online practise test for shl

You just need to practice. Best bet is to try these online practice test sites or get a book.

These are the best sites I've found

- http://www.jobtestprep.co.uk/shlpracticetests.aspx?AffiliateID=10107
- http://www.assessmentday.co.uk/102-3-1-18.html

There is also a WikiJob practice test product

- http://www.wikijob.co.uk/aptitude-tests

Try this book too

Professional Level Psychometric Tests

it might help!

Without passing the numerical test you stand no chance to get a job.

try to do some gmat tests. buy one online at amazon

Yea, i also would like some answers to these questions, for the Numerical test. Scored over 70% on the verbal but shocking 44% on the numerical! HELP!!

Paddy77:

I have been in the same boat.. to my surprise i scored 79% on the verbal reasoning but got 36% on numerical.. I really need help on this issue.. can anybody help!!!

Hey!

My advice to you both would be to practise as many online tests as you can, especially if you are struggling with the numerical. Keep searching online tests on goodle and yahoo, there are loads out there, some even give you the workings to the question after you've completed them.

You will find that there a number of similar q's that come up, for example, q's with pie charts, ratios, currency exchange q's.
If you do a q and you don't understand it, try and get help with it even post it up here so that you understand how to work it out. As you're likely to find a similar q in a test.

N yeah i think it's all to do with how gd you are at problem solving, i mean they say you only have to have knowledge of maths up to GCSE level to sit them... but some of the q's i have encountered have been solid!!

Thank you for all your help and advice! I have passed mine and got an internship!! yay!!

Like I say, it's not necessarily the question thats the problem, it's the time limit - basically expects a negative calculating time given how much time it takes to read and comprehend some of them!

If you put up the SHL one I have done it a few times (the practice test on many of the FI's tests are the same) I will give you the correct answers.

I have recently been doing the SHL practice test. I found it okay but there are two questions I can not get my head around. They are questions 25 and 26. both ask you for the answer in Euros however an exchange rate is not given. I am guessing the rate can be worked out from the varying amounts or something like that but I have not been able to find a way.

Would much appreciate it if someone could provide a solution because it is really is annoying me and obviously I want to make sure if anything like this came up in an employers test I would be able to do it!!

and thankyou!!!

p.s. I have tried putting the questions up with the table etc.. but it wouldn’t allow so I am afraid if you have not got them to hand you will have to just login to the SHL test page again

Does anyone have the answers to all the numerical and verbal questions, and ntween, im with you, there is no exchange rate, it is impossible to find out how to convert it into euros.

I also have a test to do within a week for a company. They have given me the username and password to log into SHL solutions and do a test. Will these questions be exactly the same as the practise numerical and verbal ones?

ntween, I did these questions the other day and I actually think it may be a typo - I dont' see any way at all how the exchange rate can be worked out when all they've given you is the bar graph in US$... Efinancial Careers have a couple of mistakes in their tests so it is possible!

Sat the numerical test yesterday for PwC in London and there were no exchange rate questions.

ntween, I did these questions the other day and I actually think it may be a typo - I dont' see any way at all how the exchange rate can be worked out when all they've given you is the bar graph in US$... Efinancial Careers have a couple of mistakes in their tests so it is possible!

Sat the numerical test yesterday for PwC in London and there were no exchange rate questions.

Imiliano, I think I have kind of worked them out! If you take period two from both Paris and New York and take it to represent the exchange rate i.e. paris is euro to dollars and NY dollar to dollar you get .9 and 1.2 respectively.

Divide this 1.2/ .9 you get .75 as the rate. Times 55 by .75 (this is for question 25) it comes to 41.25

I know this seems a stretch but it’s the only thing I could work out. The question might just be wrong but because it’s SHL and it is their industry to produce these I always tend to think I am missing something!

I have found the last questions from 28 to 39 significantly harder, which isn’t necessarily bad but would appreciate proofs to some of them if any one has them. Some of them I just really don’t see how I went wrong! The reason I want to get my hands on harder tests is because I have a few assessment days coming up and I know that the paper SHL tests are harder than the online ones.

Imiliano, how did you find the numeracy tests? Any tips for preparation?

I am also finding answers from 28-39 very tough, can anyone help?

Check this link - it's to an aptitude test website that is very useful. We (WikiJob) are supporting using their tests - although there is a charge for using their tests, the quality is excellent and they will help you improve your chances of passing tests and getting interviews.

Ed

Hello every1

I have been looking for some guidance to do the verbal SHL tests....My Numerical / analytical tests have always been great and I scored consistantly above 80% in the maths test....but I am not that good with the verbal part......Kindly guide how can I improve it considering I have a verbal test to do in 4 days time....

NEED HELP !!!

The more you practice the better you get at the verbal tests, I used this site and it was really helpful.

Let me know if you find any other good ones?

Thanks

Hi there,

I am international student and English is not my first language and I find it very hard to do well in verbal reasoning tests despite a lot of practice but with numerical tests I am ok. Might it be possible that employer will drop off my verbal reasoning test as I am not native speaker of English language. I am just wondering if any of you have such experience that you didn´t have to do it. Please share you experience your reply would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Hi Nick,
I very much doubt that they would allow you not to take the verbal reasoning. As they are (usually) assessing all candidates on a competency basis. If someone doesn't meet the competency level, whether verbal/numerical reasoning or any of the other competencies (if they are native English speakers or not), then they are likely to be rejected. The idea being that in their experience the tests are a very good indicator of ability and future performance in those areas.

so the only answer really is practice makes perfect.
sorry, Ucayman.

No worries, thanks for you reply.

if I score 76% - 80% on a verbal test, is that good enough for firms like Barclays and HSBC?

s66152,

I am pretty sure it would be. Although only the orgs and the test writers know for sure! What they actually evaluate it on is the percentile your mark comes in when compared to a particular group. so 80% might be in the 95th (might be less/more) percentile (i.e. 95% of graduate test takers are likely to perform worse than that). I'm not sure what percentile is usual for a pass mark though. IIRC they use percentiles because there could be different tests taken some harder than others and these are then normalised according to the results of pilot testing.

Sorry for the slightly rambling answer, but I think its good to understand how they look at it. So your scores there sound very solid to me.

Ucayman.

Anyone done the Saville Wave focus style test yet? What is it like . Is it verbal , numerical etc? I can't seem to find any practice questions? Help.

Does anyone have any information pertaining to the shl mechanical comprehension mt4.1 test? I've done the actual test but failed and I think I might be able to get a second chance to write this test again but I don't want to fail. Thanks Much.

Could anyone please send me shl questions?I'm preparing for jp morgan numerical test.Thanks

I would also be interested in SHL question, verbal and numerical, if anyone has them please let me know. Your help would be really much appreciated. Thank you very much

Have you checked the SHL website - there is a practise test you can do on there.

Hi there,
Yes, but those tests are easier then real online tests and I would like to see real thing. Please, has anyone screen dumped SHL question (real ones)? Your help would be much appreciated. Thank you very much

Hi Guys,

I've just done a numerical test for an IB which I'd rather not mention. The test was quite tough. I managed to do all the questions except for the last one, because the question is slightly a brain teaser.

Can anyone please work this out for the benefit of all forum users?

Thanks in advance

Yep, the practise ones are certainly easier than the real thing - they are mostly percentages, currency conversions and ratios, etc. I think last time someone pasted some real SHL questions online they were taken down...!

I make the answer to be 37.10 as the actual answer I got was 37.25m/s. What I did is this: all distances are 200 miles (so the fact the plane moves nowhere in half an hour between 4.30 and 5pm suggests it is on the runway or something!). Anyway, 200 miles in metres = 200*1609=321800 metres. Then you want to work out the time for each journey type in seconds (as the answer we are looking for is given in m/s). For example, for he car journey we have 3.5 hours * 60 (to get to minutes) * 60 (to get to seconds). Therefore, for the first answers (for the car) we have 321800 metres divided by 12600 seconds = 25.53 m/s. This happens to be the slowest of the transport types. You need to do this for all 5 and then compare the difference between the fastest and slowest - which is 37.25 with the closest answer we can give being 37.10.

Hope I am correct!!!!

My actual answer is 37.3 m/s, so that the answer 37.1 should be the correct one

@Imiliano: the slowest method of transport is coach :-))

Hi folks, has anyone done exxomobil online tests, if you have please share some light, i gotta take the test in 10 days time, please help if you got any information.

I think there is a simpler way to do it. Just get the difference in Miles/hour and then in the end convert to meters/second.
So Coach being the slowest one at 50 mph and plane being fastest at 133.33 mph, the difference is 83.33 mph.
So 83.33miles/hour * 1609 metres = 134083.33 metres/hour. Then there are 3600 seconds per minute so if we divide: 134083.33/3600 , we get = 37.245 metres/second. So I guess the approximate answer would be 37.10 mtrs/sec.

Test removed at SHL's request

That's a very hard test. Where did you get that from?

My results:

1) C
2) 2 years
3) 2.928 bil. USD
4) 8504104 mio. units

What do you think?

Could you show how you worked it out? I'm still trying to get my head around the conversions and how to get there!

how did you work it out? Please show.

The answer for Q1 is D. I don't know why... I thought it should be Remaining Coal divided by Energy Production.

For the first Q, similar to the earlier poster I got D. For the second Q, I got 1.47 years: 68.27/46.324 = 1.47 . The 3rd Q, my answer would be $ 2,938.1 million: (22.36*4.5*365)*0.08. For the 4th Q I got 8.5million units, I think that one is quite straight forward isn't it?

I think that this is something from SHL some worming up question, isn´t it?

hi bobosh13:

Could you please explain how you got your solution for Q4?
The available answers for Q4 are as follows:
a) 1.05 million
b) 4.29 million
c) 7.87 million
d) 8.2 million
e) 11.9 million

Hi all!

I think I worked it out.
Q1: Just multiply column 2 with column 3. First convert 68.27 mil tonnes to 68,270 mil kg then the rest.
68,270 million kg x 17.0 units/kg = 1,160,590 million units
70,950 x 12.3 = 872,690
72,730 x 14.2 = 890,770
61,020 x 21.0 = 1,281,420 million units of electricity <-- greatest amount energy produced

Q2: 68.27 million tonnes ÷ 46.324 million tonnes per year = 1.47 per year
NB - 46,324 (000s tonnes) = 46,324,000 tonnes = 46.24 million tonnes

Q3: [22.36 x 4.5 x 365] x £0.08 = £2,938.104 million

Q4:
For Mine A, it's 46,324 kg x 17.0 units per kg = 787,508 units of electricity
For Mine B, it's 34,953 kg x 12.3 units per kg = 429,921.9 units of electricity
For Mine C, it's 74,036 kg x 14.2 units per kg = 1,051,311.2 units of electricity
For Mine D, it's 13,684 kg x 21.0 units per kg = 287,364.0 units of electricity
For Mine E, it's 385,306 kg x 14.7 units per kg = 5,663,998.2 units of electricity
The summation of all units of electricity produced is 8,220,103.3 or 8.22 million.

Hi dat789, where did you get this question from? Is it from a practice test before you do the actual test or what? I'm just asking because I also came across it and it was a pain in the neck...

On Question 4:

The answers are wrong since the extraction rate is in 1000s of tons and units are in units per kilogram. You will need to convert the figures into common metrics.

So in order to calculate the units of energy produced for each mine you would have to convert extraction rate over the year into kilograms.

MINE A: 46,324,000 tons/year x (1,000 kilograms/1 ton) x 17.0 units per kilogram = 787,508,000,000 Units of Electricity Produced

MINE B: 34,953,000 tons/year x (1,000 kilograms/1 ton) x 12.3 units per kilogram = 429,921,900,000 Units of Electricity Produced

MINE C: 94,036,000 tons/year x (1,000 kilograms/1 ton) x 14.2 units per kilogram = 1,335,311,200,000 Units of Electricity Produced

MINE D: 13,684,000 tons/year x (1,000 kilograms/1 ton) x 21.0 units per kilogram = 287,364,000,000 Units of Electricity Produced

MINE E: 385,306,000 tons/year x (1,000 kilograms/1 ton) x 14.7 units per kilogram = 5,663,998,200,000 Units of Electricity Produced

So add them all up and you get 8,504,103,300,000 Units of Electricity produced over the year by MINES A to E combined.

The question asks for this figure to be calculated in millions so the answer SHOULD BE 8,504,103.3 Million Units of Electricity.

dat789, you indicate the available answers are as follows:

The available answers for Q4 are as follows: a) 1.05 million b) 4.29 million c) 7.87 million d) 8.2 million e) 11.9 million

Unfortunately, using my calculations, the available answers are ALL INACCURATE.

Let me know if I am wrong.

NOTE: What the hell do we do if test makers can't even make their tests accurate?????

The unit conversion may be inaccurate, but the algorithm is definitely not wrong.
So, what you may have should be 8,220,103 million units of electricity .

Realistically, should we even bother with the units conversion to that extent of detail?

@ messierchippy

Please check your inbox.

Hey uybert,

Here are my calculations for the question you got stuck on in your online assessment.

From looking at the graph, we can already deduce the following:

     COACH has the LOWEST average speed: 200 miles/4 hours

     PLANE has the GREATEST average speed: 200 miles/1.5 hours (*Note: The PLANE takes off at 4:30 P.M. and not 5:00 P.M. - They try to trick you.)

     COACH: (200 miles/4 hours) x (1609 meters/1 mile) x (1 hour/3600 seconds) = 22.34722222 meters/second

     PLANE: (200 miles/1.5 hours) x (1609 meters/1 mile) x (1 hours/3600 seconds) = 59.59259259 meters/second

     59.59259259 meters/second - 22.34722222 meters/second = 37.24537037 meters/second

Kind Regards,

messierchippy

Hey dat789,

8.2 million units of electricity is much different to 8,220,103 million units of electricity.

Conversions are important because these questions try to trick you. Let's say the data in the graphs are given in GBP, but the answers are given in USD. You have to use conversion. Same thing applies here. Tons vs. Kilograms.

Let's say 17 units of electricity is produced for every kilogram of coal.

In 1 ton there is 1,000 kilograms. This means 1 ton of coal produces 17,000 units of electricity. That is 16,983 more units of electricity than just 17 units of electricity.

In conclusion, conversion IS extremely important.

I just think that these test makers need to pay attention to details, as it makes a difference in the answer being right or wrong given the question asked.

Good luck.

Hey dat789,

In the initial problem you give for MINE C you give extraction rate at 94,036 tons in 1000s per year.

In your calculation, you use 74,036 tons in 1000s per year. This is a difference of 20,000 tons in 1000s per year.

This skews the answer you got in the wrong direction.

Hey dat789,

In the initial problem you give for MINE C you give extraction rate at 94,036 tons in 1000s per year.

In your calculation, you use 74,036 tons in 1000s per year. This is a difference of 20,000 tons in 1000s per year.

This skews the answer you got in the wrong direction.