What to Expect in Your Editorial Assessment

Invited to take an EditingTests.com assessment? This guide explains everything you need to know about our industry-leading editorial tests—used by 21,348+ organisations to assess 130,000+ candidates.

Essential Setup Requirements

Use desktop or laptop: Tests require full keyboard and screen for optimal performance
Browser compatibility: Chrome or Firefox recommended for best experience
Environment: Secure quiet space with stable internet connection
Time commitment: Reserve the full allocated time—cannot pause once started

How Our Assessment Platform Works

Real-Time Testing Environment

Each assessment is delivered entirely through your browser with continuous timing. Clear instructions appear before you begin, and once started, the timer runs without pause—just like real editorial deadlines.

Professional Track-Changes Simulation

Our Editing Tests and Full Editing Assessments use an advanced simulated track-changes environment. You'll make edits directly in the document exactly as you would in professional editorial work—no specialist software required.

Understanding Your Score

Percentile-Based Ranking

Your score reflects your performance against our database of 130,000+ candidates across 4,400+ industry specialisms.

Example: A 70th percentile score means you outperformed 70% of all candidates who have taken this assessment—positioning you in the top 30% of editorial professionals tested.

Your Results and Data Privacy

Secure Results Delivery

Your assessment results are delivered exclusively to the organisation that invited you to test. We never share candidate data with third parties or external organisations.

How your assessment is scored

Some parts of an assessment are scored automatically and some are reviewed by a person. Our AI & Automated Scoring Notice explains which is which, what we do not do with your answers, and how to ask for a human re-review of a result.

Read the AI & Automated Scoring Notice

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