SHL Verify is the most widely used numerical reasoning test in graduate and professional hiring, especially in banking and finance. You read a table or chart, then answer multiple-choice questions on percentage change, ratios, shares and totals — with an on-screen calculator and roughly 60–75 seconds per question.
Most candidates fail on pacing, not maths: the calculations are reasonable, but reading the right numbers out of a dense exhibit quickly is the skill. This simulator runs 18 questions in the Verify format under the real per-question budget, so the pressure is what you'll feel on test day.
We’d rather tell you exactly what matches than claim a perfect clone. 373 bank questions feed this simulator; the full version draws a fresh form every attempt.
The standard Verify numerical test gives roughly 60–75 seconds per question, typically 18 questions in 25–30 minutes. The newer adaptive Interactive variant is shorter.
Yes — a calculator is allowed, and an on-screen one is usually provided. The real challenge is reading dense tables and charts quickly, not the arithmetic.
There is no universal pass mark. Employers compare your score to a norm group and set their own percentile cut-off, commonly somewhere between the 30th and 50th percentile.
The maths is GCSE level — percentages, ratios, reading data. The difficulty comes from time pressure and data-dense exhibits, which is why format-matched practice helps so much.
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