Measure Your Candidates’ Typing Speed

Does your organization value fast, accurate typing? For roles that require significant text entry, Zmartests’ Speed Typing Test helps you identify candidates who have truly mastered touch typing—typing efficiently without looking at the keyboard.

Our test quickly determines whether candidates meet or exceed the average speed of 40 words per minute (WPM). For optimal productivity, aim for 60-70 WPM to ensure top performance in fast-paced work environments.

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Boost Team Productivity

Typing speed and accuracy have a direct impact on productivity. According to a Ratatype study, the average person spends 3 hours per day on a keyboard—totaling 753 hours per year. Increasing typing speed by just 20% can save 150 hours annually—the equivalent of 20 full workdays!

Slow typing reduces productivity due to:

  • Increased time required to complete tasks
  • More frequent mistakes
  • Disruptions in focus from constantly switching between text and keyboard
  • Poor typing posture, which can cause hand and wrist strain
  • Repeated editing of text, adding unnecessary stress and fatigue

Optimizing typing speed isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about improving accuracy, focus, and overall well-being.

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Lightning-Fast Typing Speed Test

Zmartests’ typing speed test challenges candidates to reproduce a 500+ character reference text as quickly and accurately as possible. If an error occurs, the test pauses until it is corrected, ensuring both speed and precision.

Scoring is evenly split:

  • 50% for speed – measuring words per minute (WPM)
  • 50% for accuracy – minimizing errors for clean, efficient typing

This test guarantees that your candidates possess strong typing proficiency, helping them complete tasks faster—an essential advantage for organizations that handle large volumes of documents.

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Accelerate Hiring with Typing Insights

  • Reference Text: Minimum 500 characters
  • Time Tracking: Measures how quickly the text is retyped
  • Typing Speed: Words per minute (WPM)
  • Speed Score: 50% of the final score
  • Error Count: Total characters typed incorrectly
  • Accuracy Score: 50% of the final score
  • Instant Results: Make informed hiring decisions faster!

This streamlined test provides precise, real-time insights to help you evaluate candidates efficiently

Zmartests' typing speed test results

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