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Critical reasoning
Evaluate written evidence in Psytech’s verbal critical reasoning tests.
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The General Reasoning Test, the Critical Reasoning Test Battery, the clerical and technical batteries and the adaptive Adapt-g, all delivered through GeneSys. What each subtest asks, how long the batteries take, and how the 15FQ+ questionnaire sits alongside them.
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What is a Psytech test?
A Psytech test is a psychometric assessment from Psytech International, the UK publisher behind the GeneSys platform. Its ability range includes the General Reasoning Test and the Critical Reasoning Test Battery, ability tests with timings that depend on the battery and version. Personality questionnaires such as the 15FQ+ are untimed. Tests run online through GeneSys with instant reporting.
Which Psytech test you sit depends on the employer and the role: an entry-level position will not be given the same assessment as a graduate or managerial one.
How a Psytech test works
Four things to know before you sit one. Timings and difficulty vary with the level of the role.
- FormatBatteries of short subtests
- Psytech groups its tests into batteries matched to the role, each a set of timed multiple-choice subtests taken online through GeneSys. The clerical battery can also be sat on paper.
- PaceCheck the battery and version
- The Clerical Test Battery takes 27 minutes plus administration; Abstract Reasoning takes about 20 minutes. Other batteries and versions have their own instructions.
- DifficultyFixed, or adaptive with Adapt-g
- The standard batteries are fixed sets chosen for the level of the role. Adapt-g adjusts the difficulty of its verbal, numerical and abstract questions to your answers as you go.
- ScoringCorrect answers against a comparison group
- Your score is the number of correct answers, reported instantly through GeneSys and compared with other candidates who sat the same test. The 15FQ+ is profiled, not scored.
Psytech: assessment names, formats and timings
Match the name in your invitation to the assessment below. Timings marked “approx.” are completion estimates; other published durations are limits for the named version.
| Assessment | What it measures | Questions | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Reasoning Test (GRT2 / GRTi) | Verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning in three sections | Three sections | See invitation |
| Critical Reasoning Test Battery (CRTB2) | Verbal critical reasoning from dense passages and numerical critical reasoning from data | Two sections | See invitation |
| Abstract Reasoning Test | Fluid intelligence from complex patterns and sequences | Timed set | About 20 min |
| Clerical Test Battery (CTB2 / CTBi) | Verbal reasoning, numerical ability in a clerical setting, error checking, spelling | Four tests | 27 min + administration |
| Technical Test Battery | Mechanical reasoning, spatial reasoning, visual acuity, fault finding | Four tests | See invitation |
| Adapt-g | Verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning; adaptive | Adaptive | Timed |
| 15FQ+ | Work personality | 200 statements | Untimed; approx. 30 min |
Counts and timings vary by role level and by the version an employer licences. Check the instructions on the screen before you start. Facts checked 11 September 2026.
Psytech offers fixed and item-banked versions. Where the linked guidance does not give an exact count or limit, use your invitation. Administration time can be additional.
Official sources for assessment names and timings
What Psytech assessment formats look like
A visual guide to the skills and response formats covered on this page. Your invitation tells you which assessments to prepare for.
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Clerical checking
Compare verbal and numerical details accurately in a clerical context.
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These results come from our own practice test in a format covered on this page. They are not official Psytech results, a benchmark for our entire Psytech practice pack, or an employer pass mark.
How our test takers score
Results from our numerical reasoning test.
Average score63%
75th-percentile score90%
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Average75th percentile
Source: Practice Aptitude Tests
Based on 784 completed practice sittings, all time. Checked 11 September 2026.
The 75th percentile marks the boundary of the top quarter of recorded scores; tied scores can share that boundary. These are our practice results, not employer pass marks.
How we calculate these figures
We use all-time completed, scored attempts at this practice test. Repeat attempts count separately, so the sample is sittings rather than unique people.
The average is the mean score across those sittings. The 75th percentile comes from their recorded score distribution. The “checked” date is when we retrieved the figures, not the period when the tests were taken.
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The Psytech batteries
Besides its numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning tests, Psytech publishes batteries for mechanical and clerical roles and personality questionnaires such as the 15FQ+. Each battery measures several skills; the timing depends on its component tests and version.
General Reasoning Test (GRT)
Three sections: verbal reasoning, from comprehension to vocabulary; numerical reasoning, quick and accurate calculation with numbers; and abstract reasoning, solving logic problems to show fluid intelligence. Mental ability is one of the strongest predictors of job performance, which is why the GRT is the battery most employers set.
Critical Reasoning Test Battery (CRTB2)
Two sections built on critical thinking. Verbal critical reasoning asks you to separate fact from inference in dense passages and draw logical conclusions, a favourite for managerial hiring. Numerical critical reasoning does the same with data, graphs and statistics, for roles that turn on interpreting data accurately.
Abstract Reasoning Test
About 20 minutes of complex patterns and sequences, measuring the strategic thinking Psytech calls fluid intelligence. It works with images rather than words or numbers, which many candidates have never met, so practising abstract questions pays off quickly.
Clerical Test Battery
Four tests for clerical and administrative roles, sat singly or together: verbal reasoning; numerical ability set in office work such as expenses, pricing and margins; clerical error checking, comparing names, numbers and addresses against a target; and spelling of commonly misspelt words. Available on paper or online.
Technical Test Battery
Four tests for engineering and other technical roles: mechanical reasoning across optics, electrics, fluids and mechanics; spatial reasoning with two- and three-dimensional shapes; visual acuity, a maze-style task on material such as circuit diagrams, always online; and fault finding in systems.
Adapt-g
An adaptive test of verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning. The difficulty follows your answers, so you are not given a fixed set of questions but problems that should challenge you and still feel achievable, giving the employer a detailed view of your strengths in a short sitting.
Frequently asked questions
What candidates ask us most often
What is Psytech GeneSys?
The online platform Psytech delivers its tests through. Your invitation will usually carry a GeneSys link; the tests run in the browser, the employer gets the report instantly, and the name on the login page tells you the publisher even when the employer has not.
Which Psytech battery will you sit?
It follows the role. Graduate and professional roles usually get the General Reasoning Test or, for managerial hiring, the Critical Reasoning Test Battery; clerical and administrative roles the clerical battery; engineering and technical roles the technical battery. If the invitation does not say, ask which battery, and practise those subtests.
How is Adapt-g different from the other Psytech tests?
It adapts. Instead of a fixed set of questions, Adapt-g raises or lowers the difficulty of its verbal, numerical and abstract questions according to your answers, so it feels challenging but achievable throughout and gives the employer a more detailed view in a shorter test.
Can Psytech tests be taken on paper?
Some can. The clerical battery is available on paper or online, but the visual acuity test in the technical battery is always taken online, and most employers now run every battery through GeneSys. Check the format with the recruiter before you practise.
Reviews
Rated 4.9 out of 5 across 17 reviews. A selection:
Challenging
I like the visual representations and stuff that you can hover over to find the data and the questions are quite good too I did not dislike much about the test.
My score and workings for any question I got incorrect
I liked that hovering over graphs showed its data easily and that you can easily navigate between questions
Very good
I like how the harder questions are in front rather then later, which will test the personal attributes as well as numerical ability.
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