What’s Included in an SHL General Ability Test?
36 Minutes for 24 Questions, that is SHL General Ability Test. This test encompasses 12 distinct question types, with five of them being identical to the question types found in SHL Numerical Reasoning Tests: they are Pie Chart, Bar Chart, Ranking, Line Chart, and Allocation. The rests are inductive and deductive logical reasoning question types, including Logical Ranking, Calendar Scheduling, Timeslot Scheduling, Room Allocation, Diagram, Rules Combination and Alphanumeric Sequences. On average, you can expect to encounter approximately:
What Key Information Do I Need to Know?
- Finish All Questions! You must complete the entire test to avoid a score deduction. So, be prepared to strategically skip challenging questions if necessary.
- For Pie Chart questions: a single session cannot be lower than 5%.
- For Bar Chart questions: the overall bar value cannot be lower than the lowest value on the Y-axis
- For Calendar questions: you could select up to 5 dates
- You will not have a chance to review at the end of the test: anyway, typically you do not have the time to do so.
- Try the interactive answering experience at least twice: simply register two accounts for SHL official practice 🙂
- Same calculator: When practicing, make sure to use the same calculator you plan to use during the actual test to maintain consistency and familiarity.
- We have prepared a special scrap paper that will be greatly helpful in certain types of questions such as Calendar, Timeslot, etc.
Now, let’s delve into each question type one by one!