EA PA In-Tray Exercise
Everything you need to know.
EA PA In-Tray exercises are similar to those part of the Clerical test, but the difficulty of the task is raised by increasing the complexity of the situation presented and the language used.
What is the EA PA In-Tray exercise skill test?
This test recreates an everyday working environment by testing an individual’s ability to negotiate different demands in a working day, negotiating and arranging the different chores in a working day. Candidates are asked to multitask, prioritising their exercises, writing a draft document, and giving their reasoning for prioritising the tasks in the way they have chosen to.
Candidate’s answers are subjective to an organisations requirements. Each question is marked by an administrator in context. Therefore, you have the ultimate control over what constitutes an appropriate response and score to the given scenario.
- Practice test available
- Question review
- 45 minutes available
- 35 minutes average completion time
- Interactive marketing
- Fixed question order
Who is the EA PA In-Tray exercise skill test aimed at?
This test simulates an everyday working environment by testing an individual’s ability to recognise priority tasks and organise their workload and work flow. Candidates are required to multitask by prioritising the correspondences, writing a free text draft response and provide reasoning for prioritising the tasks in their respective positions. At Professional level the difficulty of the task is raised by increasing the complexity of the scenario presented, the quantity of text presented and language used.
Candidates are presented with 6 questions to complete within 45 minutes. Skipped questions or those that are not taken will result in no points being awarded.
