Measures high level critical thinking ability.
24 questions
24 minutes
Apprentices, graduates, professionals, managers, senior executives
Computer adaptive test
Improve diversity and reduce adverse impact
Supervised or unsupervised
Customisable
Designed for all sectors, particularly legal
High-volume testing, high-stakes selection
Cheat protection
PC, Mac, Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Mobile
The smaller the candidate pool, the more difficult it becomes to identify differences between candidates.
Concepts identifies even the subtlest ability differences between candidates, with a higher degree of accuracy than basic ability tests (i.e. verbal, numerical, inductive reasoning tests, etc).
Recruitment processes usually increase in complexity incrementally, starting with a simple CV sift and culminating in a complex assessment centre / panel interview.
Although basic ability tests (verbal, numerical, inductive etc.) should be used in the early stages, Concepts measures a more complex set of cognitive abilities, lending themselves well to mid stage recruitment.
Concepts measures the higher level cognitive abilities which underpin performance in high-stakes professional, managerial, and executive level roles
Using concepts in high stakes recruitment ensures that candidates have the necessary cognitive abilities to make key decisions, act with autonomy and work with complex information.
Critical thinking ability is essential to performance in any role that requires clear and reasoned decision-making. In these roles, critical thinking tests represent some of the strongest predictors of performance known, making them invaluable selection tools.
Concepts Critical Thinking is a next-generation, computer adaptive online ability test, designed to predict performance quickly, accurately and fairly, all while providing an exceptional candidate experience.
This assessment measures candidates' critical thinking ability across four key areas, which include the following:
Hiring the right people is the most important thing your organisation will do.
Test Partnership applies cutting-edge predictive data science to hiring, and allows you to benefit from decades of research through our psychometric test tools.
Bring your selection process into the digital age with our fully mobile-responsive tests.
For improved diversity and inclusion, Test Partnership has optimised all our tests to achieve industry-beating low adverse impact.
All our tests are designed to identify high-performance whilst minimising adverse impact. We achieve this by trialling and re-trialling against tens of thousands of participants from all backgrounds.
The site can be personalised, is easy to navigate, and the ability to make your own tests is very beneficial.Charlotte Butt
Associate Partner – HR Lead
Daniel Watney LLP
The Test Partnership team are incredibly helpful - very friendly and quick to respond (we're talking within minutes!)Mollie Cross
Talent Partner
Instant Impact
A reliable tool that helps us hire the best talent in the market. It gives us an overall view of the candidate’s performance in real-time.Rocel Magtibay
Human Resource Director
Helmi Talib Group
Test Partnership has a large library of sophisticated tests that we can implement quickly. The team are great and always on hand with a speedy response to questions when we need them.Paul Porter
Senior Recruitment Operations Manager
Bright Network
Critical thinking is the ability to conceptualise, apply, analyse and evaluate information in order to reach a meaningful conclusion. Critical thinking is a major facet of general cognitive ability, the strongest overall predictor of job performance. As a result, critical thinking tests are powerful predictors of performance at work, especially in combination with other aptitude tests.
The Concepts critical thinking test employs the latest developments in aptitude testing technology. Concepts uses computer adaptive technology to increase accuracy, reduce administration time and improve candidate experience. Concepts computer adaptive technology tailors question difficulty to the candidate's performance, honing in on the candidate's level of ability. Candidates are never bored by easy questions, or discouraged by overly difficult questions. Instead, every candidate's test is challenging and engaging, but not overwhelming.
Commonly asked questions.
Critical reasoning tests assess your ability to interpret, evaluate and come to conceptualise information. This is a form of psychometric test designed by professional occupational psychologists and the results predict how well you will perform in the workplace. This is the key difference with other tests or exams you may have taken before. Psychometric tests are not like exams. Exams test your ability to remember learned skills whilst psychometric tests assess your innate mental horsepower.
Always refer back to the passage to avoiding making silly mistakes and do your best to pay attention to the details.
You do not require specific prior knowledge to complete a critical reasoning test, although familiarising yourself with example questions would be helpful. This is so that everyone has the same chance regardless of education.
Make sure you not only read the instructions but you understand them. Take a moment to think about what each question is asking and how you could use the information to work it out, before jumping straight in.
Check you have everything you might need: your glasses, pens, pencils and rough paper. The time per question will be displayed on-screen however try not to let the timer distract you. If you lose internet connection during the test, don't worry, simply log back in and continue from where you were.
Test Partnership offers two pricing options: 1) pay-as-you-go, or 2) unlimited use subscriptions. On our pay-as-you-go pricing, candidates can complete any combination of assessments for the same cost, as we charge on a per-candidate basis not a per-assessment basis. On our unlimited usage subscriptions, you can test an unlimited number of candidates, using any combination of assessments for a fixed monthly or annual cost.
You can see a full list of our prices on our pricing page.
We’ve developed 24 highly effective off-the-shelf assessments to predict job performance.
