Applicant Potential Test

The Applicant Potential Test (APT) is a highly efficient, 12-minute timed aptitude test engineered to accurately and objectively identify top performers, effective problem solvers, and quick learners. This streamlined 40-question assessment measures a candidate’s core cognitive abilities, helping organizations separate applicants who merely “sound good” in an interview from those who possess the practical thinking skills to do the job right.

About this Test

Use the Applicant Potential Test to assess candidates to identify problem solvers, top performers and quick learners for roles such as administrative, supervisory and customer service roles.

A professionally created pre-employment applicant test can mean the difference between hiring an applicant who sounds good and hiring one who can do the job. The Applicant Potential Test (APT), one of our most popular job aptitude tests, accurately and objectively identifies effective problem solvers, top performers and quick learners while eliminating those who lack the thinking skills needed to do the job right.

What It’s Best Used For

This versatile screening instrument is best used during the initial pre-employment phase or internal promotion cycles to evaluate logical thinking and reasoning ability across a broad range of office-based roles.
  • Targeting Diverse Staff Levels: It is ideal for vetting candidates applying for supervisory and management personnel, administrative and secretarial support, customer service representatives, office staff, and accounting or payroll positions.
  • Measuring Key Cognitive Pillars: The test evaluates five critical intellectual markers: logic and reasoning, problem solving, basic math concepts, spatial recognition, and word definitions.
  • Flexible Implementation: It can be administered online or on paper, and scoring options include a detailed online report or convenient grading by hand to smoothly fit into your current HR workflow.

Measures

  • Logic and reasoning
  • Problem solving
  • Basic math concepts
  • Spatial recognition
  • Word definitions

Ideal for positions that require logical thinking and reasoning ability such as:

  • Supervisory and management personnel
  • Administrative and secretarial support
  • Customer service reps
  • Office staff
  • Accounting and payroll staff

Product Specifications

• Number of questions: 40
• Administration time: 12 minutes

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