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Preparation

Practise the cognitive ability test

An ability test measures your thinking and learning capacity under time pressure. Practising helps you get used to the question types, so on the day you can focus on the content.

Example

Example questions

A preview of what this assessment looks like in practice. The questions below are illustrative - the actual questionnaire is more extensive.

1 Which number logically follows: 2, 4, 8, 16, …?
2 ‘Book’ is to ‘reading’ as ‘fork’ is to …?
3 If all A’s are B and all B’s are C, then all A’s are …?
4 Which figure does not belong in the series?
5 A product of 80 euro drops 25% in price. What does it cost then?
6 'Always' relates to 'never' as 'everything' relates to …?

Answer scale: Multiple choice - pick the correct answer

How to prepare

Tips for practising

Work accurately and briskly; ability tests usually have a time limit.

Skip a question if you get stuck and come back to it later.

Practise beforehand with series, analogies and logic to recognise the question types.

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