Commercial Aptitudes has been designed specifically for use with sales and counter staff in Retail, Banking and Financial Services. Each test is shorter than the industry standard whilst offering robust reliability and validity data.

Commercial Verbal Comprehension

Assesses the ability to comprehend written information. The assessment contains a series of passages followed by questions which need to be answered based on the information presented.

Sub-scores:

• Understanding Word Meaning
• Comprehending Text
• Making Verbal Inferences

Time: 14 mins
No of questions: 28
Format: Pencil & paper

Commercial Numerical Comprehension

Assesses the ability to comprehend numerical data. The assessment contains a series of data sets, followed by questions which need to be answered using the data presented.

Sub-scores:

• Understanding Tables
• Comprehending Graphs
• Making Numerical Inferences

Time: 14 mins
No of questions: 28
Format: Pencil & paper

Commercial Error Checking

Assesses the ability to check the correctness of transposed information. The assessment contains four sets of original and transposed information where transposition errors have to be identified.

Sub-scores:

• Checking Letters
• Checking Numbers
• Checking Codes
• Spotting Mistakes

Time: 8 mins
No of questions: 28
Format: Pencil & paper