Creativity & Problem Solving Aptitude Test

Accurately assess problem solving attitudes and creative thinking ability with the Creativity & Problem Solving Aptitude Test – Revised.

Purpose

The Creativity & Problem Solving Aptitude Test – Revised was developed to evaluate whether a person’s attitude towards problem-solving and if the manner in which they approach a prob­lem is conducive to creative thinking.

What It’s Best Used For

• Pre-Employment Screening: Identifying incoming candidates who possess strong out-of-the-box thinking skills before making hiring decisions.
• Professional Development: Auditing existing employees to guide talent upskilling, promotion paths, and training initiatives.
• Measuring Decision-Making Comfort: Evaluating an individual’s capacity to render workplace decisions both competently and confidently.
• Assessing Cognitive Flexibility: Vetting whether a person maintains an open-minded approach when handling unexpected roadblocks.
• Quantifying Innovation Openness: Pinpointing candidates who welcome organizational change, unique workflows, and modern strategies.
• Gauging Individual Self-Efficacy: Reviewing whether a team member genuinely believes in their own personal capability to resolve problems effectively.

Application

• Pre-employment
• Professional development

Scales

• Comfort with Decision-making
• Flexibility
• Openness to Creativity
• Sense of Self-efficacy

No. of questions: 36
Question type: Situational, self-report
Estimated completion time: 10 minutes
Shorter versions of assessment: N/A
Recommended age level: 18+
Qualification Level: Class A
Compliance: APA standards; EEOC standards (gender, age, ethnicity, disability)
Validation Information:
Sample Size: 24,994
Cronbach’s Alpha: 0.90

Features

Benchmarks: Available (general population and 107 industries)
Interview Questions: Available
Group Comparisons: Available

Report Includes

• Summary
• Introduction
• Graphs
• Detailed narrative interpretation
• Strengths and Limitations
• Advice

Creativity & Problem Solving Aptitude Test – Revised Factors and Scales

Overall Score plus 4 scales

• Comfort with Decision-making: Overall ability to make decisions competently and confidently.
• Flexibility: Assesses whether a person’s attitude toward problem-solving is open-minded and flexible.
• Openness to Creativity: Overall attitude toward change, innovative solutions, out-of-the-box thinking; ability to think creatively.
• Sense of Self-efficacy: Assesses whether a person believes in his or her ability to solve a problem effectively.