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Everything about the Logical Reasoning Test
This test is one part of screening every applicant from one link: add a one-way video interview and resume scoring, and compare candidates in one report.
What is the Logical Reasoning Test?
The Logical Reasoning Test is a general reasoning test with no job knowledge required. Deduction questions give statements such as all, some and if-then rules and ask what must be true. Series questions ask for the next number or letter in a pattern. Arrangement questions ask candidates to place people or items using a set of clues. Argument questions ask candidates to find assumptions, weaknesses and conclusions that follow. The questions are written in plain English and do not need diagrams, so they work on any screen and for any role.
What the Logical Reasoning Test does not measure
It does not measure job knowledge, numeracy beyond simple arithmetic or communication. Combine it with a skills test for the role.
How does the Logical Reasoning Test work?
The Logical Reasoning Test is an auto-scored multiple-choice test. Each candidate answers 20 questions drawn at random from a bank of 60, so two candidates rarely see the same set, and most finish in 8 to 12 minutes. The questions are spread evenly across deduction, series, arrangements and arguments, with a mix of easy, medium and hard items, and the report shows a score for each area as well as an overall score.
Why is the Logical Reasoning Test important to employers?
Logical errors are common and costly: treating if-then as then-if, assuming a cause from a coincidence or missing the one clue that rules an option out. People who reason carefully troubleshoot faster, write sounder analysis and make fewer avoidable mistakes. This test shows that ability quickly and fairly.
Logic testing examples
Two logic testing examples in the style of this logical reasoning skills test. Deduction: every shipment over 20 pounds goes by freight, and this shipment went by courier, so it weighs 20 pounds or less. Series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, then 42, because the gaps grow by two each time. The test also covers arrangements and arguments. As a logical thinking test it suits analysts, operations and support roles, and it works as a deductive reasoning skills test as much as a logical ability test. These examples are not from the live question bank.
