Available practice assessments
These practice assessments give you a sample of the types of questions you may encounter and the general look and feel of the actual assessment.
- Occupational Reading Assessment
- Occupational Reasoning Assessment
- Occupational Math Assessment
- Occupational Judgment Assessment
- Occupational Interaction Assessment
- Federal Supervisor Assessment
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Important These practice assessments are shorter than the actual assessments and do not cover all possible questions you may receive. Also, not all USA Hire assessments have a practice version available. If a practice assessment is not listed, it does not exist. |
How to determine which assessments to prepare for
To find out which USA Hire assessments you need to complete your application for Federal employment, use one of the following recommended methods:
Method 1
The simplest and most accurate method to determine exactly which assessments you'll need to take and may want to prepare for is to:
- Receive your notification that assessments are required when you submit your application or by clicking 'Track this application' in your USAJOBS Dashboard.
- Select the Take assessment(s) now button in your application or use the USA Hire Unique Access URL provided in your email notification to enter USA Hire platform.
Example for illustrative purposes only:
- Read and certify you've read and acknowledged the Important Information page related to the assessments.
Example for illustrative purposes only:
⚠️ Important
Once you acknowledge that you've read and understood this page, you will be unable to return to it.
- View the assessments listed on your Assessment Activities page.
Example for illustrative purposes only:
⚠️ Important
Do not proceed past this page until you are ready to begin your first assessment.
Method 2
If you haven't received a notification that assessments are required or don't want to go past the Important Information page in Step 3 above to see your assigned assessment(s), you can approximate which assessments you might need to take.
- Check the job announcement's "How You Will Be Evaluated" section to see which competencies are to be evaluated.
Example for illustrative purposes only:
- In the above example, Reading Comprehension is mentioned.
- By looking at the available practice assessments, you can see that the Occupational Reading Assessment evaluates the Reading Comprehension competency. Each practice assessment identifies the competencies measured. So, you may be asked to take the Occupational Reading Assessment.
- Repeat this process by matching the competencies listed in the job announcement with the competencies each practice assessment evaluates.