The Office Skills Tests are now offered in room 2024 Wilkinson Student Center (WSC).   Non-students, please call (801) 422-3563 to make appointments.  Students, please go to 2024 WSC to take the tests (appointments are not necessary).  Please bring a photo I.D.  The Office Skills Tests are required for certain office personnel positions. The required tests are indicated in the "Additional Qualifications" section of the job details. Be sure to complete all required tests before the job closes.

• Non-student: Utah County residents are to take the OSTs at Brigham Young Universtiy. Non-Utah County residents are to take required typing tests online and send their scores before midnight of the posting close date to: BYU Staff and Administrative Employment fax (801) 422-0209 or email staff_employment@byu.edu. Please include your name, job posting title, and job posting number.
• Office Skills Tests are offered at BYU on Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, except on University holidays and during the campus Devotional on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon.
• Test Scores are valid for only (1) one year. To determine if your scores have expired, please contact Staff and Administrative Employment at (801) 422-3563 or staff_employment@byu.edu.
•  Required Office Skills Tests for a position are indicated by departments. There are several Office Skills Tests:
  • Keyboarding (3 minute timed warm-up, 5 minute timed test)
  • Data Entry (5 minute timed test)
  • Alpha and Numeric Filing (10 minutes each, 20 minutes total untimed test)
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint (30-50 minutes untimed test)
  • Microsoft Office Excel (30-50 minutes untimed test)
  • Microsoft Office Word (30-50 minutes untimed test)
  • 10-Key (3 minute timed warm up, 3 minute timed test)
  • Proofreading 1 and 2 (20 minutes each, 40 minutes total untimed test)
  • Spelling (20 minutes untimed test)
• Applicants who do not take the required tests before the job closes cannot be considered for the position.
• If you choose to have Employment Services "Forward My Current Scores" (by answering the supplemental Office Skills Test question as such), your application will be forwarded to the hiring department (after an initial screening) with the scores that appear on your master "Office Personnel Application."
• If you choose "Hold My Application for Test Scores," your application will not be forwarded until the job closes. 
• If you have only completed some of the Office Skills Tests, but not all of the required tests for a position to which you applied, your application is considered incomplete and will not be forwarded.

If you encounter any problems while applying, please contact BYU Staff and Administrative Employment Services before 5:00 pm on the day the job closes by calling (801) 422-3563.