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Timed numerical, verbal and logic tests, often with a personality or judgement questionnaire. SHL offers free practice tests.

Format

  • Reasoning tests: numerical (tables and charts), verbal (true, false or cannot say), inductive and deductive logic. Some employers use a combined general ability test.
  • These often come with a personality, behaviour or situational judgement questionnaire.

Rules to know

  • SHL publishes free practice tests for numerical, verbal, inductive, deductive, general ability and situational judgement. Some of them return a short report.
  • Check the invitation for whether a calculator is allowed.

Where practice helps

Helps

Ability tests reward practice: speed with percentages and ratios, reading charts quickly, and the true, false or cannot-say logic of verbal questions.

Does not help

Personality questionnaires have no score to raise. Answer consistently.

A 20-minute plan for the day before

  1. 10 minOne official SHL numerical practice test, timed.
  2. 5 minGo through every mistake: was it the calculation, the reading or the time?
  3. 5 minCalculator, paper and a quiet room ready before you open the link.