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Korn Ferry and Talent Q ability tests: what they ask and how to practise

Talent Q is Korn Ferry's range of psychometric tests, which includes verbal, numerical, logical and checking ability tests. Korn Ferry's candidate guide describes four ability tests, and the practice here matches what each asks you to do. Korn Ferry does not publish question counts or time limits for them on the pages checked for this page, so this page gives none for the current tests. Use the numbers on your invitation.

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The four tests, as Korn Ferry describes them

Checking	Compare information in two tables to identify whether or not it is the same, quickly and accurately
Numerical	Analyse statistical data: you are shown sets of figures and asked to make decisions based on your understanding of them
Verbal	Understand and interpret written, business-related information, deciding about the scenarios you are shown
Logical	See patterns and themes: sets of symbols with missing elements, and you decide what completes each sequence

From Korn Ferry's Candidate Guide to Psychometric Assessments (source below). The guide also links practice assessments of its own.

An older range, for reference

A 2017 Korn Ferry document on the older Talent Q "Aspects" range says its three ability tests, verbal, numerical and checking, were adaptive: harder questions follow right answers. It gives average completion times of about 8 minutes (verbal), 10 minutes (numerical) and 6 minutes (checking), and says the range was designed for more junior, non-managerial jobs. The current tests may differ, so treat this as background and not as the format you will meet.

What to practise, and where

Checking: the same or different game and count the differences, with a routine in the attention to detail guide. See also the attention to detail page.
Numerical: data tables and charts, with percentages and ratios.
Verbal: passages, judging statements against a text.
Logical: matrices and visual series, finding what completes a pattern.

Every practice question here is generated and checked to have exactly one right answer, and none is copied from a Korn Ferry or Talent Q test.

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Sources

Korn Ferry: Candidate Guide to Psychometric Assessments (the four test descriptions)
Korn Ferry: Talent Q Aspects psychometric review (2017) (the older range: adaptive, average times, junior roles)

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