Aptitude Tests

**Q-Ball** · 19th September 2005

Hi Folks,

a friend of mine has an interview later this week, and has to do a SHL aptitiude test. I rememeber doing some for some graduate assements. She has looked on the website and has found an example, and i have had a look at it too, and it was piss easy. Has anyone got any links to free aptitude test examples that are more realistic? I have tried google, but you have to pay for most of them, or they are nothing like the SHL ones.

Thanks,
Q

**Nikki** · 19th September 2005

This any use?

**Q-Ball** · 20th September 2005

Hi - thanks for those Nikki, but she has already tried the ones on the website - cheers though!

**arm_ageddon_2000** · 22nd September 2005

following on from this has anyone got any pilapt examples or the software used?

cheers

**beansontoast** · 22nd September 2005

Hey there Q. I did some shl aptitude tests last week, I'll try to describe them for you to tell your friend. These were for a role in the production area of a factory.

There was one on following instructions. This had a passage of text followed by up to questions regarding the text. Certain statements are similar & are there to make sure you're capable of making quick decisions based on instructions.

There was one concerning numeracy, can't really elaborate on this much - just calculations whilst under pressure (time).

There was an unusual one. There was a sequence of coloured circles representing lamps. In a fold-out section of the question book there was a key to how switches would need to be turned for each lamp to be that colour. Then there was a multi-choice set of answers to choose from. There were 30 questions on this sheet to be answered in 7 minutes. I was sat next to someone who couldn't help himself thinking aloud to this test & it was very distracting.

The tests were easy for me but I know others found it tough. Bearing in mind some might not have done anything like this in up to 40 years of work you can see why.