Which test did you get?

If you were invited to a hiring process, here is what each test usually measures, what its format looks like and how to practice with original exercises. Always confirm the details in your invitation.

Aptitude tests

• SHL Test: Format, Timing and How to Practice Free: What the SHL Verify test is, how many questions and minutes it has (numerical, inductive, verbal) and how to practice the style for free.
• Korn Ferry Talent Q Test: Format and How to Practice Free: What the Korn Ferry Talent Q tests (Elements and Aspects) are: numerical, verbal, logical and checking. Format, timing and free practice.
• Aon cut-e Test: Format, Timing and How to Practice Free: Aon cut-e scales tests: numerical 37 tasks in 12 min, verbal 49 in 12 min, inductive and deductive. Format and free practice.
• CCAT Test: Format, Score and How to Practice Free: The Criteria CCAT has up to 50 questions in 15 minutes and a median score of 24. Format, question types, scoring and free practice.
• Wonderlic Test: Format, Score and How to Practice Free: The Wonderlic cognitive test has 50 questions in 12 minutes, no calculator. Format, scoring, what it measures and how to practice free.
• Predictive Index (PI) Test: Format and How to Practice Free: The Predictive Index cognitive assessment has 50 questions in 12 minutes (verbal, numeric, abstract). Format, scoring and free practice.
• TestGorilla: what to expect and how to practice: What TestGorilla assessments look like: test types, typical length, anti-cheating measures and how to practice with similar formats.
• Psychotechnical test (test psicotécnico): what it means in hiring and how to practice: What a company means by a psychotechnical test (test psicotécnico) in hiring, how it is given, what it is not and how to practice it with original drills.
• Logic tests: what they mean in hiring and how to practice: What a company means by a logic test in hiring: deduction, if-then statements, syllogisms and truth tables, how it is taken and how to practice the format.
• Numerical reasoning: the formats of a hiring test and how to practice: The five formats of a numerical reasoning test (calculation, tables and charts, series, probability and estimation), what it is not and how to practice each.

Game-based assessments

• Pymetrics (Harver): games, results and how to practice: What pymetrics (Harver) games are, how long they take, how results are used and how to practice similar tasks without guessing.
• Arctic Shores: task-based assessment and how to practice: What the Arctic Shores behavioral assessment looks like: up to nine tasks, what it measures, tips and how to get familiar with similar tasks.

In Latin America

• Psychological job assessment (evaluación psicolaboral): what it includes and how to prepare: What a Latin American evaluación psicolaboral or psychometric exam includes: interview, reasoning tests, personality and projective tests.

Personality

• Personality tests in hiring: what they are and how to answer: What Hogan, PI, Thomas PPA, SHL OPQ, 16PF, Cleaver/DISC and Big Five are, why you cannot study for them and how to answer consistently.

How to practice

• Does practice improve my score on a hiring test?: What research says about practice and retest effects on aptitude tests, plus a 7-day plan to practice well.