AQuity’s recruitment policy aims at selecting candidates who can be molded to be proficient medical transcriptionists through its comprehensive training program.  “Well selected is well performed” is AQuity’s motto when it comes to recruitment.

AQuity follows an integrated and standard selection program for both new entrants aspiring to take up medical transcription as a career as well as experienced medical transcriptionists and editors who wish to join AQuity. 

The entrance test forms the important first step of the 2-step recruitment process.  The second step is a personal interview.

A brief outline on AQuity’s Entrance Test

Entrance Test for Freshers

Keeping in line with the requirements of the industry, stress is laid on English language proficiency.  While candidates with medical background are welcome, non-medical background candidates are equally welcome.  In fact, there are more candidates from nonmedical background; and they do very well.  There is also a brief listening comprehension test conducted for assessing comprehension and basic accent knowledge.  There is no negative marking system.

Personal interview is carried out post online entrance test.

Testing module includes:

• Tests
  • Test for English language proficiency
    • Grammar & reading comprehension
    • Spelling test.
    • Essay writing.
  • Test for Listening comprehension
• Personal Interview: Face-to-face conversation and discussion with candidates clearing the grammar and listening tests for selecting the right candidate for the post.

All successful candidates are suitably oriented on MT Industry and work dynamics and then on mutual acceptance, the candidates are recruited as trainees.  These trainees undergo comprehensive and holistic 6-month training program with AQuity.  Trainees who successfully complete the training program (clear the certification test) are provided with unique AQuity MT IDs to work on AQuity production accounts.

Lateral Recruitment Test (For experienced transcriptionists, editors)

AQuity employs different testing mechanisms for medical transcriptionists, on-the-job-trainees, and editors based on the required proficiency parameters.

It is AQuity’s policy that all trained transcriptionists with AQuity must be AQuity Certified.  Hence, this selection test serves as certification test.

Candidates clearing AQuity Certification examination are:

• Awarded a AQuity Certificate.
• Provided a unique numeric code called MTID.
• Allowed to transcribe files for AQuity accounts.