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Computer Technician Skills Assessment

Computer Technician Skills Assessment

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Assessment Summary
A Computer Technician is someone who setups, maintains, and decommissions different components in an organization’s IT infrastructure, so this includes software, laptops, servers, and the network. This wealth of knowledge allows them to be the go-to person for when a problem goes wrong as they have expert knowledge about the inner workings of these devices in an organization’s environment. They will often need to communicate with many non-technical individuals in their day-to-day roles. This assessment contains 10 questions that are designed to test the varying skills of the candidate’s ability to succeed and thrive in the role from a variety of different skills that are relevant.
Skills tested in this assessment
A Computer Technician must have many different technical skills such as being able to interact with computers to troubleshoot and collect data when trying to figure out why a specific problem occurred. These technical skills must be matched with good problem-solving skills in order to find solutions to these problems. Good communication skills are also beneficial, especially when communicating the best practices within the IT space to non-technical colleagues. Specifically, in the Vervoe skill assessment, the following skills are looked at it in detail is their abilities and knowledge around different IT problems and their communication skills.
What to test with this assessment
From a carefully constructed set of questions that test an important subset of the required skills to successfully be a Computer Technician, you will be able to determine their technical abilities when working with all different pieces of technology such as operating systems, graphics cards, and SMPS. Furthermore, the candidate’s ability to troubleshoot various issues they might run into and their communication skills when speaking to non-technical colleagues.

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Computer technicians have a very high understanding of how the various applications and systems work in all operating environments including, Linux, windows and MacOS. This understanding allows them to work with their colleagues when diagnosing and fixing problems that they may run into.

Candidates who perform well on this Computer Technician skills assessment will have all the technical skills to have a fundamental understanding of how computers work and how to troubleshoot a problem when one is identified. They will also have the soft skills to interact with their colleagues efficiently and effectively.

You can expect to learn whether a candidate knows what preboot execution environments are, how routes work, what PCI-e slots are used for, force quit applications and how to communicate with their colleagues when they are assisting them solve a problem.

Communication as a skill when being a computer technician is very important as you will spend a lot time interacting with users of the systems you’re managing.
Having the technical know-how to troubleshoot various problems that users would face will be very important as you’re able to help more people in less time.
Information Technology is a very broad skillset, but having the problem solving skills and fundamental knowledge of what is wrong with a given piece of technology is very beneficial when working in this field.
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Yes, all assessments are fully customizable meaning you can edit a word or two or delete the question and add your own. You can also customize correct answer samples to your exact business specifications.

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Mid Funnel: Combine a variety of question types like multiple choice with media, video responses to see how they communicate and a couple of presentation or spreadsheet questions to dig deeper into their technical knowledge. Assessments take ~40min to complete.

Bottom Funnel: A great opportunity to focus on a single outcome and test extensively with a more elaborate question and some documentation around the process. Assessments take ~ 1.5 hrs to complete.

You can completely customize an assessment for your brand including logo, colors and intro videos. You are also able to customize all of the candidate messaging so that it’s unique to your brand and business.

No, Vervoe assessments test for a range of both job specific hard skills and soft skills like communication or attention to detail. This means you’re testing a complete set of skills so you can be confident the candidate you hire not only has the skills to do the job but that culturally and behaviourally they’re the right fit for your business too.

We offer a range of interactive question types including code challenges, presentations, spreadsheets, document uploads, video, audio, multiple choice with media options and more. Each question type is a sample version of the real life tool. For example a code challenge is a snapshot of a live developer environment where a candidate can complete a specific task.
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Yes, all skills assessment are customizable and can be created to simulate a job or task. This provides the ability to test a candidate on real-life skills and abilities required for the role. A unique combination of different types of questions can simulate how a candidate will perform in different scenarios.

Combining a detailed Computer Technician job description with a Computer Technician skills assessment can help to identify the specific skills and knowledge required for the job, and can streamline the candidate selection process. By writing a clear and concise job description, hiring managers can attract the right Computer Technician candidates for each role.

Vervoe's comprehensive recruitment guide on how to hire a Computer Technician provides a competency framework that maps out the core job-related hard skills and soft skills required for success in the Computer Technician role. A Computer Technician recruitment guide helps understand the hiring process of building the ideal candidate profile, writing an accurate job description based on skills, selecting the ideal candidate, interviewing top performers, and making a job offer.

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