A Visual Memory Reasoning test is one of the best predictors of a candidate's ability to remember and process relevant visual information using stored memory. The test typically correlates with the planning of details, architectural design, graphical planning, researching interviewing, investigating, navigating, taking notes and Q&A sessions.

We've been supporting business for over 21 years to boost their recruitment practices. Our advanced aptitude testing platform, FinxS, only available through the HR Profiling Network, empowers recruitment managers to make more reliable hiring decisions, predict job performance, and understand the working style of candidates. 

Organisations with successful hiring processes place emphasis on recruiting applicants with the most suitable ability and behavioural traits for a role. These organisations understand that robust psychometric tests help select top talent, increase employee retention and avoid high turnover.

When administered correctly, reasoning tests can significantly boost the probability of selecting the right candidate for a job.

Assess Speed vs Quality

Use the reasoning test results to understand what a candidate's test score may mean concerning their job performance and dig deeper into the results to analyse the candidates' speed vs quality of answers. Furthermore, create a benchmark and determine how the candidate scores in comparison to others within the organisation.

Benchmark Performance

Create a benchmark to add a valuable comparison tool when hiring. Identify the characteristics of your top performers to quantify their attributes and create a baseline for confident hiring decisions. Compare results at an organisational, country, and global level to provide additional meaning to the results. 

Easily Administer Online

There is no need to organise an assessment centre or distribute a paper test. Simply send candidates a link and a unique access code. Once the candidate completes the reasoning test, you will receive a report direct from the cloud-based system straight to your nominated inbox within minutes of the candidate completing the test.

FinxS Visual Memory test provides insight and understanding of candidates' working speed and accuracy to mentally store and process multiple visual objects. The assessment focuses on a person's ability to utilise temporary memory storage to process activities, pictures or words that they have viewed.

Someone who demonstrates a strong visual working memory might ask questions such as "Which image should I focus on?" or "What is the difference between what I know and the new information?"

Visual Memory assessments provide reliable insights into a candidate's abilities, including their ability to:

• Reduce distraction by maintaining focus on relevant visual information
• Recall, compare and recognise the stored visual information to serve a task
• Keep track of multiple instructions at the same time

Strong abilities in this area is vital for success in professions such as medicine, architecture and design.

The Visual Memory Reasoning section of the test consists of 21 questions. Candidates have ten seconds to memorise a set of four graphical images. Candidates will then see one more picture and need to decide if it is one of the four images they initially saw.

Candidates are presented with a practice question before they take the test, so they understand how to answer the question and what to expect during the visual memory test. Candidate's who spend too long memorising only one image or who do not bother to find distinguishing factors, may receive a low score. 

To prepare for a visual memory test, candidates need to increase visual memory. The more information candidates can hold in their working memory, the more information they have to work with, allowing them to make more reliable and accurate decisions. Candidates can increase visual memory using several techniques.? One of the best techniques to prepare for a memory aptitude test is a picture memory test. Individuals have a set time to look at a series of images and are asked to distinguish which pictures were or were not present. 

Candidates who are not confident in the ability of their working memory can prepare by memorising short snippets of information in a limited time frame. Research from Japanese psychologists found that completing a memorisation activity for just 10 minutes a day increased working memory. Downloading apps or playing games that require you to memorise images are great ways to increase visual memory. Remember, tests are designed so that only a few people can complete them within the time frame. Working quickly, but without sacrificing accuracy is essential to obtain a high score.

Cognitive ability is an influential contributor to organisational success. A candidate's cognitive ability impacts the capacity to acquire job knowledge and therefore affects job performance. Employees with exceptional reasoning skills tend to adjust better to new tasks with their ability to learn and apply new information.

By assessing whether candidates have strong cognitive skills to be successful beyond their current roles, your organisation will have a skilled workforce ready for the challenges of the future. Most importantly, the results of the report can contribute to creating a development plan for an employees future growth within the organisation.

A Reasoning Assessment should only be used as part of an overall picture when hiring a new candidate. When used to complement a wider hiring strategy, reasoning tests can help recruiters make informed talent decisions.