Ability tests and personality questionnaires are proven methods for assessing critical qualities for job success, such as solving problems, communicating effectively and being innovative and creative. It’s for these reasons that employers use such tests widely.
The practice assessments below do not attempt to provide you with an exact experience of the assessments you may be asked to complete. Instead, they provide a similar testing experience, in terms of question types and formats, of the tests you will be asked to complete.
Below are examples of the types of tests and/or questionnaires you may be asked to complete.
Take a full-length practice test to help prepare for an upcoming assessment. You can also view some example questions.
The following practice tests and any practice test results are only to be used by you to familiarise yourself with our products and how questions operate. You are not permitted to share your results with any third party. Any sharing of these practice test results with a third party will be viewed as mis-use of shl materials and, shl reserves the right to take legal action against you and anyone who has received the results.
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Take practice tests to help you prepare for an upcoming employment assessment. Please note that the level of difficulty of the practice tests may not exactly reflect the level of difficulty of the test you will be asked to complete.
Verbal tests are designed to measure your ability to understand written information and to evaluate arguments about this information.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
You can also view some example questions.
Numerical tests are designed to assess your understanding of tables of statistical and numerical data, as well as your ability to make logical deductions.
This version of the practice test can be taken on any device and uses an interactive drag/drop format rather than standard multiple-choice inputs.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
**Note: this test does not currently provide a report.**
Numerical tests are designed to assess your understanding of tables of statistical and numerical data, as well as your ability to make logical deductions.
This version of the practice test is text based with a standard multiple-choice response format.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
You can also view some example questions.
Inductive tests are designed to assess your ability to identify underlying patterns in information and predict outcomes using that information.
This version of the practice test can be taken on any device and uses an interactive drag/drop format rather than standard multiple-choice inputs.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
**Note: this test does not currently provide a report.**
Inductive tests are designed to assess your ability to identify underlying patterns in information and predict outcomes using that information.
This version of the practice test is in a standard multiple-choice response format.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
In the last year the pandemic has reshaped how most people work. Many people that had never worked remotely are now working from home full-time.
This study seeks to understand which traits are most likely to lead to success in remote work roles. If you complete all of the questions, you will receive a personalized report with tips on how to succeed in a remote role based on your responses. You must register with a valid email address in order to receive the report.
Please click here for your opportunity to participate in this study and receive your personalized report.
Get your personalized competency report!
Competencies are key behaviours that lead to good performance in the workplace. After completing all questions, a personalized competency report will be sent to the email address you provided.
Take this assessment to get a personalized competency report to help prepare for competency interviews!
Try out SHL's Virtual Assessment Centre Exercise platform and complete a short assessment centre exercise. The purpose of this is to help you to get familiar with the platform and experience what it is like to complete an exercise, the exercise is not scored, there are no feedback reports and there is no live interaction involved.
General ability tests are comprehensive assessments that contain questions covering multiple cognitive concepts.
This version of the practice test can be taken on any device and uses an interactive drag/drop format rather than standard multiple-choice inputs.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
**Note: this test does not currently provide a report.**
General ability tests are comprehensive assessments that contain questions covering multiple cognitive concepts.
This version of the practice test is in a standard multiple-choice response format.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
A report will be sent to the email used to register soon after completing the practice tests
Deductive reasoning tests are designed to measure your ability to draw logical conclusions based on information provided, identify strengths and weaknesses of arguments, and complete scenarios using incomplete information.
This version of the practice test can be taken on any device and uses an interactive drag/drop format rather than standard multiple-choice inputs.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
**Note: this test does not currently provide a report.**
Deductive reasoning tests are designed to measure your ability to draw logical conclusions based on information provided, identify strengths and weaknesses of arguments, and complete scenarios using incomplete information.
This version of the practice test is text based with a standard multiple-choice response format.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
Our coding simulation offers candidates the opportunity to demonstrate their coding skills in a realistic environment.
This practice test consists of two parts. If you complete both practice tests here, you will receive a customized report (you must register with a valid email address to receive the report).
Situational Judgment Tests present candidates with workplace situations and ask them to evaluate several different courses of action that a person could take in that situation.
Take a practice test to help prepare for an upcoming assessment.
Please note there is no feedback report provided after completion of this practice test.
Mechanical comprehension tests are designed to assess your understanding of using, troubleshooting, and performing maintenance on machinery.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment why not take a full-length practice test?
This test measures the ability to extract relevant information from written sources and make objective judgments on the basis of that information.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment, why not take a full-length practice test?
Calculation tests are designed to assess your understanding of mathematical equations and your ability to solve problems.
To help prepare you for an upcoming assessment why not take a full-length practice test?
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