The Seliant Mechanical Reasoning Test assesses a candidate’s practical understanding of how machines and physical systems behave. Each of the 32 questions shows an everyday situation in a picture, involving gears, levers, pulleys, liquids, heat or a simple circuit, and asks what will happen or which arrangement works best. No formulas or calculations are needed.
This test is especially valuable for hiring machine and production operators, assembly line workers, mechanics and maintenance technicians, and for selecting apprentices and trainees entering these trades. It takes no more than 20 minutes and is available in English, Spanish, Danish, German, French, and Portuguese. Each candidate gets one of two equivalent versions of the test, and anyone who retakes it automatically gets the other.
Test properties
Type of test: Ability test
Useful for: Predicting job performance in jobs with tasks related to mechanical operations.
Time limit: 20 minutes
Number of test items: 32
Item response form: Multiple choice
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Danish
Mode of Administration: Online
What the items measure
Forces and motion:
Understanding how objects move, balance and respond to forces, including center of gravity and springs.
Machines and tools:
Understanding how gears, levers, pulleys and everyday tools pass on movement and change the size or direction of a force.
Liquids, pressure and heat:
Understanding how liquids and air behave under pressure, and how heat affects objects and materials.
Electricity, magnets and light:
Understanding simple electric circuits, magnets and how light travels.
Detailed Test Report
For every candidate completing the Seliant Mechanical Reasoning Test, you will be able to download or print a two-page test report. The first page gives a quick overview of the candidate’s performance: the score out of 32, a percentile and a band (Lower, Middle or Upper), shown on a chart of the norm group’s scores. The percentile shows how the candidate compares with the norm group. For example, a candidate at the 52nd percentile scored better than about 52 percent of it. The norm group is based on 5,460 test results from our 2026 norming study. The second page lists every question with its content area and shows whether it was answered correctly, incorrectly or not at all.
Click here to view a sample test report.
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