familiar office situations
7. Spelling - ability to identify correct and incorrect spellings and to provide the correct spellings where necessary
8. Vocabulary - ability identify the correct synonym for a series of words
9. Language use - ability to identify appropriate word usage in a written passage
10. Comprehension - ability to understand and utilise information presented in a series of passages describing policies and office procedures

Scores from these parts combine to yield three ability scores: GCT-R Clerical, GCT-R Numerical, GCT-R Verbal, as well as a Total Score.