Ability Tests measure many different individual abilities including:
- Intelligence (IQ or GMA)
- Numerical reasoning
- Verbal reasoning
- Verbal comprehension
- Critical thinking
- Abstract reasoning
- Diagramming
Typically Ability Tests are:
- Timed - the candidate has to perform under tight time pressure
- Need to be administered under standardised conditions
- Designed to measure natural abilities which we are born with
- Normed against representative samples or comparison groups.
Ability Tests will answer questions like:
“Do they have the specific abilities required to do the job?”
“Are they a quick learner?”
“Can they handle the numbers side of the role?”
“Can they think strategically about problems?”
We have many Ability Tests available including:
- Saville & Holdsworth (SHL) Ability Tests
- Employee Aptitude Survey Ability Tests (EAS)
- Modern Occupational Skills Ability Tests (MOST)
- Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal
- Wonderlic Personnel Ability Tests (IQ)
- Genesis Ability Tests
- Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory (HBRI)
- Ravens Standard Progressive Matrices Ability Test (IQ)
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There are many types of Ability Tests, measuring things such as:
- General Mental Ability Tests (IQ)
- Verbal Comprehension Tests
- Verbal Reasoning Tests
- Numerical Reasoning Tests
- Mechanical Reasoning Tests
- Spatial Reasoning Tests
- Spelling and Grammar Tests
- Diagramming Skills
- Logical Thinking Tests
- Strategic Thinking Tests
- Tactical Thinking Tests
- Manual Dexterity Tests
- Interpreting Data Tests
- Abstract Reasoning Tests
- Clerical Checking Tests
- Symbolic Reasoning Tests
- Technical Checking Tests
- Decision Making Tests
- Filing Tests
- Word Meanings Tests
- Fault Diagnosis Tests
