There is a wide array of verbal tests that employers use which you may encounter at the assessment centre. Not all of them use the true/false/cannot say format, and some might be difficult not necessarily due to critical reasoning requirements, but due to very rigorous time constraints and an ability to adapt to a new test environment. Learn more and get a chance to practice these tests with JobTestPrep.
Verbal comprehension tests
In these tests you are required to read short passages of 60-100 words each, and answer simple questions in short time intervals of 30-40 seconds. Although you are not required to apply advanced thinking processes, the test has some technical obstacles which can be overcome with practice. SHL, for example, has recently introduced this test format, which we believe examines not only verbal abilities and speed, but also an ability to quickly learn a new thinking process. For instance, even if the 4-5 first questions are answered erroneously, yet the following questions are answered correctly, the test results are evidence for strong adaptation and learning abilities.
Verbal ability tests
Verbal ability tests can measure a wide variety of mental skills, and are found in a number of screening processes at public services, armed forces, police etc. Some tests require finding similarities between groups of words, thus evaluating vocabulary and logic. Others use words to present certain sequences which are similar to those found in inductive reasoning tests.
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