SHL practice tests

Practice the SHL reasoning test named in your invitation. Each test has short drills, a full timed test and a worked explanation for every answer.

Free worked examples on every test page · Original questions

Daily production
TeamUnitsStaff-hours
North24040
South27030

What percentage higher is South’s output per staff-hour than North’s?

Choose an answer
Try an original Numerical Ability example. Choose an answer to see the worked solution.

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Which SHL test is in your invitation?

SHL runs several separate reasoning tests, and your invitation names the ones you’ll take. Match the SHL name below. Each test has its own practice page, drills and full timed test.

Each full timed test uses the question maximum and time limit SHL publishes for that test. Every test page has free worked examples.

Interactive or multiple choice?

SHL delivers its reasoning tests in two formats. The skills overlap, but the way you answer does not, so practice the format your invitation names.

Supplier presentation order

Aster comes immediately after Birch.

AsterBirchCedarDuneElm
FirstSecondThirdFourthFifth

Use every rule to complete the arrangement.

Interactive: build the answer

Verify Interactive tests ask you to set values on a chart, place people or tasks, select dates, or construct the next figure in a pattern. G+ and the interactive numerical, inductive and deductive tests use this format.

All funded projects must publish their results. The river survey received funding, but its final report is still being written.

What is supported by the passage?

  1. A.The river survey must publish its results
  2. B.The report has already been published
  3. C.The survey failed
  4. D.Every survey receives funding

Multiple choice: pick one answer

Verify multiple-choice tests show a question with a list of answers, and you choose one. Numerical Ability, Verbal Ability and the multiple-choice Inductive Reasoning test use this format.

Numerical and inductive reasoning come in both formats

Match the name on your assessment invitation.

Match the name and format on your assessment invitation.

SHL scheduled several older Verify tests for retirement during 2024. It names Verbal Ability as a replacement for the 30-question True/False/Cannot Say verbal test, and Interactive Inductive Reasoning as the replacement for its multiple-choice inductive tests. Choose the multiple-choice inductive track when your invitation names that format.

Why practice pays on SHL tests

SHL reasoning tests have right answers and a time limit, so accuracy and pace both count.

Learn the controls first

Interactive tests ask you to set chart values, place items and build figures. A short untimed drill teaches the controls, so on test day the clock goes to reasoning.

Practice at the real pace

Each full timed test uses SHL’s published question maximum and time limit. The table below shows the average time you have for each question.

Learn from every answer

Every practice question comes with a worked explanation, and your reviews stay saved, so you can find the step that went wrong and drill it again.

SHL time limits and pace
TestFormatQuestionsTime limitAverage per question
Verify Interactive G+InteractiveUp to 2436 minutes90 seconds
Verify Interactive Numerical ReasoningInteractiveUp to 1018 minutes108 seconds
Verify Interactive Inductive ReasoningInteractiveUp to 1518 minutes72 seconds
Verify Interactive Deductive ReasoningInteractiveUp to 1218 minutes90 seconds
Verify Numerical AbilityMultiple choiceUp to 1620 minutes75 seconds
Verify Verbal AbilityMultiple choiceUp to 1815 minutes50 seconds
Verify Inductive ReasoningMultiple choiceUp to 1824 minutes80 seconds

Question maximums and time limits from SHL’s published fact sheets.

Common questions about SHL tests

What is an SHL test?

SHL publishes online assessments that employers use in hiring. Its reasoning tests cover numerical, verbal, inductive and deductive reasoning, and Verify Interactive G+ combines numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning in one sitting. The employer chooses which tests to send, and your invitation names them.

Which SHL test will I get?

Check the test name in your invitation and match it to the list on this page. Numerical and inductive reasoning each have an interactive and a multiple-choice version, so check the format too. If the invitation only says “SHL assessment,” ask the recruiter which tests it includes.

How long is the SHL Verify Interactive G+?

SHL publishes a limit of 36 minutes for up to 24 questions covering numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning. Our full G+ practice test gives you 24 tasks on one 36-minute clock, and 4 short untimed drills let you learn each task type first.

Can you practice SHL tests?

Yes. Each SHL test on this page has its own practice page with free worked examples, short untimed drills that explain every answer, and a full timed test at SHL’s published question maximum and time limit. SHL also offers practice tests on its own site.

Are SHL tests adaptive?

Yes. SHL describes each of these tests as adaptive: the questions you get depend on your earlier answers, so two candidates can see different questions. Practice builds the skills and the pace each format needs.

Can I use a calculator on an SHL test?

SHL generally permits a calculator for numerical tests unless your invitation says otherwise. The inductive, deductive and verbal tests don’t need one.

Is Game Assessment Prep affiliated with SHL?

No. Game Assessment Prep is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by SHL. All questions and explanations are original, written for the formats and time limits SHL publishes.

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Find the SHL name from your invitation, then try that test’s free examples.

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Independent practice from Game Assessment Prep. Not affiliated with or endorsed by SHL. All practice questions and explanations are original. For SHL’s own practice tests, see SHL’s official practice information.