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HSBC mechanical reasoning tests
Practise for a mechanical reasoning test at HSBC. Timed picture questions on gears, levers, pulleys and circuits, with step-by-step solutions and score reports.
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Question 217:36
Gear A turns clockwise. Which gear turns the same way?
Which lever lifts the crate with less effort?
Which bulb lights up?
Answers
Gear A turns clockwise. Which gear turns the same way?
Which lever lifts the crate with less effort?
Which bulb lights up?
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HSBC mechanical practice tests
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Does HSBC use mechanical reasoning tests?
We do not have a list of the tests HSBC sets. A mechanical test goes with technical work. Employers set it for apprentices, technicians and engineers, so expect one only if the role is of that kind.
What the HSBC hiring process does have is a stage of online tests: it is stage 3 of 5. The email that invites you to it names each test, so read it before you choose what to practise. All five stages are on our page about HSBC.
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Which mechanical test format will HSBC use?
We do not know which mechanical test HSBC sets. The list has five that employers use, and what separates them is length: from 15 questions to 60.
Ours are short sets of picture questions, each with three answers to choose from.
SHL Verify
- Questions
- 15 questions
- Time
- 10 min
Multiple choice on gears, levers and simple structures.
Bennett BMCT-II
- Questions
- 55 questions
- Time
- 25 min
Pearson's test, used in engineering, airlines and the emergency services.
Aon scales mtu
- Questions
- 24 questions
- Time
- 15 min
Picture questions on mechanical and technical principles. Formerly cut-e.
Ramsay MAT
- Questions
- 36 questions
- Time
- 20 min
Household objects, tools and school physics, for apprentices and trainees.
Wiesen WTMA
- Questions
- 60 questions
- Time
- 30 min
Everyday objects, for jobs that use and maintain machinery.
These are the usual formats. Your invitation states the exact number of questions and the time allowed. Bennett, SHL, Aon, Ramsay and Wiesen are trademarks of their owners, who are not connected with this site.
How do you practise for a mechanical test at HSBC?
Most pictures come in pairs that differ in one thing: a longer lever, a larger gear, one more bulb. Spot what differs before you read the answers. When you get one wrong, work out which principle it was about, because there are only a handful.
Start with Mechanical Reasoning Test 1: it is free and needs no account. Then take the mechanical tests in the package with the timer on. Aim to answer a simple picture in a few seconds, so there is time left for the ones with several parts.
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Yes. Publishers use three words for one kind of test: comprehension (Bennett, SHL), aptitude (Ramsay, Wiesen) and reasoning. Whatever the name, the questions are pictures of gears, levers and circuits.
We do not know the test HSBC sets. The five in the list above allow between 27 and 40 seconds a question, so there is no time to work anything out on paper.
No. We are not connected with HSBC. The questions an employer uses are kept secret, and no practice site has them. Ours are the same kind of question, built on the same principles, with pictures of our own.
Yes. Mechanical Reasoning Test 1 is free: 4 questions in 8 minutes, with the answers explained and a report at the end. It opens without an account.
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