How to Use aptitude test in a Sentence

aptitude test

noun

• Ali had twice failed Army aptitude tests during the Vietnam War.
  — Linda Qiu, New York Times, 8 June 2018
• Participants will be invited to take a free aptitude test at the end of the evening, the release said.
  — Katia Parks, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2023
• Some districts do require students to pass the armed services aptitude test, but not all.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 22 Dec. 2019
• Here are some hints: this type of public school dominates the list of top schools as measured by Colorado state tests and college aptitude tests.
  — Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2019
• In response, the Nordic country raised the age limit for firearm purchase applicants from 18 to 20, and introduced an aptitude test.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 2 Apr. 2024
• And almost everyone in that group is already enrolled in college, lacks a high school diploma or can’t pass Army aptitude tests.
  — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 17 June 2018
• One popular career-aptitude test given to students even came in blue versions for boys and pink versions for girls.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 1 Mar. 2018
• All recruits must pass a battery of physical and mental aptitude tests.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2018
• As part of the process, the Army will use a new aptitude test designed to identify soldiers who have a higher potential for being successful recruiters.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• Sanford Wilbourn took an aptitude test in high school and the results pointed him toward a career in farming or engineering.
  — Kimberly Dishongh, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2021
• The entire board favored one new spending item: covering the costs of the college aptitude tests that many colleges require applicants to submit.
  — Howard Blume, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
• In addition to aptitude tests, students should expect that companies will perform background checks and drug screenings as part of the hiring process.
  — Cheryl P. Rose, Houston Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2019
• Racially disparate pass rates on aptitude tests aren’t just a problem for aspiring teachers.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• The aptitude test measured the basic musical skills of pitch, melody and rhythm discrimination.
  — Cindi May, Scientific American, 21 May 2021
• During the summer between his junior and senior years, he was given an aptitude test to assess his potential.
  — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2020
• Because so many new draftees were flooding into the armed forces, psychologists had begun to devise aptitude tests that would find the perfect job for every soldier.
  — Wired, 13 Nov. 2019
• Wilkerson’s aptitude test results led him to be trained as a pilot at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
  — Alexandra Kukulka Chicago Tribune (tns), al, 3 Mar. 2023
• Sejour gave a recent talk at Booker T. Washington High before the students took their college aptitude tests.
  — Nancy Dahlberg, miamiherald, 10 June 2018
• About 75 candidates who passed the aptitude test were then interviewed by three evaluators: Sgt.
  — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• The best candidates in any service branch are able to tear up a physical training course, score well on mental aptitude tests and possess the willpower to complete long, difficult training that — for the Air Force — can run as long as three years.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 30 June 2018
• Replicating other results, Bressan showed that over the whole population, women scored lower in the math aptitude test.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Aug. 2018
• Ask whether aptitude tests are offered, then research what kinds of jobs are available for someone with your qualifications and interests.
  — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
• Those markers included a high percentage of high school graduates and a relative fraction that placed in the lowest category of the armed forces aptitude test.
  — Adam Zuvanich, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018
• Rice filled out an application and took an online aptitude test -- the same one GM gives to all prospective manufacturing employees.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 18 May 2020
• Thanks from students with dyslexia In one scene, for example, members of the ensemble portrayed the struggle of keeping their inner, childhood dreams alive while tackling aptitude tests, content mastery and paths to a career.
  — Don Maines, Houston Chronicle, 14 Nov. 2019
• The series found thoughtful and funny ways to examine systematic prejudice, like youngest son Michael (Ralph Carter) pointing out that a school aptitude test is filled with questions geared to the experiences of more well-to-do white people.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• Cohen’s research has found that toddlers who drink beverages sweetened with added sugar, as well as children born to mothers who drank these beverages while pregnant, tend to score worse on childhood intelligence and aptitude tests.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2019
• Hill took a firmer, more motherly approach, registering her for a career aptitude test and an interviewing workshop and encouraging her to come back later for more one-on-one counseling.
  — Sophie Quinton, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2018
• Will and Tom are arrested and made to take aptitude tests and undergo psychological evaluations.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 28 June 2018
• After spending her firs two years of college considering other career paths including a music teacher and speech therapist, Tammy was introduced to aviation by way of an aptitude test and hasn’t looked back since.
  — Rachaell Davis, Essence, 14 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024