Online Assessment
New recruits in senior management and some other roles are asked to undergo an online assessment.
These enable Compass Group to make hiring and employee development decisions based on true measures of each person’s ability and potential to perform well in a job. You can get first hand experience of taking online ability tests by doing an online practice test – just visit www.shldirect.com to try one now.
There are a number of different types of assessments:
Verbal and numerical reasoning tests
These tests are commonly taken together. Verbal tests are designed to measure your ability to understand written information and to evaluate arguments about this information. Numerical tests are designed to assess your understanding of tables of statistical and numerical data as well as your ability to make logical deductions.
Inductive reasoning tests
Inductive reasoning tests measure your ability to work flexibly with unfamiliar information and find solutions. People who perform well on these tests tend to have a greater capacity for conceptual and analytical thought.
Personality questionnaires
These are questionnaires used to identify your preferred style of working. It’s very important to answer these questions whilst thinking about yourself in the workplace rather than at home or with friends. This information can be used to assess how well you would fit into certain work environments and teams, and how you may cope with the job requirements. You may be asked to say whether you agree or disagree with statements. Alternatively, you may be given a number of statements and asked to choose which is most and least like you.