What is Aptitude Assessment? that two persons of equal
intelligence have the same opportunities to learn a job or
develop a skill. They attend the same on-the-job training or
classes, study the same material, and practice the same length
of time. One of them acquires the knowledge or skill easily; the
other has difficulty and takes more time, if they ever master
the skill. These two people differ in aptitude for this type of
work or skill acquisition. Aptitude is variously defined as
innate learning ability, the specific ability needed to
facilitate learning a job, aptness, knack, suitability,
readiness, tendency, natural or acquired disposition or capacity
for a particular activity, or innate component of a competency.
are used to predict success or failure in an undertaking. For
vocational/career guidance and planning they are used to measure
different aptitudes such as general learning ability, numerical
ability, verbal ability, spatial perception, and clerical
perception. Objective aptitude tests are base