What the test asks you to do
SHL’s fact sheet describes Verify G+ as a test of three abilities. Numerical questions measure solving problems with numerical data and interpreting charts, graphs and tables. Deductive questions measure drawing logical conclusions, judging arguments and completing scenarios from incomplete information. Inductive questions are completely non-verbal, using only shapes and figures, and measure detecting patterns and inferring rules.
SHL publishes sample questions for two of the three:
- Numerical: a car dealership cuts all its prices by 15%, and a car now costs £9,500. What was the original price? £9,500 is 85% of the original, so the answer is £11,176.47.
- Deductive: Jane drives a red car, Susan drives a blue car, there are no red cars in Ohio, and blue cars get 33 miles per gallon. Which statement must be true? Only that Susan’s car gets 33 miles per gallon.
Verify G+ and Verify Interactive G+
There are two versions. The multiple-choice Verify G+ has 30 questions, ten for each ability, with 36 minutes allowed and an average of 32 to 36 minutes. Verify Interactive G+ is built mobile-first with interactive, activity-based questions, a maximum of 24, in the same 36 minutes. Both are adaptive, taken in one unsupervised sitting, and suitable for all job levels.
SHL’s cognitive assessments page lists the test as SHL Verify G+. Its practice page offers a general ability test in both formats, an interactive one using drag and drop and a multiple-choice one, and notes that the interactive version does not currently give a report.
How it is scored
The Interactive fact sheet says candidates receive a score on each of the three abilities as well as a general ability score. SHL credits the adaptive design with a shorter test, unsupervised delivery and a more precise score, but does not publish how items are chosen or how answers are marked.
How our practice version works
Ours is a multiple-choice test of 24 items on one 36-minute clock, rotating numerical, inductive and deductive items so the type changes every question. It starts at difficulty level 2 of 5, moves up a level after a correct answer and down after a wrong one, and draws from a fixed bank of 30. Clicking an option commits it; a skip is recorded as unanswered and leaves your level unchanged; you cannot go back.
SHL does not publish how its adaptive engine works, and ours is a simple one-step rule over a small bank, so treat the level you reach as a rough guide. Our score is our own construction too: the hardest level you answered correctly counts for about half, accuracy for about a third, and how many items you covered for the rest.