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Best cognitive ability tests for hiring smart

Resumes show experience. Cognitive tests reveal potential. 

Testlify’s cognitive ability assessments help you evaluate skills like logical reasoning, problem-solving, and numerical ability. Assess how well your candidate can think, learn, reason, and solve problems. 

Identify high-potential candidates with timed questions that test mental agility. 

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Identify top thinkers, fast learners, and problem-solvers before the interview

Testlify offers various cognitive ability tests for hiring, including numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning, and quantitative aptitude, to thoroughly assess candidates’ skills and ensure the best fit for your team.

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What’s in it for you?

Realtime feedback

Testlify’s dashboard displays real-time data of candidate test results which can be shared with your team so you can see how each candidate is progressing.

Create your own questions

If you need to add more specific questions to test candidates you can include your own questions that can further allow you to expand your testing capability.

Candidate friendly

Testlify assessments are designed to be challenging but fun for candidates in order to test their ability while having an enjoyable experience. This ensures candidates complete tests without getting frustrated.

Customizable

Testlify assessments are customizable so you can design your assessments as you require. Include specific cognitive tests as required, and add to assessments for any role you may need to evaluate.

Informed analysis

We provide candidate test results that can help you identify patterns and trends, as well as pinpoint areas of strengths and weaknesses for each candidate.

Choose difficulty

Our tests include three levels of difficulty from easy, to medium and hard tests to test for different levels of experience and skill.

Go beyond gut instinct and measure true potential

Our cognitive ability assessment test clearly shows how candidates reason, solve problems, and process new information. Whether hiring for a fast-paced sales role or a data-heavy analyst position, this test measures core cognitive skills that predict on-the-job performance, before you make the offer.

Key features:

  • Timed questions to test mental agility
  • Covers logic, math, verbal reasoning, and critical thinking
  • Instant, global benchmarked scoring for data-driven decisions
  • Customize questions, timings, and more per role 

Testlify’s pre-employment cognitive ability tests are crafted by subject matter experts to ensure accuracy and consistency, while our system is rigorously tested to minimize bias and deliver fair, reliable results.

selecting the top talent

Numerical reasoning test

In any technical position, the ability to analyze data and draw conclusions quickly is essential. Our numerical reasoning test evaluates a candidate’s ability to solve tasks that require the interpretation of numbers, including identifying numerical patterns, tables, charts, graphs, and diagrams.

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Critical & independent thinking

Employees who can solve problems independently and find new solutions to complex problems will always be an asset to your organization. Our critical thinking test evaluates candidates’ abilities to solve three-part problems using deductive reasoning.

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Spatial reasoning

Different careers require unique aptitudes. This is true for candidates in STEM careers who need to understand, reason, and remember the spatial relationships among objects or space. Our cognitive assessment for hiring challenges candidates’ spatial visualization skills using their memory to solve visual problems.

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Problem-solving

Our problem-solving assessment measures candidates’ ability to analyze information, think critically, and arrive at effective solutions quickly, even under pressure. It’s designed to identify those who can turn obstacles into opportunities.

Verbal reasoning

The ability to reason verbally is a fundamental skill every employee needs, whether in the office or home. It applies to everything from reading an article, report writing, presentations, or pitch decks. Verbal Reasoning tests your ability to reason from words and reach valid conclusions.

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Detailed reporting and global benchmarking

Get clear, actionable insights at a glance. Our reports break down each candidate’s performance with easy-to-read visuals and in-depth analytics, so your team can quickly understand strengths, gaps, and how each candidate stacks up globally. Share reports effortlessly across your hiring team to streamline collaboration and speed decision-making.

Testlify integrates seamlessly with 100+ ATS tools

Streamline your hiring process from assessment to onboarding. Sync candidate data effortlessly, automate workflows, and gain deeper insights to make informed hiring decisions faster.

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Discover how Testlify has transformed recruitment and assessment processes for our clients. Read testimonials and success stories from businesses that have streamlined their hiring with our innovative solutions.

  • Thanks to Testlify, we experienced an incredible 75% improvement in our initial screening process, allowing us to optimize our recruitment effort significantly. This not only saved us a substantial amount of time but also resulted in substantial cost saving.
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Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Want to know more about Testlify? Here are answers to the most commonly asked questions about our company.

Assessments that test cognitive ability are generally used to evaluate candidates as part of the pre-screening process. These assessments evaluate various cognitive aptitudes, problem-solving skills, critical thinking skills, working memory, and more.

The feedback from these tests can give organizations the necessary data to compare and select the best talent in an organized way that can greatly minimize the time needed to select the best candidates.

Testing cognitive ability can help predict whether a candidate will be able to succeed in the workplace. Our tests can evaluate a candidate’s ability to learn, adapts to challenging work environments, find solutions, make decisions, and more.

Testlify offers cognitive ability assessments that evaluate various aptitudes including numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning, logical reasoning, spatial ability, and working memory.

Each test, and you may use several are about 10 minutes in duration each. You can customize the assessment to test for more skills which will affect the total time of an assessment.

You will not be able to view the test unless you sign up. If you would like more information feel free to use the chatbot to discuss or send us any questions you might have to [email protected].

Assessments can be customized by adding any additional skill test from our library of tests. These can be a combination of aptitude, language, programming, software, or role-specific skills.

Finding the best talent for your organization requires not only candidates with the required qualifications but also the aptitude for the position. Testing an applicant’s cognitive ability to solve problems will give you deeper insights into their actual ability and help your selection process.

This will ultimately increase your recruitment team’s ability to compare candidates with real-time scoring and insights that go beyond what they see on resumes.

Our Cognitive aptitude tests are highly accurate and have been tested to ensure their results are consistent even when taken again. Cognitive tests help minimize the complexity of testing candidates, minimizing the resources needed and providing powerful insights for organizations to make informed decisions.

You can schedule a demo by filling out the request for a demo and we will contact you to make arrangements. Click here to book a demo.

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