Stream 4 • Candidate-owned
Your assessment. Your report. Your certificate. Calibrated to the same standard employers commission: and yours to take into every conversation.
Why Certified exists
There is no professional body that tests whether you can do the job. There is no examination that asks you to handle a real inbox, a real diary, a real curveball. Until now, your practice was evidenced only by the opinion of your last principal and the fluency of your interview answers.
TCS Certified changes that. The same rubric and the same five pillars, the same reviewer standard: on a bespoke scenario built for the candidate edition, available to you without needing an employer to commission it. You sit the assessment, receive the report, and decide who sees it.
What you receive
Most EAs have nothing beyond their last reference to evidence how they actually work. These four deliverables travel with you into every application, every conversation with a recruiter, every LinkedIn scroll-past, and every reason someone might need to verify what you say.
A written report, module by module. Your five pillar scores, reviewer commentary on what you actually did, your strongest moves called out by name, and specific developmental pointers. Typically 12 to 16 pages. Yours to keep.
A one-page .docx written in recruiter-ready language: pillar bands, three standout moves, and the reviewer's top-line verdict. Drop it into a CV application, attach it to an introduction email, or send it to a recruiter in place of small-talk.
A signed digital certificate: your name, your level, your overall band, the date, and the issuing reviewer. Every certificate carries a unique verifier URL. Any employer or recruiter can confirm it with one click, at any time, without needing to contact us.
A shareable, verifiable badge designed to live anywhere your name appears online. Links back to your verifier URL automatically. Distinct visual markers for each level, so recruiters recognise the tier at a glance.
One sitting, scored against every level of the standard. One expert-reviewed report and summary, plus a certificate and badge you own outright. Here is exactly what lands in your inbox within 48 hours.
The day felt realistic. There are times when your exec isn’t available and actions need to be made in their absence, and the tasks were all scenarios I deal with on a regular basis. It challenged me in a good way.
It didn’t feel like a series of separate exercises. It felt like one realistic day where earlier choices had consequences. What surprised me most was how real the pressure felt, even knowing it was a test.
Start Certified
There is nothing to pick. You sit one scenario-based assessment and it scores you against every level of the standard. The level you walk away with is the one your work demonstrated, not the one you chose at checkout. Same reviewers, same rubric employers hire against.
The assessment Live
One sitting, graded against the whole standard
A realistic, scenario-based working day. You handle a live inbox, a diary clash, a difficult stakeholder and a judgement call under pressure, and your work is scored against every level of the standard. Your result is the level you demonstrated: Operational EA, EA to Senior Leadership, or Executive Business Partner. Expert-reviewed, and yours to keep.
Includes your feedback report, Recruiter Summary, verified digital badge, and certificate.
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What your result means
You sit one assessment, and your work places you at one of three levels. It is the level you demonstrated on the day, scored by the same reviewers and the same rubric an employer commissions against.
Level 1
Keeps an executive's working life running accurately and calmly. Diary, inbox, travel and coordination handled reliably, so nothing slips.
Level 2
A true right hand. Anticipates, prioritises, manages stakeholders, and holds things together under pressure.
Level 3
A strategic partner who reads the commercial picture and operates as an extension of leadership.
Your report shows the level you reached and, just as usefully, exactly what would take you to the next one.