BBC online tests

Prepare for the BBC online assessment with our practice tests. Timed tests, step-by-step solutions and detailed score reports.

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BBC online aptitude tests

About the BBC

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the UK's broadcasting services complex. The Corporation carries out domestic television and radio broadcasting as well as external broadcasting conducted by the BBC World Service. The Corporation is not a state-owned media, but a public body with a Board of Control consisting of 12 Trustees appointed by the Queen.

The BBC is one of only two (along with Channel 4) public broadcasters in the UK. Legally, the BBC operates under the Charter (the charter under which the British Broadcasting Corporation exists). The BBC is a statutory corporation without shareholders.

Broadcasting House is the BBC headquarters located at Portland Place and Langham Place in London. The first radio broadcast from the building took place on 15 March 1932 and the official opening of the building took place two months later, on 15 May.

Profile figures as last updated in October 2026. The company's own reports have the current ones.

BBC practice tests

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  • Emma Richardson

    BBC tests

    BBC apprenticeship application. SJT questions here were really similar in style, the media context obviously different but the logic the same. Got an interview.

  • Dan Morgan, Bristol

    Revolut

    Revolut ops role had a logical test. Did the inductive and diagrammatic ones here for a week. Passed first go. Decent price too.

  • Chiara

    Good. Sometimes the explanation is a bit short for the harder questions but you can usually work it out from the steps given.

  • William Hartley

    DB numerical

    Deutsche Bank numerical test passed. The practice tests here are a close match in difficulty and the timer got me used to the pace. Reports after each test are detailed.

  • Sana

    Best numerical practice ive found and I tried 3 sites. The solutions show the quickest method not just the correct one.

  • Felix Baumann, Berlin

    BMW

    Good preparation for the BMW online assessment, the numerical and inductive parts in particular. The real one had an English language section which obviously this doesn't cover. Still good.

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What to expect from the BBC assessment

How the company hires, which tests to expect, how they are scored and how to prepare for them.

How does the BBC hire?

The BBC hires in five stages, and the online tests are the second, straight after your application. Three more stages follow for the people who get through.

The tests are the one stage with nobody on the other side: a score decides who goes through. They are also the one stage you can rehearse beforehand, which is what the rest of this page is for.

What happens at each stage, the interviews and the assessment centre included, is on our page about the BBC recruitment process.

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Which tests does the BBC use?

Expect a numerical and a verbal reasoning test: they are the pair most large employers set. Many add a logical test, a situational judgement test or a personality questionnaire, and technical roles often bring a mechanical test.

We do not know the exact set the BBC will send you: it changes with the role you applied for, and from one intake to the next. Your invitation email names each test and its publisher, so read it before you start practising. Our six packages cover every one of these kinds, and our page about the BBC psychometric tests goes through each, the personality questionnaire included.

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How are BBC tests scored?

Your raw score is turned into a percentile: your place among everyone who has taken that test. A percentile of 80 means you did better than 80 in every 100 candidates in the comparison group. Employers rarely publish the percentile they cut at, and we do not know the one the BBC uses.

Because the scale is relative, a couple more right answers near the middle of the group move you a long way up it. Our report gives you a percentile after every practice test, so you can watch yours climb.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the BBC, and our practice tests are not its own.

How do you prepare for BBC tests?

Take as many practice tests as you can, and change the settings as you go. Start with the solutions showing, so every question you miss is explained on the spot.

Then switch the timer on, take away the option to skip, and add negative marking, so a wrong guess costs you a mark. After a few tests like that, the real BBC test is one more run of something you have already done.

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Most likely a numerical and a verbal reasoning test, the pair most large employers set. Some roles add a logical test, a situational judgement test or a personality questionnaire. We do not know the exact set at the BBC, so go by your invitation email, which names each test and its publisher.

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