Intern - Cognitive Assessment

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Operations team at Mercer. This role will be based in Gurugram, Haryana. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Cognitive assessment (Aptitude) Intern | Operations

About the Role:

We are seeking an Intern to assist in the review and management of cognitive assessments, support content organization, and help in designing assessments and reports as per client requirements. The role also involves working on updating question banks, classifying skills, and ensuring content quality for assessments used in recruitment, learning & development, and training

Responsibilities:

• Content Management: Assist in reviewing existing skills and questions, collaborating with external subject matter experts (SMEs); revamp and re-organize the question bank with a proper and easy-to-use classification of skills; update questions by removing highly exposed items; work on presenting questions in a presentable format, ensuring language and grammatical correctness.
• Assessment Design & Reporting: Support in designing assessments as per client requirements in the cognitive domain, including Critical Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Data Interpretation, etc. These assessments are used for various purposes such as candidate recruitment (fresher hiring, campus hiring), learning & development, training needs identification, and succession planning. The assessments must be relevant to specific job roles, industries, and geographies, making the content (questions) the most critical part. The intern will assist in preparing assessment reports, ensuring content quality, and handling client requests independently, coordinating with different stakeholders.
• Client & Stakeholder Coordination: Handle client requests independently, coordinate with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of assessment projects.
• Additional Responsibilities: Assist in maintaining the quality and accuracy of assessment content, support in updating question banks, and contribute to the overall improvement of assessment processes.

Minimum Requirement:

• Excellent written and verbal communication (critical)
• Problem-solving skills (critical)
• High learning agility (very critical)
• Attention to detail (very critical)
• Stronghold on MS Office skills like MS Excel (critical)

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman . With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com , or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Mercer Assessments business, one of the fastest-growing verticals within the Mercer brand, is a leading global provider of talent measurement and assessment solutions. As part of Mercer, the worlds largest HR consulting firm and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh McLennanwe are dedicated to delivering talent foresight that empowers organizations to make informed, critical people decisions. Leveraging a robust, cloud-based assessment platform, Mercer Assessments partners with over 6,000 corporations, 31 sector skill councils, government agencies, and more than 700 educational institutions across 140 countries. Our mission is to help organizations build high-performing teams through effective talent acquisition, development, and workforce transformation strategies. Our research-backed assessments, advanced technology, and comprehensive analytics deliver transformative outcomes for both clients and their employees. We specialize in designing tailored assessment solutions across the employee lifecycle, including pre-hire evaluations, skills assessments, training and development, certification exams, competitions and more. At Mercer Assessments, we are committed to enhancing the way organizations identify, assess, and develop talent. By providing actionable talent foresight, we enable our clients to anticipate future workforce needs and make strategic decisions that drive sustainable growth and innovation