Online Tests (Numerical, Verbal, SJT)

• Numerical reasoning — interpret charts, tables, percentages. Speed matters.
• Verbal reasoning — true / false / cannot say against a passage. Read carefully.
• Logical / inductive — spot patterns in shapes. Practise pattern types.
• Situational Judgement (SJT) — pick 'best' and 'worst' response to a workplace scenario.
• Game-based (Arctic Shores, Pymetrics) — measures traits, not correctness.

Everyone tells you to practise. Almost nobody says how. The point of practice isn't to memorise questions — it's to make the format automatic so you can spend cognitive effort on the maths, not the interface.

• Do 3–5 full-length timed papers before your first real test.
• Review every wrong answer — write down why you got it wrong.
• Do questions to time from day one. Untimed practice teaches bad habits.
• Use the provider's official practice (SHL, Cut-e, Talent Q) — style matters.

Most tests are designed so you can't finish. Answering 80% correctly usually beats answering 100% at 60% accuracy.

• Skip anything that eats more than 90 seconds. Come back if there's time.
• Never guess-and-move for negatively-marked tests — check the rules first.
• SJT — go with your first instinct. Overthinking usually hurts.