Data Entry Interview Preparation

Expect a skills test

Almost every data entry interview includes a timed 10-key test and a typing test. Bring your best numbers, but expect to be tested live. Practice on our 10-Key Trainer and Typing Trainer until your test-day nerves don't matter.

Common questions

• How do you make sure your work is accurate?
• Tell me about a time you caught a data entry mistake.
• How do you stay focused during long stretches of repetitive work?
• What's the largest volume of work you've handled in a day?
• Which systems have you worked in?

Sample answers

• 'How do you make sure your work is accurate?' — 'I use a two-monitor cross-check — source document on one side, entry screen on the other — and I run a daily variance check on my totals. My last six months averaged 98.7% first-pass accuracy.'
• 'How do you stay focused?' — 'I work in 45-minute blocks with a two-minute stretch. I use the same order and template on every batch so my brain doesn't have to switch context.'

Questions to ask them

• 'What are the daily accuracy and volume targets?'
• 'What software will I be using?'
• 'What does success in the first 90 days look like?'