Design Aptitude Test for assessing the candidates' creative capabilities
Beyond candidates' resumes, the Design Aptitude Test by Mercer | Mettl offers recruiters a scientifically validated tool to assess design-centric skills and creative abilities. The Aptitude Test for Designers tests candidates' proficiency in various design subskills to support data-driven, well-informed hiring decisions.
Available on request
Aptitude
2-4 years
Easy
English India, English UK, English Global, English UAE
Inside this Aptitude Test for Designers
Given the diverse specializations available within the design field, it is challenging for recruiters to assess the creative talent of candidates using standardized approaches when hiring for creative job roles. A Design Aptitude Test helps recruiters understand the creative competencies of candidates for job roles in graphic design, advertising, and communication design. Mercer | Mettl’s Aptitude Test for Designers is a pre-employment assessment developed by subject matter experts to assess candidates' creative aptitude and proficiency in the various subskills of design, such as their design capability, visual perception, abstract reasoning, verbal aptitude, creative intelligence, and attention to detail. Organizations seek candidates who blend imagination and implementation seamlessly and transform simple ideas into visually captivating outcomes that align with the brand’s tonality. Administering the Design Aptitude Test by Mercer | Mettl for screening candidates can help recruiters make the right hiring decisions by providing them with data-driven, meaningful insights and a comprehensive understanding of candidates' skill sets and aptitudes.
Overview
When hiring creative talent, recruiters face unique challenges in identifying top candidates. Identifying the appropriate talent has become arduous in today’s competitive business landscape, where the demand for top creative talent is high. The process for hiring within the design field demands substantial human resources, can be time-consuming and comes with the risk of unsuitable hires.
There is an urgent need for recruiters to go beyond resumes to uncover untapped talent, which can be met by employing the pre-employment Aptitude Test for Designers by Mercer | Mettl to screen candidates. This Aptitude Test for Designers helps recruiters gain insights into candidates' creative aptitude and communication skills. Mercer | Mettl’s online Design Aptitude Test is an efficient tool recruiters can use to identify highly skilled design professionals. Aptitude testing is a reliable method for assessing if candidates are a good fit for the organization. Mercer | Mettl’s Aptitude Test for Designers also offers data-driven insights into candidates’ competence, problem-solving abilities, underlying thought process and approach, and more, which can be used to hire the best-suited candidates for creative job roles.
Design Aptitude Test competency framework
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Design Aptitude competencies under scanner
Design Aptitude Test
Competencies:
The Aptitude Test for Designers section assesses candidates' abstract reasoning skills. Candidates should be able to take complex ideas and determine the best way to represent them visually, which requires strong abstract reasoning skills.
This section of the Design Aptitude Test assesses candidates' ability to ensure accuracy and meticulousness in detail-oriented tasks using image-based questions.
This section includes questions from creative potential tests like ‘remote associates’ and puzzles like ‘rebus riddles’, which assess candidates' creative intelligence and ability to devise innovative solutions.
This section of the Design Aptitude Test covers a range of subskills, including reading comprehension, sentence completion, sentence rectification, etc. It assesses candidates' verbal aptitude for communicating effectively, understanding creative briefs, giving feedback, and presenting their ideas.
Customize this Design Aptitude Test
Flexible customization options to suit your needs
Choose easy, medium or hard questions from our skill libraries to assess candidates of different experience levels.
Add multiple skills in a single test to create an effective assessment. Assess multiple skills together.
Add, edit or bulk upload your own coding questions, MCQ, whiteboarding questions & more.
Get a tailored assessment created with the help of our subject matter experts to ensure effective screening.
The Mercer | Mettl Design Aptitude Assessment advantage
- Industry Leading 24/7 Support
- State of the art examination platform
- Inbuilt Cutting Edge AI-Driven Proctoring
- Simulators designed by developers
- Tests Tailored to Your business needs
- Support for 20+ Languages in 80+ Countries Globally
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. Can I obtain tailored reports for assessment takers who complete this assessment, explicitly focusing on their most crucial competencies?
Yes. We can tailor the reports of the test individually. Please contact Mercer | Mettl with the specific requirements. We will be more than happy to collaborate with you to find a suitable solution.
2. How are graphic design skills evaluated?
An online Design Aptitude Test to assess graphic designing skills is one of the best ways to hire creative professionals. Mercer | Mettl's Aptitude Test for Designers has been designed to objectively gauge candidates' innovative potential, skills, knowledge, experience, proficiency, aptitude, and abilities. The test can effectively aid recruiters in identifying and hiring skilled graphic design professionals.
3. What is a Design Aptitude Test?
A Design Aptitude Test is a pre-employment assessment that measures candidates' design and creative prowess and enables recruiters to determine their suitability for a particular design-centric role. The test helps recruiters ensure prospective hires have the aptitude and skills for design roles.
