Pearson's Talent Assessment Group - Core Abilities Assessment

Core Abilities Assessment

Screen your applicants' general intelligence in 15 minutes


At a Glance:

  • ADMINISTRATION: 15 minutes, Online
  • COMPETENCY AREAS: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Abstract Reasoning
  • READING LEVEL: 6th grade

With more resumes for an average job than ever before, managers don't need more applicants - they need screening tools to quickly identify the best ones. More effective than a phone screen, the Core Abilities Assessment measures an individual's verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning skills - the building blocks for success in any job. The score provides insight into someone's ability to learn and perform on the job. Let Core Abilities guide you to the applicants who should advance to the next stage or interview.

Who is it for?

Use the Core Abilities Assessment to screen your entry-level staff and individual contributors, including:

  • Maintenance Employees
  • Truck drivers
  • Reservation Agents
  • Office Managers
  • Customer Service Agents
  • Frontline Supervisors and New Managers

Validity Studies

  • An individual who scores well demonstrates strong verbal, numerical, and overall reasoning skills and can learn a job quickly
  • Strongly correlated with the Wonderlic Personnel Test (r = .84)
  • Shown to predict supervisors' problem solving behavior (r = .32) at a national manufacturing company
  • Overall, 20+ studies support the relationship of the underlying items that make up the Core Abilities Assessment to job performance

 

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