Raven's Adaptive
An objective and effective assessment of candidates’ intellectual and learning potential
One of the Most Proven Predictors of Performance
Predict candidate’s performance with RAVEN’S, a gold-standard, highly trusted cognitive assessment that helps organizations measure an individual’s level of general cognitive ability by assessing non-verbal abstract reasoning skills that are required for success. It uses a non-verbal approach (diagrammatic) and therefore reduces potential linguistic bias, thus making it perfect for recruiting across geographies.
Use
Recruitment, Detection of potential, Career management, Skills assessment, Entry into training
Format
15 items
Approx. 12 mins
Untimed and unsupervised
Languages
French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, UK English, US English, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, Latin American Spanish, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Why Use Raven’s Adaptive Test?
Predict performance
Raven's provides insights into roles requiring the ability to solve new problems and learn quickly. It has been used in many countries for decades as a measure of problem-solving and reasoning ability.
Bias and language free
The Raven’s Adaptive is diagrammatic and free from words and text meaning it is ideal when testing candidates who speak varying languages and making it perfect for recruiting across geographies.
Build teams for the future
The non-verbal content of the questions minimizes the effect of prior knowledge and verbal ability on the test scores, which means Raven's can assess an individual’s true intellectual potential.
Reduce the risk and cost of a ‘bad hire’
Using adaptive testing you can use just one test to assess a varied pool of individuals with differing abilities along the performance spectrum; strengthening your decision-making process.
Improves candidate experience
Adaptive testing methodology means test takers have a better experience, as items are presented at their ability level. This stretches higher ability candidates and enables those with a lower ability to find the test more motivating.
Efficient selection
Cognitive ability tests combined with personality tests can give organisations a full picture of their potential candidates. Pinpoint suitable candidates immediately and make your recruitment process more efficient.
What Does Raven’s Adaptative Measure?
The Raven’s Adaptive abstract reasoning test measures fluid intelligence. This non-verbal assessment involves identifying relationships and patterns within discrete pieces of information. Measuring abstract reasoning in this manner provides a non-biased way of assessing reasoning and thinking.
The Raven's Adaptive specifically assesses the following abilities:
- Lateral thinking,
- Learning new concepts quickly,
- Solving new and complex problems without drawing on prior knowledge.
It is widely used within graduate recruitment, and for roles across multiple sectors as it offers information about an individual’s ability to think laterally, solve unfamiliar problems, make meaning out of confusion, and the speed with which they learn or “grasp” new things.
A Fulfilling Training Experience
Completion of the BPS Test User: Occupational Ability Remote Training (Level A) verified course provides an industry standard qualification and enables use of Raven's Adaptative. The course, developed by Angus McDonald, has been designed according to the BPS qualification standards which define the knowledge and skills necessary for anyone using psychometric ability tests. A BPS combined course Level A & B is also available.
"We have found the RAVEN’S™ to be a good measure of fluid intelligence, and it is especially good where other ability tests could disadvantage candidates from different cultural and language backgrounds."
Smithfield Performance Limited