SHL Checking Test – Examples and Practice [2026]
SHL Checking test, also called Error Checking Test, evaluates error spotting abilities and data checking capabilities. It is often required from job candidates applying for entry-level positions, such as sales and purchasing support, administrative support, and Data entry.
With 25 questions in 5 minutes and time to solve the drills constantly decreasing throughout the test, the SHL Checking Test is a true challenge requiring extensive practice and the right solving methods to ace.
Moreover, the questions are exhaustive and demand a high level of concentration - needing you to compare multiple sets of data that contain a lot of numerical and letter-based information, most of which have no significant meaning in real life.
The following guide will show you exactly what to expect on your SHL Checking Test and provide you with the only accurate and comprehensive preparation for the real-time SHL Checking Test.
SHL-Style Checking Test
One Month's Access
- 5 SHL-style checking drills - each contains 5 questions (total of 25 questions)
- Accurate representation of the actual test's time constraints and format
- 3 additional checking practice tests
- One-time payment
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What Is the SHL Checking Test?
The SHL Checking Test includes 25 questions that need to be answered within 5 minutes. The test is divided into 5 sections, each containing 5 questions. You have between 8 to 5 seconds to solve each question.
Each question displays a sequence of up to 9 alphabet characters or numerical characters on the left side and a list of similar sequences on the right side. You will need to identify and choose the sequence that matches the one on the left.
The time to complete the questions is reduced as you progress through the test; thus, in the first section, you'll have 8 seconds, and in the last 5 seconds.
Below we provide two sample questions, one for each time frame.
SHL Checking Test Sample Questions and Answers
Here are two sample questions simulating the kinds of tasks you will encounter on the actual SHL Checking Test.
SHL Checking Test Sample Question #1 (8 Sec)
SHL Checking Test Sample Question #2 (5 Sec)
Accurate Preparation for Your SHL Checking Test
- Practice for the real thing – The only PrepPack that prepares you specifically for the SHL Checking Test with 5 full-length time-limited SHL-style Checking Tests, including the actual test’s 8-5 seconds time constraints.
- Practice more – Additional checking tests to amp up your performance and speed.
- Learn from your mistakes – View the correct answer to all the questions.
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Tips to Pass Your SHL Checking Test
- Guessing is better than nothing.
The test will automatically move on to the next question when the time allowed runs out. Because your correct answers calculate your score, any answer is better than no answer. So, if you can't figure it out, guess and continue to the next question. - The chosen one
The options for the answer are deliberately confusing, and sometimes it can look like there is more than one option. You should remember that there is only one correct answer. - No regrets
Once you choose the answer, the test will automatically move on to the next question. That means that you will not be able to change it.
To ace the SHL Checking Test and get the job you want, you need to practice the exact, actual test experience. In the SHL Checking Test PrepPack™, you will find 5 SHL-style checking drills (+3 extra drills to amp up your performance), which will be geared to evaluate how well you can sort through numbers and letter-based information in a limited time.
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The tests were very similar to the actual exam, you definitely don’t see anything that shocks you on your test day. I even found the test itself easier! It does not help that you cannot practice in an interactive format though, you then have to get used to doing it differently in the exam (for example, for figures in the inductive reasoning, it is vastly easier to do in an interactive format), but it’s not a dealbreaker
Tests are very close to SHL reality. Perhaps I would suggest to have tests where you can mix different types of questions together. My particular exam mixes deductive, inductive and numerical and them being so different I would have benefitted from practicing these questions mixed (as it happened in the exam).
Questions of all levels and a large variety of resources.
Such a great help when preparing for SHL tests
I have prepared for the AST3 internal competition with these tests. It was a bit discouraging seeing that I couldn't finish any of the tests in time, but in the end the actual test for the competition was much easier than the ones i practiced on so it helped me to be prepared for more diffiicult questions.
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