You misunderstand.
Typing, spelling tests do not take 2 hours. Psychometric tests do. And I suspect this is what she is being asked to do.
The time taken to run these tests isn't expensive in terms of manpower. However to BUY and run the tests is because you have to have an accredited person running/scoring the tests. Trust me, I know about these things, I had a client who used SHL testing and it was phenomenally expensive, which is why I said they should only be run on candidates who are SHORTLISTED not everyone!
And actually, as a practising PA of more than 20 years experience, personally these days, unless it was at an agency where they have to do it by law, I would be purely insulted to be asked to undertake a typing and spelling test and would certainly refuse!
Jackie, Peer Moderator
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