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Ability Tests

What is the ability tests

The ability tests are exactly what they sound like - testing a candidate's ability to do something. These assessments provide information on your candidates People & Interpersonal Skills such as

  • Ability to understand human nature
  • Supervisor, trainer, and coaching abilities
  • Know how to handle people
  • Customer service strength
  • Understanding of effective communication
  • Willingness to confront difficult situations
  • Confidence & initiative

They also cover logic and critical thinking skills that will let you know how well your candidate will be able to think outside the box to solve problems. There are two different ability tests, the sales ability and the IC (Individual Contributor) ability. The sales ability test is recommended for any sales related role as it provides additional information on a candidate’s understanding of sales, and the IC ability is recommended for all other positions.

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"If I take a step back and look, it's been pretty amazing what we've achieved in that short period of time, and I'm pretty confident we wouldn't have achieved this level of success without engaging and working with Mike and the team."
Mike Haydon
Founder & CEO - 24 Hour Solar Power
24 Hour Solar Power
"The depth of information in these assessments is incredible. Not only have they helped me to hire great employees, but they also provide information I can think with when I'm managing and developing our people. They've had a huge impact on my team, and also on my own ability to understand and develop them. Their accuracy is amazing and I can't recommend them highly enough."
Kent Menos
Managing Director
Paragon Scaffolding
"Working with Mike has changed a lot of things for me. It's made sales calls so much easier and more enjoyable. It's really made me more confident and actually excited to get on sales calls, which is something I thought I would never say."
Amy Bliefnick
Founder - 511 West
511 West
"The results this provided were incredible. My life is easier and more effortless in every way. It's amazing how quickly resistance disappears with this process."
Rob Frketic
Client
ABA
"I've done a lot of personal development work and I've done some coaching as well. This is unlike anything I've ever done. This is unique and amazing. And I think the most favourite thing is it allows me to be more myself."
Amanda Kerr
Owner - Capricorn Real Estate
Capricorn Real Estate
"Mike really can drill down to the heart of what sits at the core of how we communicate and how we come across probably better than anyone else I've ever worked with. But what I really found valuable, invaluable actually with Mike's program is that it got to the crux of what sits at the centre of how you present, how you talk, how you communicate, and that was... There's nothing more important than that."
Peter Robertson
Director - W Porteous
W Porteous
"Working with Mike has created some significant shifts with me over the last 12 months. I think back to the person that I was a year ago and that level of anxiety that I had, and the pressure that I built up on myself, to now being in a state today where I'm comfortable simply being the captain of the ship and guiding that ship forward in amongst everything that we come up against day-to-day within the business, within life. It's a good place to be and it's a far better position to be in today than what it was when we first started."
Andrew Erkins
Co-Founder and CEO - Digit
Digit
"The money, time and effort that I've spent training with ABA, and I've done a considerable amount of courses, is second to none. The skills I've learned are real skills that you can put into action. You're actually practising and it's a lot like fight training. You see the skill you learn the skill you do the skill."
Pete Griffiths
Owner - iHunt Down Under
iHunt Down Under