Ability Tests
Many organisations use Ability Tests during recruitment, particularly for graduate and managerial roles. These tests measure your capacity to work effectively in specific roles. With a better understanding of how they work, you’re more likely to perform at your best when taking one as part of a job application.
Our Ability Test Range
We’ve designed a flexible suite of Ability Tests to reflect the skills and demands of different job levels and industries:
- Reasoning Tests: for managers and graduates
- Analysis Tests: for apprentices and higher education settings
- Comprehension Tests: for operational and customer service roles
These assessments cover a wide range of skills, including verbal and numerical reasoning, error checking, and mechanical comprehension.
Our tests are built for precision, fairness, and engagement. Whether you're using our standard tests or commissioning a bespoke version, we ensure they are visually appealing and psychometrically robust.
Free Tests!
Take a free test. On completion you will be able to download a detailed report based on your results. We will not ask you for any personal information to be able to view your report.
Verbal Reasoning Test
Consists of 10 unique passages, with four individual statements. The task is to read the passage and decide if each statement is ‘true’, ‘false’ or you ‘cannot tell’.
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Verbal Analysis Test
Consists of 12 unique passages, with four individual statements. The task is to read the passage and decide if each statement is ‘true’, ‘false’ or you ‘cannot tell’.
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Verbal Comprehension Test
Consists of text passages, each followed by 4 questions. The task is to understand the information in the passges and answer the questions.
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Advanced Numerical Reasoning
Consists of 24 questions in the form of number sequences, ratios and budget allocations. The task is to use the information provide to establish the correct answers.
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Numerical Reasoning Test
Consists of information in the form of charts, tables and graphs, followed by four related questions. The task is to use the data to calculate the correct answers.
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Numerical Analysis Test
Consists of information in the form of charts, tables and graphs, followed by four related questions. The task is to use the data to calculate the correct answers.
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Numerical Comprehension Test
Consists of information in the form of charts, tables and graphs, followed by four related questions. The task is to use the data to calculate the correct answers.
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Inductive Reasoning Test
Consists of images in a nine-box matrix, followed by six individual images. In each case one image is missing and the task is to identify the missing image.
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Deductive Reasoning Test
Consists of information about different variables. The task is to establish how the variables relate to each.
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Error Checking Test
Consists of a total of 50 questions that must be completed in 10 minutes. There are 10 unique question sets and each comprises of five individual questions.
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Fault Finding Test
Assesses an ability to diagnose faults in electrical and mechanical systems. There are 25 questions to complete in 20 minutes.
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Mechanical Comprehension Test
Assesses knowledge of physical and mechanical principles, such as pulleys, levers, cogs, springs etc. There are 28 questions to complete in 20 minutes.
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Spatial Reasoning Test
Our spatial reasoning test consists of a total of 40 items to answer in 20 minutes. There are 4 unique question sets, based on different spatial concepts, and each comprise 10 individual questions.
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Consists of passages, that convey information or present a point of view. Each passage is followed by a statement and you must determine if it follows logically from the passage.
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Legal Comprehension Test
This test evaluates key skills in legal interpretation, document accuracy, and formatting consistency. It takes 25 minutes.
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