Get Accurate Practice for Walmart’s Teaming Employment Assessment (TEA) and Pass with a High Score [2024]

Walmart’s TEA assessment is used to screen new applicants as well as Walmart employees applying to various managerial and leadership positions, such as Team Lead, Hourly Supervisor, Academy Trainer, and Department Manager.

It's the first step of Walmart's hiring process, right after you submit your application. And it replaces the former Walmart Leadership Assessments, named SLA and TLA, which are no longer in use.

For more tips and info, check out our Leadership Assessment Test guide. 

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The Teaming Employment Assessments is comprised of five sections:

1. Work with Associates
2. Manage Your Area
3. Manage Your Day
4. Tell Us Your Story
5. Describe Your Approach

Let's describe each of them:

In this section, you’ll encounter a variety of situations that you could face as a leader at Walmart. You have to choose a response to each situation. To answer the questions correctly, you must only use the information provided. Relying on your previous work experience and what you would have done will often not give you the right answer. Use only what you are given.

Note: Once you choose an answer and move on to the next one, you can’t go back. Also, Walmart suggests working quickly and not stalling on any question.

In this test, you’ll have to work with hypothetical information to figure out what’s happening in your area. This will highly resemble the type of decision-making you’ll do on the real job.

Note: Walmart advises to work quickly and accurately. The less time it takes you, the better. This may suggest that test-takers who spend too much time on a certain question, may get penalized.

Here’s a sample question  similar to what you’ll typically encounter in this section:

On this test, you’ll encounter situations that Walmart’s leaders face every day, and will need to prioritize them.

Specifically, you’ll need to review activities, decide how urgent they are, and indicate the order in which you would handle them.

Here’s a sample question (taken from the complete practice pack) that highly resembles ‘Manage Your Day’ questions you’ll see on the real assessment:

This is a biodata questionnaire that will ask you to share your background and work experience. These questions are not just there in order to fulfill diversity rules, they are used as an additional screening tool.

So, pay attention to every question, even if it seems like a no-brainer. But don’t spend too long on any of them as the testing system might flag that.

This is a 33-question personality test that evaluates your preferred work style and approach. Some of the questions might be tricky and ask the same thing but in a different way.

So, it’s crucial to stay consistent throughout the section, or else the testing system will immediately flag you.

Here’s a sample question from this section:

The practice pack contains a professional study guide to teach you the best ways to answer Biodata questionnaires and how to avoid common “traps.” Make sure you check it out!

The score you get on each section has a crucial impact on the hiring decision and the opportunities that Walmart will open for you.

Here’s the deal:

The TEA has four score bands that are used behind the scenes, similar to the Retail Associate Assessment: Poor, Good, Competitive, and Excellent.

Candidates who score in the ‘Poor’ band for a certain position will not be eligible for hire for that position.

Now, the TEA scores are shown differently for applicants that come from outside as opposed to current Walmart employees, as detailed below:

Current Walmart Employees

After you complete the TEA assessment, you’ll get one of the following scores:

• Non-Competitive: this means you didn’t pass it and that you’re ineligible to apply for any management position. In other words: you have to remain in your current position and unfortunately, have to wait another 6 months before retaking the assessment.
• Competitive 6 Month Expire – Tier 1: you passed it, but you can only apply for Academy Trainer or Current Department Manager positions.
• Competitive 2 Year Expire – Tier 2: you passed it and you can apply for all positions, including Cap, Support, Team Lead, Coach, and higher.

Note: You’ll also have to take the VR (Virtual Reality) Assessment if you want to apply for Academy Trainer, Team Lead, Coach, or Store Lead.

New Applicants Outside of Walmart

Once you finish the Teaming Employment Assessment, you’ll see a screen showing you if you failed or passed it.

• If you fail the assessment, it will show you the date you can retake it. It will be 6 months from the day you first took it.

But here’s the thing no one tells you: You can pass the TEA but still get rejected.

• That’s because Walmart rates each of the five sections separately. And if you score poorly on one of them, you won’t pass the assessment even if it says you did, as it’s Walmart’s stone-cold policy.
• Numerous applicants think they’ve passed the assessment and wait for a long time to get a call from Walmart, but it never comes.

Now that’s frustrating.

• To prevent this from happening to you, make sure you prepare in advance for ALL sections of the Walmart Teaming Employment Assessment, even sections that seem easy and simple.

Beating the TEA assessment is all about knowing exactly what to expect and how to answer it the best way.

As most of the test sections consist of personality and behavioral questions, they’re naturally tricky. And to the untrained eye, it’s hard to tell what the most appropriate answers are.

This is where we come into play.

Out test experts have worked hard to provide you with an accurate practice pack that simulates every section of the real TEA.

Here’s what you get:

• Realistic TEA practice tests – SAME format, difficulty, and question types as the actual assessment.
• Detailed explanations for all questions to ensure you know how to answer every question, no matter what.
• Extra training for the personality & behavioral parts – you’ll learn how to dominate the trickiest sections of the assessment.

Walmart uses the VR assessment to screen new Academy Trainers, Team Leads, Coaches, or higher positions who passed the TEA assessment with a competitive score.

The VR assessment is used to weigh you against final candidates, and you’ll be evaluated for your decision-making and leadership skills.

During the assessment, you’ll face various scenarios that Walmart’s managers handle on a daily basis, such as angry shoppers, messy aisles, and underperforming workers.

You’ll be presented with realistic situations while doing a tour across a virtual Walmart store. Once you encounter a situation, you’ll see a question with multiple choice answers to choose from.

Here’s an example:

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By getting familiar with all 5 sections of the Walmart Teaming Employment Assessment and practicing them in advance, you dramatically increase your score of passing it and getting the position you want at Walmart.

Remember that it is not enough to simply pass the assessment. You must gain a high score in each and every section to be considered for employment.

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