Saville Assessment Practice
Practice package for the Saville assessment
Saville's best-known ability test is the Swift Analysis Aptitude, and above all it is short: three sections — verbal, numerical and diagrammatic — of about six minutes each, roughly eighteen minutes in total for around twenty-four questions. You are assessed on speed and accuracy at the same time. That makes the preparation different from a long test: there is no time to work out how a question type works along the way.
Six minutes per section: what that means
In such a short test, one item you get stuck on costs you a measurable share of your score. So the strategy is not 'as many correct as possible' but 'never get stuck': read the question, decide within a few seconds whether you see the pattern, and if not, guess and move on. Always practise with the timer on — otherwise you train a pace you will not reach on the day.
The three sections
- Verbal analysis: reading a passage and judging which conclusions follow from it
- Numerical analysis: working with charts, financial and statistical data
- Diagrammatic analysis: the least familiar section — see below
What is diagrammatic analysis?
You are given a series of diagrams in which operations (operators) are applied, and you have to determine which diagram is missing. Unlike an ordinary figure series, here you must infer the rule yourself from earlier steps and then apply it. Practise this as diagrammatic reasoning, and use matrices as a supplement to train pattern recognition.
How to approach it
Practise the three sections separately with the explanation per item, then finish with the simulations under time pressure. Our practice tests mimic the question format and the time pressure; they are not copies of the real items.
Saville Free Practice Test
Number of questions: 18
Parts: Saville Verbal Analysis (6 min), Saville Numerical Analysis (6 min), Saville Diagrammatic Analysis (6 min), Saville Diagrammatic Analysis: matrices
Saville preparation package
What's in the Saville preparation package?
Saville Verbal Analysis (6 min)
In the Verbal Reasoning (also called deductive reasoning) section of your ability test, it is tested how proficient you are in reading, analyzing and interpreting text. The question always consists of a text fragment and one (or more) statement(s). You must judge the statements on the basis of the text, not on the basis of general knowledge or an interpretation of the text. You have three possible answers for each question:
- True: You can determine with certainty that the statement must be true based on the text.
- False: On the basis of the text you can determine with certainty that the statement cannot be true.
- Cannot say: Based on the text it is possible that the statement is true, but it is also possible that the statement is not true.
In general terms, almost every question focuses on one of the capacities below. Via the links you can read how to best solve these types of questions, study three detailed example questions and complete three practice problems.
We recommend doing at least 3 exercise sets with time pressure. At the end of each exercise set, we indicate how your score relates to the norm group and whether you need to work faster or more accurately to get the highest possible score on your assessment. This way you know exactly when you are optimally prepared.
Review the results of the assessments you have completed to determine whether you are optimally prepared for the grade series component. By clicking on an assessment, you will see more detailed results with personalized advice based on your results compared to the reference group.
Saville Numerical Analysis (6 min)
There are different types of patterns that are often used for numerical reasoning. By studying the explanations and example exercises of the different patterns, you will recognise the patterns more easily, work faster and make fewer mistakes.
We recommend doing at least 3 exercise sets with time pressure. At the end of each exercise set, we indicate how your score relates to the norm group and whether you need to work faster or more accurately to get the highest possible score on your assessment. This way you know exactly when you are optimally prepared.
Evaluate your results to see if you are optimally prepared for your assessment. By clicking the individual results, you will get a more detailed report of your results with personal advice.
Saville Diagrammatic Analysis (6 min)
There are different types of patterns that are often used for abstract reasoning. By studying the explanations and example exercises of the different patterns, you will recognise the patterns more easily, work faster and make fewer mistakes.
We recommend doing at least 3 exercise sets with time pressure. At the end of each exercise set, we indicate how your score relates to the norm group and whether you need to work faster or more accurately to get the highest possible score on your assessment. This way you know exactly when you are optimally prepared.
Evaluate your results to see if you are optimally prepared for your assessment. By clicking the individual results, you will get a more detailed report of your results with personal advice.
Saville Diagrammatic Analysis: matrices
There are different types of patterns that are often used for abstract matrices. By studying the explanations with example exercises of the different patterns, you will recognise the patterns more easily, work faster and make fewer mistakes.
We recommend doing at least 3 exercise sets with time pressure. At the end of each exercise set, we indicate how your score relates to the norm group and whether you need to work faster or more accurately to get the highest possible score on your assessment. This way you know exactly when you are optimally prepared.
Evaluate the results of your practice assessments to determine if you are optimally prepared for your assessment.
Saville Full assessment simulation
Saville preparation package