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‘General aptitude’ tests, also known as ‘general intelligence’ and ‘mental ability’ tests, measure a candidate’s basic intelligence, often in terms of verbal, non-verbal, numerical and spatial abilities. With a mix of words, symbols, numbers and shapes, the candidate may be asked to find a missing word (TEA____BOARD), continue a series of numbers (4, 9, 19, 39, ____) or do something similar. A set number of questions is usually tackled in a given period, perhaps twenty minutes. ‘Specific aptitude’, or ‘special ability’ tests, look at a candidate’s particular talents, more often than not specific verbal, non-verbal, numerical and spatial abilities, possibly in such areas as spelling, verbal checking and numerical estimation. As examples, a report may need to be studied for spelling mistakes, a handwritten draft and its corresponding typed letter checked for errors and a set of figures for a sales projection added up and estimated totals provided for each of them. Once more, a number of questions will have to be answered in a short space of time, perhaps up to thirty minutes. The best way of gaining a fuller understanding of aptitude tests is to contemplate:

• verbal ability questions

• non-verbal ability questions

• numerical ability questions

• spatial ability questions.