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The SHL test is a tool employers use to gauge the proficiency of prospective candidates for a job. This aptitude test evaluates the candidate's capabilities in numerical reasoning, situational judgment, and deductive reasoning, among other relevant skills.
The most common SHL tests are the Cognitive SHL Verify Interactive, the Verify General Ability (G+), the SHL Numerical Reasoning Test, and the SHL Inductive Reasoning test.
Other less common psychometric tests from SHL include the SHL Verbal, SHL Deductive, SHL Checking, SHL Calculation, SHL Personality Questionnaire (OPQ), SHL SJT (Situational Judgement Test), and SHL Mechanical Comprehension Test.
The company also offers its SHL video interview platform.
Watch the following video to receive a brief introduction to the SHL Assessment Tests, including practice questions and solving tips from our SHL expert:
Usually, you’d be asked to take the test on TalentCentral, which is an online SHL assessment delivery platform.
Below, you’ll find a list of the most common SHL tests. Choose your test and find free SHL practice tests that are designed specifically to enhance the skills needed to pass SHL Tests.
Though we recommend practising for the specific test it will be taking, you can also take our general-purpose free SHL sample test, which is full of SHL-style questions.
If you are unsure which test you need to practice for, you can follow the SHL Practice Finder Flowchart [PDF], or use this online SHL test guide.
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The SHL General Ability Test (also known as Verify G+) combines 3 different SHL tests: the SHL numerical, inductive, and deductive (see below).
The SHL General Ability test may come in two versions:
Learn more about the SHL General Ability Test
Each question on the SHL Numerical test contains a variety of mathematical questions, mostly based on a graph or a table. You will be required to extract the relevant data, calculate, and answer.
The SHL Numerical Reasoning test may come in two versions:
Here is a practice question for the non-interactive SHL numerical test:
What proportion of both sites' April and May traffic was for Cuisine.net?
Learn more about the SHL Numerical Reasoning Test
The SHL Verbal test is another SHL aptitude test that contains questions dealing with the analysis and interpretation of texts.
The test has only a non-interactive version, with 30 questions in 19 minutes.
Here is a practice question for the SHL verbal test:
Read the text below and answer the question below:
In the past few years, the government has turned to shock tactics to fight the battle against smoking and the burden smokers pose to the country's economy—manifested in sick days and health issues. The latest anti-smoking campaign showed tumours growing from a cigarette. Needless to say, this advert was contentious. On the one hand, the advert has become a viral sensation since its launch and has attracted plenty of attention to the subject. The government estimates that approximately 300,000 people will attempt to quit smoking because of the campaign. On the other hand, some argue that using a hard-hitting approach is not the best way because people become very afraid. If someone thinks they might have cancer or a symptom of cancer, they're likely to push it out of their mind. Health experts claim the new campaign is not effective in targeting all smokers and recommend using it alongside other measures.
The advertisement is not effective because it scares people.
Learn more about the SHL Verbal Reasoning Test
The SHL Inductive Test requires you to recognize patterns and rules in a series of abstract shapes.
The Inductive Reasoning test may come in two versions:
Here is a practice question for the non-interactive version of the SHL Inductive test:
Which diagram would appear next in series?
Learn more about the SHL Inductive Reasoning Test
The SHL Deductive Test assesses your ability to come to the correct logical conclusions from texts and tables.
The test may come in two versions:
Here is a practice question for the non-interactive version of the SHL deductive test:
Read the following section and arrive at the right conclusion:
In a restaurant's pantry, there are seven kinds of fruits - Figs, Guavas, Honeydews, Kiwis, Mangos, Nectarines, and Papayas. The restaurant's chef has to pick exactly four different kinds of fruits out of the seven to make a fruit salad. The selected fruits must meet the following conditions:
Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the fruits from which the salad is made up?
In the preparation pack found on this page, you'll get practice tests for both the interactive and non-interactive versions of the SHL deductive reasoning test with a guide to help you answer these types of questions in the right fashion, as well as all other SHL tests. Practise with hundreds of SHL-style questions!
Learn more about the SHL Deductive Reasoning Test
The SHL Occupational Personality Questionnaire is one of the most commonly used personality tests and one of the SHL tests. Many cognitive-based SHL tests are accompanied by it in the hiring process.
Unlike the other SHL tests, like the numerical and verbal reasoning test, there are no wrong answers strictly speaking. However, your scores are pooled together to form a personality profile. It is important to know how to answer these questions correctly.
The test requires choosing between behavioural statements that best (or least) describe you. The common version has 104 questions.
Learn more about the SHL OPQ32 Test or about personality tests in general
If you have more than one SHL assessment coming up, or if you're not sure which one you have, use the SHL All-Inclusive Preparation to get yourself prepared for any SHL assessment you might go through, including all the tests mentioned here as well as the SHL Situational Judgment Test..
You can also find your test using our SHL test guide.
If you are still not sure of the exact test you will be taking - try the SHL All-Inclusive Preparation Pack offered on this page, or contact me personally. I usually respond within 24-48 hours, and would love to help you pass your SHL Test. Feel free to browse our website, which is full of practice SHL tests.
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SHL is one of the biggest assessment companies. However, there are many other assessment companies providing psychometric tests, including Korn Ferry, Watson Glaser, cut-e, Thomas, Cubiks, Pymetrics, Saville, aon, Matrigma, McQuaig, and many more. These are used by hundreds of companies for their recruitment process.
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