I Went for Testing
By Ali Canary
@AliCanary (4017)
January 15, 2026 12:58pm CST
Hey all, I went in to do my proficiency tests yesterday. Scored a 92 on Excel, an 88 on Word, an 82 on proofreading, and a 98 on data entry. I'm a little embarrassed about the proofreading score, but when I was there, I overheard a lady tell one person who was coming in that he had scored a 70 on his math test and so he passed and didn't have to re-test. So if 70 is okay, maybe I don't have to worry. I guess it depends on whether there are others who scored much better.
Out of all the jobs I have applied for, this is the only one I have heard back from, but this is the one I actually prefer, because it is close to where I live. I think the people are really nice, too. Hoping to hear back soon about going in for an interview. It sounds like they still have candidates who haven't scheduled their testing, yet, so maybe those people have dropped out.
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@Ineeddentures (26196)
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15 Jan
Excel and Word are but words to me lol
And I type with 2 thumbs
Maths not my strong point either
Good luck with it, I hope you pass everything with flying colours
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@AliCanary (4017)
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16 Jan
I type with three fingers, typically - I hate when I have to use the shift key, lol
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@AliCanary (4017)
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20 Jan
@Ineeddentures that's the key that you press to make capital letters and other special characters. They are on the edges of the keyboard, so it slows me down a bit.
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@DaddyEvil (171288)
• United States
15 Jan
Good luck moving forward in their process!
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (17341)
• Torrington, Connecticut
23 Jan
@AliCanary That's great news! Hope you get the job!
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@AliCanary (4017)
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22 Jan
Thanks! I did hear back, and I have an interview scheduled for next week!
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@LindaOHio (218163)
• United States
16 Jan
I hope you get the job. Your scores are quite good. Good luck!!!
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@valherma00 (2066)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
16 Jan
excellent test results, congrats. i am sorry you are embarrassed but others perhaps had similar results. i really wish that they contact you.
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@AliCanary (4017)
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16 Jan
The proofreading section had a LOT of errors to fix. It was pretty challenging!
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@valherma00 (2066)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
18 Jan
@AliCanary i bet it was. i hope they will reach to you. if not now then in the future, a close one.
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@AliCanary (4017)
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16 Jan
Thanks! At least the spelling and grammar corrections I made were fine. It was the errors of style --like whether to spell out a number or include the period inside the quotation marks--that I messed up.
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@annierose (21955)
• United States
15 Jan
Fingers crossed you get called in for the interview soon! Sounds like a great job close to home.
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@RasmaSandra (96026)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Jan
Best of luck to you in this process,
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@JESSY3236 (21861)
• United States
20 Jan
I don't well on math. I don't know much of Excel. I know what it is, but never really used it. 82 is not bad.
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@AliCanary (4017)
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22 Jan
I'm not a big fan of math, either. I do like quadratic equations and geometric proofs, though, because they're like logic puzzles.
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