What typing speed do I need to be an adjoint administratif?

None is published. The practical office test assesses word processing, spreadsheets and IT tools in fifteen minutes, with no speed criterion in its definition or in the framework notes we read.

Is there a typing test in the concours?

Not in the sense of a timed transcription. The practical epreuve covers office software rather than copying a passage, which makes it very different from the Spanish or Indian transcription exercises.

How long is the bureautique test?

Fifteen minutes, at coefficient 1, in the admission phase. For comparison the written French paper runs an hour and a half and the numerical table an hour, each at coefficient 3.

Are the state and territorial concours the same?

No. They are organised separately and their epreuves differ. The coefficients quoted here are the territorial ones, whose epreuve list we read; for the state version its own official notice is the authority.

Where do the figures other sites quote come from?

We could not find a published source for any of them. Ask which arrete, avis de concours or framework note the threshold comes from: it is the simplest question and it settles the matter.

ANSWER

Does the French adjoint administratif concours require a minimum typing speed?

No published speed requirement exists. The practical office test runs fifteen minutes at coefficient 1, and its published definition covers word processing, spreadsheets and information technology. We looked for a speed criterion in the epreuve definitions and the framework notes and found none.

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What the text says, and what it does not

The published definition is one sentence: a practical office test intended to verify the candidate's aptitude in word processing, spreadsheets and the new information and communication technologies. Fifteen minutes, coefficient 1, in the admission phase. There is no passage to transcribe, no accuracy floor, no words per minute and no keystrokes per minute. The candidate produces something in software and is judged on whether they can drive it. This is a negative finding, and a negative finding needs different sourcing from a positive one: we cannot prove that no French concours anywhere sets a speed, only that the ones whose epreuves we read do not.

Why so many preparation courses say otherwise

Because the question is natural and a vacuum fills. A candidate wants a number, a course supplies one, and the number then circulates without anyone asking where it came from. The test is to ask for the source. A course quoting a threshold should be able to point at the arrete, the avis de concours or the framework note containing it. None of the ones we examined does, and the official texts we read contain none. That does not make typing useless, but it changes what to work on and for how long.

Where the marks actually are

On the territorial concours the coefficients are published. The written French paper runs an hour and a half at coefficient 3. The numerical table runs an hour at coefficient 3. The interview is fifteen minutes at coefficient 3. The office test is fifteen minutes at coefficient 1, and the optional test another 1. So the office test is one point of eleven, about nine per cent, while the two written papers and the interview are more than half between them. The full detail, including what we verified and what we did not, is on the page about this epreuve.

What typing well is still worth

Not being in the way. Fifteen minutes is short for a practical task, and someone hunting for keys spends part of it looking at their hands instead of the brief. The numerical table, by contrast, rewards keyboard and spreadsheet fluency directly, and carries three times the coefficient. If you are going to train anything keyboard-adjacent, train that. A few minutes of French typing a day on AZERTY keeps the keyboard out of the way. A one-minute test is a fine reference point, with no threshold to hit.

Frequently asked questions

What typing speed do I need to be an adjoint administratif?
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None is published. The practical office test assesses word processing, spreadsheets and IT tools in fifteen minutes, with no speed criterion in its definition or in the framework notes we read.
Is there a typing test in the concours?
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Not in the sense of a timed transcription. The practical epreuve covers office software rather than copying a passage, which makes it very different from the Spanish or Indian transcription exercises.
How long is the bureautique test?
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Fifteen minutes, at coefficient 1, in the admission phase. For comparison the written French paper runs an hour and a half and the numerical table an hour, each at coefficient 3.
Are the state and territorial concours the same?
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No. They are organised separately and their epreuves differ. The coefficients quoted here are the territorial ones, whose epreuve list we read; for the state version its own official notice is the authority.
Where do the figures other sites quote come from?
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We could not find a published source for any of them. Ask which arrete, avis de concours or framework note the threshold comes from: it is the simplest question and it settles the matter.

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