How to Pass SHL Tests in 2024

This SHL video guide is going to give you everything you need to know – an overview of the tests you might take, including the new and popular interactive version, solved sample questions, and tips for passing.

This video will go over the following subjects:

00:00 - Intro
00:25 - What is SHL?
01:04 - SHL Aptitude Tests
01:24 - SHL General Ability Test (Verify G+)
02:05 - SHL Numerical
02:47 - SHL Numerical Sample Question
03:00 - SHL Inductive
03:37 - SHL Inductive Sample Question
03:49 - SHL Deductive
04:17 - SHL Deductive Sample Question
04:32 - SHL Verbal
05:14 - SHL Verbal Sample Question
05:33 - Tips and Preparation Guidelines
08:08 - Summary

Good luck on your upcoming SHL test!

Numerical Question Solution:

Inductive Reasoning Question Solution:

In this question, the given connected nodes are AZ-19-BY and a dashed arrow instructing you to connect BY to 28.

As can be seen, each node containing letters is connected to a node containing a two-digit number, starting with the AZ node.

AZ – 19: AZ is made of the two letters from opposite extremes of the alphabet; A is the first letter in the alphabet and Z is the last letter. Following a similar pattern, 1 is the smallest number in the group of nodes and 9 is the biggest number in the group of nodes.

BY – 28: B is the second-from-the-beginning letter and Y is the one-before-last letter in the alphabet, 2 is the second small number and 8 is the second big number, from the top, in the group of nodes.

CX – 37: C is the third-from-the-beginning letter and X is the two-before-last letter, 3 is the third small number and 7 is the third big number, from the top, in the group of nodes.

And so forth.

Deductive Question Solution:

Alice is at a meeting between 11:30 and 1:00 pm; therefore, at 12:30 pm, she will be in the meeting room.

Trever is having lunch between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm; therefore, at 12:30 pm, he will be at the editing desk.

Dina is doing an editing job between 10:00 and 1:30 pm; therefore, at 12:30 p.m., she will be at the editing desk.

Josh is having a coffee break between 12:30 pm and 12:45 pm; therefore, at 12:30 pm he will be in the mini kitchen.

Verbal Question Solution:

The correct answer is False.

According to the text, epidemics, natural disasters, and unstable weather are all responsible for oscillations in mean life expectancy. Therefore, this is not a unique attribute of natural disasters.

There is a difference between stating "an indisputable cause" and "the indisputable cause". The first option implies that it is one factor among a few that affects mean life expectancy, while the second option implies a unique attribute. Also, the word "indisputable" serves as another distracter, making us focus on the adjective, while it is not the main issue here.

[vaklitangmarangal]

Thanks to this SHL assesment test, now my dream of becoming part of my dream company is gone. Nailed the interview but all my hopes were drag down after taking this difficult time pressured assesment test. Im so depressed :(

[lennyclark]

This is what truly upsets me. If they wanted to know how you reason, there are other ways they could ask you questions. Someone come up with really tricky questions for the explicit purpose to eliminate you from employment. That is demented. Alot of people dont think super fast on their feet. So you give them a pressurized test of things that barely make sense and give them a short amount of time. Then they know their very employment and livelihood is on the line? You think that person is going to think really fast?

[DonnaPasquill]

I just took numerical test 18 Q in 17 minutes and verbal test 30 Q in 17 minutes. You need undergrad math or statistics and data analysis skills to get them all and verbal analysis is strange to say the least. I got my BA Hons degree in 2021 but had no clue how to do the numerical in the required test time.

[Ryoom]

Who ever invented SHL
I dare him to took the exam

[Aby]

Solution of the numerical graph based question is not there in the description

[acegarg]

the line sequence question is wrong. Both AZ and BY show lines to 19. BY should have dashed arrow to 28.

[ankitchugh]

The names in the Deductive questions solutin in the description box dont match with the problems in the video.

[luke]

Terrible video.

Shows the types of questions for each category, sure, but doesn't help with how to do or approach the questions.

Also, most of the questions shown are just wrong or inconsistent with the answers given.

There is no dashed line from BY to 28.

The names for the editing desk question are all wrong, and just because one of them is listed as having lunch from 1-2pm (doesn't include 12:30), doesn't mean that they will be at the editing desk; they could be in a meeting etc., even though it is likely that they will be editing.

This video was a waste of 8 minutes.

[mullerflipse]

The names in de scheduling test (deductive reasoning test) suddenly changed:
Alice = Beatrice, Dina = Fei, Trver = Edward, Josh = George (or, all, vice versa 🙂)

Is this just to make it a bit more complex?...

[stewartjohnsonlemalu]

Honestly SHL assessment does not reflect someone suitability to a role, MBA student and I struggled with the numerical q's. (Didn't find this any helpful too)

[think_sharpmedia]

its impossible to do free OPQ tests on your website unfortunately

[jeremycheong]

Numeric answer is wrong. Northern region cold calls and client initiated was not mentioned. Thus, any numbers adding up to 240 for CC and 120 for CI with a difference of 84 for southern region CC-CI are correct answers.

[Mpasy]

Please help, the shl link for full length practice does not allow retaking of practice until the user is comfortable with practising, how can one retake practices and see wether is improving with practice

[robella]

Is it just me or does the first question not actually make sense? 540 new clients but the graph totals only allow 375...wtf

[TranNguyen-yitg]

19 minutes for 30 questions, and English is not my first language :) also, verbal reasoning is so trappy, when you think it's true, it's not given =) somehow

[nathanieluyoh]

Please where can we get access to more resources to use in preparing for the interactive General ability test

[zhishaofei]

This kind of test itself is very inaccurate. Without face-to-face communication with people, it is impossible to understand a person's personality through some questions. If you need to study before taking a test, then this test is destined to be inaccurate. Yes, the test is not an exam

[kyanne]

First question, since when does 1/3rd equal 0.3?

[victorborda]

This is a scam... i Paid 3 months for using shl preppack, and is empty, nobody responds to you, the reinburse is not posible because nobody responds anything.

[soulstarmusiclover]

Hi, my employer just transferred to the SHL Assessment test can I purchase study materials?