YouвЂ™ll be asked questions on passages of text, numerical data or the arrangement of various shapes and symbols (depending on whether youвЂ™re taking the verbal, numerical or logical test). Primarily designed for graduate and managerial recruitment, the Elements tests assess a candidateвЂ™s verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning and logical skills. There are five different Talent Q test categories: The different Talent Q tests are designed to cover all aspects of a candidateвЂ™s strengths, weaknesses, skills, motivations and competencies. The time in which you have to complete each test is another factor that makes Talent Q challenging, and is one of the many reasons why practising as many tests as you can is so important. Questions are made more complex by the inclusion of lots of irrelevant data or information, as well as more possible answers.ДЄll of these tactics are designed to throw people off the scent and make it harder to determine the correct answer. Talent Q tests are also more challenging than most comparable tests. Assessment types can be mixed together to analyse the individual taking it in different ways. This in turn allows a more nuanced assessment from an employerвЂ™s point of view.ДЄs well as being adaptive, Talent Q tests are also вЂblendedвЂ™. The benefit of this for employers is that it ensures candidates are working at their maximum performance level.

If the candidate gets a question right, a more complex problem will follow if they get one wrong, the next question will be slightly easier. What makes Talent Q tests different?ДЇirstly, Talent Q tests are whatвЂ™s known as вЂadaptive.вЂ™ This means they automatically adapt to fit the ability of the person taking the test. Now, Talent Q tests are available in over 40 different languages and used by firms including Lloyds, RBS and Ford. In 2014, Talent Q was acquired by the Hay Group, and since then the tests have been administered by Korn Ferry вЂ“ so youвЂ™ll see this name used a lot in conjunction with Talent Q tests. This innovative approach is one of the reasons Talent Q tests remain so popular worldwide. He wanted to design a new approach to assessing people tests that adapted to the candidate taking them to get more insightful results. Talent Q tests were first developed in 2006 by Roger Holdsworth, a leading assessor who also co-founded the testing company SHL.

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