Problem Solving Test

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The problem solving test evaluates a candidate's ability to understand instructions, analyze data and respond to complex problems or situations. The questions are designed to get insights into their problem solving, learning agility and coachability.

Covered skills:

Abstract Reasoning
Deductive Reasoning
Pattern Matching
The Raven’s Progressive Matrices

Critical Thinking
Inductive Reasoning
Spatial Reasoning

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9 reasons why

Adaface Problem Solving Test is the most accurate way to shortlist Data Analysts

Reason #1

Tests for on-the-job skills

De probleemoplossingstest helpt recruiters en het inhuren van managers om gekwalificeerde kandidaten te identificeren uit een pool van cv's en helpt bij het nemen van objectieve aanwervingsbeslissingen. Het vermindert de administratieve overhead van het interviewen van te veel kandidaten en bespaart dure technische tijd door ongekwalificeerde kandidaten uit te filteren.

De ADAFACE PROBLEEM Oplossing Testschermen kandidaten voor de typische vaardigheden die recruiters zoeken in een potentieel talent:

Mogelijkheid om problemen te identificeren en te evalueren
proactief op zoek naar oplossingen of vervangingen voor het geïdentificeerde probleem
Evaluatie van alle mogelijke oplossingen en scenario's om de beste oplossing voor het probleem te bereiken
De mogelijkheid om de beste oplossing uit te voeren

De inzichten die zijn gegenereerd uit deze beoordeling kunnen worden gebruikt door recruiters en het inhuren van managers om de beste kandidaten voor de rol te identificeren. Anti-lietfuncties stellen u in staat om comfortabel te zijn met het online uitvoeren van beoordelingen. De probleemoplossingstest is ideaal om recruiters te helpen identificeren welke kandidaten de juiste redeneervaardigheden hebben om het goed te doen op het werk.

Reason #2

No trick questions

Traditional assessment tools use trick questions and puzzles for the screening, which creates a lot of frustration among candidates about having to go through irrelevant screening assessments.

The main reason we started Adaface is that traditional pre-employment assessment platforms are not a fair way for companies to evaluate candidates. At Adaface, our mission is to help companies find great candidates by assessing on-the-job skills required for a role.

Why we started Adaface ->

Reason #3

Non-googleable questions

We have a very high focus on the quality of questions that test for on-the-job skills. Every question is non-googleable and we have a very high bar for the level of subject matter experts we onboard to create these questions. We have crawlers to check if any of the questions are leaked online. If/ when a question gets leaked, we get an alert. We change the question for you & let you know.

These are just a small sample from our library of 10,000+ questions. The actual questions on this Problem Solving Test will be non-googleable.

🧐 Question
Medium Tennis Players	Solve
A tennis coach was trying to put together a team of 4 players for a tennis championship out of 7 players. R, S, T are the male players, and W, X, Y, Z are the female players. Note that all players have equal ability, and the team needs to have atleast 2 male players. While selecting the team we need to keep in mind that all 4 players should be able to play with each other. We also need to keep the following restrictions in mind: - R cannot play with Y - S cannot play with W - T cannot play with Z Which of the following are true: A: S and Z cannot be in the team together. B: T and Y cannot be in the team together. C: T and X cannot be in the team together.
Medium CID Agent Coding Decoding	Solve
A code ("EIG AUC REO RAI COG") was sent to the criminal office by a CID agent named Batra. However, four of the five words are fake, with only one containing the information. They also included a clue in the form of a sentence: "If I tell you any character of the code word, you will be able to tell how many vowels there are in the code word." Are you able to figure out what the code word is? A: RAI B: EIG C: AUC D: REO E: COG F: None
Medium Positive correlation	Solve
Myra is working on her thesis for which she created a scatter plot of the number of teachers and the number of college graduates for cities in Australia. She noticed a positive correlation. Which of these do you think is the probable explanation for this correlation? A: Teachers encourage people to go to college, so an increase in the number of teachers leads to an increase in the number of college graduates. B: Some college graduates choose teaching as a profession after graduating, so an increase in the number of college graduates also leads to an increase in the number of teachers. C: There are more college graduates and teachers in higher income cities, so income is a confounding variable here, make it difficult to prove causation between number of teachers and number of college graduates. D: Cities with a higher population have more teachers and more college graduates, so the correlation is due to a third variable (population of city). E: The provided data is insufficient, so it is extremely difficult to establish the reason for the correlation. F: Most college students choose non-teaching professions after graduating, which explains the correlation. G: In Australia, college students are encouraged by their teachers to choose teaching as a profession after graduating.
Medium Dividends Line Charts	Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the money invested by a company in production each year and the sales made by the company each year. If the pie chart shows the shareholding pattern of the company and the company gives 10% of the profit as dividends to its share holders then what is the average dividend received by retail investors from 2000 to 2004?
Medium Laptop Brands Missing data	Solve
Given below is the list of laptop brands and their details in which some data is missing. If the cost price of Dell is 3/5 of the cost price of Lenovo, then what will be the %profit of Dell?
Medium Median Percentages median	Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the sales of five different companies from 2000 to 2009. Which of the following companies has the maximum percentage increase in the median from 2000 to 2004 and 2005 to 2009.
Hard Assemble Triangle	Solve
Which of the following set of shapes can be assembled to create the shape displayed:
Easy Odd One Out	Solve
Shown below is a group of 4 objects, which might be rotated in different directions. One of the 4 objects is different from the other 3 in some way. Can you figure out which one?
Medium Four Blocks Direction	Solve
The city has been divided into 4 blocks. Block 1 in the north and Block 4 in the east of the city. A postman, who delivers the letter in the city is standing at the intersection of the two lines. The postman travels the city in the following order: 1. North-West 20 steps 2. South-West 30 steps 3. South-East 40 steps 4. North-East 50 steps 5. North-West 15 steps Now, find the location where the postman is standing? A: Block 3 B: Block 2 C: Block 4 D: Block 1 E: On the line intersecting Block 1 and Block 4 F: On the line intersecting Block 3 and Block 4
Medium Missing element	Solve
Which of the following figures do you think would complete the pattern shown below?
Hard Missing element	Solve
Which of the following figures do you think would complete the pattern shown below?
Medium Emma's cafe business	Solve
Emma's cafe has been operating successfully for the last 6 years. Profits have been growing every year, with this year (2020) being their best year so far. As a thank you, Emma treated her staff to a meal at a Michelin star restaurant. Below are 3 statements about Emma, her staff and her cafe. Can you help us decide whether the 3 statements are "True", "Probably True", "Insufficient Data to Say True or False", "Probably False", or "False". 1. Emma's staff members are happy. 2. Emma's cafe did well in 2016. 3. Emma is rich. A: True B: False C: Probably True D: Probably False E: Insufficient Data
Easy Ivory's new startup	Solve
Statement: Ivory started a new startup. We know for a fact that almost all startups fail within the first 2 years. Conclusion: Ivory's startup will fail. Does the conclusion follow from the statement?

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill
	Medium Tennis Players	3 mins Logical Reasoning	Solve
A tennis coach was trying to put together a team of 4 players for a tennis championship out of 7 players. R, S, T are the male players, and W, X, Y, Z are the female players. Note that all players have equal ability, and the team needs to have atleast 2 male players. While selecting the team we need to keep in mind that all 4 players should be able to play with each other. We also need to keep the following restrictions in mind: - R cannot play with Y - S cannot play with W - T cannot play with Z Which of the following are true: A: S and Z cannot be in the team together. B: T and Y cannot be in the team together. C: T and X cannot be in the team together.
	Medium CID Agent Coding Decoding	3 mins Logical Reasoning	Solve
A code ("EIG AUC REO RAI COG") was sent to the criminal office by a CID agent named Batra. However, four of the five words are fake, with only one containing the information. They also included a clue in the form of a sentence: "If I tell you any character of the code word, you will be able to tell how many vowels there are in the code word." Are you able to figure out what the code word is? A: RAI B: EIG C: AUC D: REO E: COG F: None
	Medium Positive correlation	2 mins Logical Reasoning	Solve
Myra is working on her thesis for which she created a scatter plot of the number of teachers and the number of college graduates for cities in Australia. She noticed a positive correlation. Which of these do you think is the probable explanation for this correlation? A: Teachers encourage people to go to college, so an increase in the number of teachers leads to an increase in the number of college graduates. B: Some college graduates choose teaching as a profession after graduating, so an increase in the number of college graduates also leads to an increase in the number of teachers. C: There are more college graduates and teachers in higher income cities, so income is a confounding variable here, make it difficult to prove causation between number of teachers and number of college graduates. D: Cities with a higher population have more teachers and more college graduates, so the correlation is due to a third variable (population of city). E: The provided data is insufficient, so it is extremely difficult to establish the reason for the correlation. F: Most college students choose non-teaching professions after graduating, which explains the correlation. G: In Australia, college students are encouraged by their teachers to choose teaching as a profession after graduating.
	Medium Dividends Line Charts	3 mins Data Interpretation	Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the money invested by a company in production each year and the sales made by the company each year. If the pie chart shows the shareholding pattern of the company and the company gives 10% of the profit as dividends to its share holders then what is the average dividend received by retail investors from 2000 to 2004?
	Medium Laptop Brands Missing data	2 mins Data Interpretation	Solve
Given below is the list of laptop brands and their details in which some data is missing. If the cost price of Dell is 3/5 of the cost price of Lenovo, then what will be the %profit of Dell?
	Medium Median Percentages median	3 mins Data Interpretation	Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the sales of five different companies from 2000 to 2009. Which of the following companies has the maximum percentage increase in the median from 2000 to 2004 and 2005 to 2009.
	Hard Assemble Triangle	2 mins Spatial Reasoning	Solve
Which of the following set of shapes can be assembled to create the shape displayed:
	Easy Odd One Out	2 mins Spatial Reasoning	Solve
Shown below is a group of 4 objects, which might be rotated in different directions. One of the 4 objects is different from the other 3 in some way. Can you figure out which one?
	Medium Four Blocks Direction	2 mins Spatial Reasoning	Solve
The city has been divided into 4 blocks. Block 1 in the north and Block 4 in the east of the city. A postman, who delivers the letter in the city is standing at the intersection of the two lines. The postman travels the city in the following order: 1. North-West 20 steps 2. South-West 30 steps 3. South-East 40 steps 4. North-East 50 steps 5. North-West 15 steps Now, find the location where the postman is standing? A: Block 3 B: Block 2 C: Block 4 D: Block 1 E: On the line intersecting Block 1 and Block 4 F: On the line intersecting Block 3 and Block 4
	Medium Missing element	2 mins Ravens Progressive Matrices	Solve
Which of the following figures do you think would complete the pattern shown below?
	Hard Missing element	2 mins Ravens Progressive Matrices	Solve
Which of the following figures do you think would complete the pattern shown below?
	Medium Emma's cafe business	2 mins Critical Thinking	Solve
Emma's cafe has been operating successfully for the last 6 years. Profits have been growing every year, with this year (2020) being their best year so far. As a thank you, Emma treated her staff to a meal at a Michelin star restaurant. Below are 3 statements about Emma, her staff and her cafe. Can you help us decide whether the 3 statements are "True", "Probably True", "Insufficient Data to Say True or False", "Probably False", or "False". 1. Emma's staff members are happy. 2. Emma's cafe did well in 2016. 3. Emma is rich. A: True B: False C: Probably True D: Probably False E: Insufficient Data
	Easy Ivory's new startup	2 mins Critical Thinking	Solve
Statement: Ivory started a new startup. We know for a fact that almost all startups fail within the first 2 years. Conclusion: Ivory's startup will fail. Does the conclusion follow from the statement?

	🧐 Question	🔧 Skill	💪 Difficulty	⌛ Time
	Tennis Players	Logical Reasoning	Medium	3 mins	Solve
A tennis coach was trying to put together a team of 4 players for a tennis championship out of 7 players. R, S, T are the male players, and W, X, Y, Z are the female players. Note that all players have equal ability, and the team needs to have atleast 2 male players. While selecting the team we need to keep in mind that all 4 players should be able to play with each other. We also need to keep the following restrictions in mind: - R cannot play with Y - S cannot play with W - T cannot play with Z Which of the following are true: A: S and Z cannot be in the team together. B: T and Y cannot be in the team together. C: T and X cannot be in the team together.
	CID Agent Coding Decoding	Logical Reasoning	Medium	3 mins	Solve
A code ("EIG AUC REO RAI COG") was sent to the criminal office by a CID agent named Batra. However, four of the five words are fake, with only one containing the information. They also included a clue in the form of a sentence: "If I tell you any character of the code word, you will be able to tell how many vowels there are in the code word." Are you able to figure out what the code word is? A: RAI B: EIG C: AUC D: REO E: COG F: None
	Positive correlation	Logical Reasoning	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Myra is working on her thesis for which she created a scatter plot of the number of teachers and the number of college graduates for cities in Australia. She noticed a positive correlation. Which of these do you think is the probable explanation for this correlation? A: Teachers encourage people to go to college, so an increase in the number of teachers leads to an increase in the number of college graduates. B: Some college graduates choose teaching as a profession after graduating, so an increase in the number of college graduates also leads to an increase in the number of teachers. C: There are more college graduates and teachers in higher income cities, so income is a confounding variable here, make it difficult to prove causation between number of teachers and number of college graduates. D: Cities with a higher population have more teachers and more college graduates, so the correlation is due to a third variable (population of city). E: The provided data is insufficient, so it is extremely difficult to establish the reason for the correlation. F: Most college students choose non-teaching professions after graduating, which explains the correlation. G: In Australia, college students are encouraged by their teachers to choose teaching as a profession after graduating.
	Dividends Line Charts	Data Interpretation	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the money invested by a company in production each year and the sales made by the company each year. If the pie chart shows the shareholding pattern of the company and the company gives 10% of the profit as dividends to its share holders then what is the average dividend received by retail investors from 2000 to 2004?
	Laptop Brands Missing data	Data Interpretation	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Given below is the list of laptop brands and their details in which some data is missing. If the cost price of Dell is 3/5 of the cost price of Lenovo, then what will be the %profit of Dell?
	Median Percentages median	Data Interpretation	Medium	3 mins	Solve
Consider the following line chart which shows the sales of five different companies from 2000 to 2009. Which of the following companies has the maximum percentage increase in the median from 2000 to 2004 and 2005 to 2009.
	Assemble Triangle	Spatial Reasoning	Hard	2 mins	Solve
Which of the following set of shapes can be assembled to create the shape displayed:
	Odd One Out	Spatial Reasoning	Easy	2 mins	Solve
Shown below is a group of 4 objects, which might be rotated in different directions. One of the 4 objects is different from the other 3 in some way. Can you figure out which one?
	Four Blocks Direction	Spatial Reasoning	Medium	2 mins	Solve
The city has been divided into 4 blocks. Block 1 in the north and Block 4 in the east of the city. A postman, who delivers the letter in the city is standing at the intersection of the two lines. The postman travels the city in the following order: 1. North-West 20 steps 2. South-West 30 steps 3. South-East 40 steps 4. North-East 50 steps 5. North-West 15 steps Now, find the location where the postman is standing? A: Block 3 B: Block 2 C: Block 4 D: Block 1 E: On the line intersecting Block 1 and Block 4 F: On the line intersecting Block 3 and Block 4
	Missing element	Ravens Progressive Matrices	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Which of the following figures do you think would complete the pattern shown below?
	Missing element	Ravens Progressive Matrices	Hard	2 mins	Solve
Which of the following figures do you think would complete the pattern shown below?
	Emma's cafe business	Critical Thinking	Medium	2 mins	Solve
Emma's cafe has been operating successfully for the last 6 years. Profits have been growing every year, with this year (2020) being their best year so far. As a thank you, Emma treated her staff to a meal at a Michelin star restaurant. Below are 3 statements about Emma, her staff and her cafe. Can you help us decide whether the 3 statements are "True", "Probably True", "Insufficient Data to Say True or False", "Probably False", or "False". 1. Emma's staff members are happy. 2. Emma's cafe did well in 2016. 3. Emma is rich. A: True B: False C: Probably True D: Probably False E: Insufficient Data
	Ivory's new startup	Critical Thinking	Easy	2 mins	Solve
Statement: Ivory started a new startup. We know for a fact that almost all startups fail within the first 2 years. Conclusion: Ivory's startup will fail. Does the conclusion follow from the statement?

Reason #4

1200+ customers in 75 countries

With Adaface, we were able to optimise our initial screening process by upwards of 75%, freeing up precious time for both hiring managers and our talent acquisition team alike!

Brandon Lee, Head of People, Love, Bonito

Reason #5

Designed for elimination, not selection

The most important thing while implementing the pre-employment Problem Solving Test in your hiring process is that it is an elimination tool, not a selection tool. In other words: you want to use the test to eliminate the candidates who do poorly on the test, not to select the candidates who come out at the top. While they are super valuable, pre-employment tests do not paint the entire picture of a candidate’s abilities, knowledge, and motivations. Multiple easy questions are more predictive of a candidate's ability than fewer hard questions. Harder questions are often "trick" based questions, which do not provide any meaningful signal about the candidate's skillset.

Reason #6

1 click candidate invites

Email invites: You can send candidates an email invite to the Problem Solving Test from your dashboard by entering their email address.

Public link: You can create a public link for each test that you can share with candidates.

API or integrations: You can invite candidates directly from your ATS by using our pre-built integrations with popular ATS systems or building a custom integration with your in-house ATS.

Reason #7

Detailed scorecards & comparative results

Reason #8

High completion rate

Adaface tests are conversational, low-stress, and take just 25-40 mins to complete.

This is why Adaface has the highest test-completion rate (86%), which is more than 2x better than traditional assessments.

Reason #9

Advanced Proctoring

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Voor welke rollen kunt u deze probleemoplossingstest gebruiken

De probleemoplossende online test is ontworpen om te beoordelen op instaprollen en ervaren rollen.

Kritisch denken: de kritische denkvragen zijn ontworpen om het vermogen van de kandidaat te evalueren om problemen te conceptualiseren en te analyseren door informatie te evalueren om tot een zinvolle conclusie te komen.
Analytisch vermogen: de vragen van analytische vaardigheden zijn ontworpen om het vermogen van de kandidaat om dubbelzinnige of complexe informatie vanuit verschillende perspectieven te begrijpen te beoordelen om een conclusie te bereiken.
Numerieke vaardigheid: de vragen van numerieke vaardigheden zijn ontworpen om het vermogen van de kandidaat om basisrekenkundige bewerkingen uit te voeren te testen.

Het belang van probleemoplossing op de werkplek

Elke medewerker in zijn professionele leven zal een veeleisende werkomgeving tegenkomen die zich dagelijks met eenvoudige en complexe problemen presenteert. De probleemoplossende vaardigheden van een werknemer hebben niet alleen invloed op hun werkprestaties, maar ook de interpersoonlijke relaties die ze in hun professionele carrière opbouwen.

Banen die leiderschapsvaardigheden vereisen, zoals die van een CEO en HR-manager, kunnen meer probleemoplossing vereisen in vergelijking met instapniveau-posities.

Sommige voordelen van probleemoplossende vaardigheden omvatten:

Werknemers met betere probleemoplossende vaardigheden hebben de neiging om een positieve werkcultuur en omgeving te creëren door het probleem te analyseren in plaats van de schuld te geven en te klagen over hun collega's.
Problemen in de taak of functie kunnen zich voordoen als nieuwe leerproblemen die een hele nieuwe wereld van mogelijkheden voor werknemers kunnen openen. Problemen die kunnen worden opgelost, kunnen een lonende ervaring voor hen worden, evenals een bron van hoogste vertrouwen.

What roles can I use the Problem Solving Test for?

Data Analyst
Graduates
Freshers
Managers
System Admin
Front-office roles
Computer Programmers

What topics are covered in the Problem Solving Test?

Analytisch denken

Interpretatie

Lateraal denken

Vocabulaire

BESCHUWING & REDEN

Guilford's Test of Divergent Thinking

Begrijpend lezen

Besluitvorming

Torrance -tests van creatief denken

Conclusies trekken

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The hiring managers felt that through the technical questions that they asked during the panel interviews, they were able to tell which candidates had better scores, and differentiated with those who did not score as well. They are highly satisfied with the quality of candidates shortlisted with the Adaface screening.

85%

reduction in screening time

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FAQs

Kan ik meerdere vaardigheden combineren in één aangepaste beoordeling?

Ja absoluut. Aangepaste beoordelingen zijn opgezet op basis van uw functiebeschrijving en bevatten vragen over alle must-have vaardigheden die u opgeeft.

Heeft u functies tegen latere of proctoring op hun plaats?

We hebben de volgende anti-cheating-functies op zijn plaats:

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Hoe interpreteer ik testscores?

Het belangrijkste om in gedachten te houden is dat een beoordeling een eliminatietool is, geen selectietool. Een vaardighedenbeoordeling is geoptimaliseerd om u te helpen kandidaten te elimineren die niet technisch gekwalificeerd zijn voor de rol, het is niet geoptimaliseerd om u te helpen de beste kandidaat voor de rol te vinden. Dus de ideale manier om een beoordeling te gebruiken is om een drempelscore te bepalen (meestal 55%, wij helpen u benchmark) en alle kandidaten uit te nodigen die boven de drempel scoren voor de volgende interviewrondes.

Voor welk ervaringsniveau kan ik deze test gebruiken?

Elke ADAFACE -beoordeling is aangepast aan uw functiebeschrijving/ ideale kandidaatpersonage (onze experts van het onderwerp zullen de juiste vragen kiezen voor uw beoordeling uit onze bibliotheek van 10000+ vragen). Deze beoordeling kan worden aangepast voor elk ervaringsniveau.

Krijgt elke kandidaat dezelfde vragen?

Ja, het maakt het veel gemakkelijker voor u om kandidaten te vergelijken. Opties voor MCQ -vragen en de volgorde van vragen worden gerandomiseerd. We hebben anti-cheating/proctoring functies. In ons bedrijfsplan hebben we ook de optie om meerdere versies van dezelfde beoordeling te maken met vragen over vergelijkbare moeilijkheidsniveaus.