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Dutch capacity test: explanation and free practice

The Dutch capacity test measures your work and thinking level with verbal logical reasoning, maths without a calculator and abstract matrices. Different parts from the Defence style, so good to practise side by side.

Online test
Style of NOA, Ixly, LTP and PiCompany. Used by e.g. NN, KPN, DNB, APG, a.s.r., KLM and the Dutch Tax Administration.
Language
Dutch (English version available)
Duration
± 25 minutes

Parts

Verbal logical reasoning Verbal (Dutch capacity test)
10 questions · 7 minutes · 3 options

Assume the two statements are true. Does the conclusion follow?

Tip: Quickly draw two or three circles (Venn) on paper. Look for one drawing in which the statements hold but the conclusion does not: then the answer is “cannot say”.

Numerical ability Numerical (Dutch capacity test)
10 questions · 10 minutes · no calculator

Solve the word problems. No calculator: use pen and paper.

Tip: First write the sum out in words (“new = old × 0.85”). Only round at the end. For VAT: price including ÷ 1.21 = price excluding.

Matrices Abstract (Dutch capacity test)
10 matrices · 8 minutes · 6 options

Find the rules in the rows and columns and choose the missing figure (bottom right).

Tip: Find three rules separately: count the dots (left to right or top to bottom), follow the tip of the figure (rotation) and see how the colour moves. Check your answer in both the row and the column.

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Used by

a.s.r.a.s.r. Traineeship (1.5 years)ABN AMROTraineeships (o.a. Consultancy, Clearing, Wealth Management)AchmeaManagement Traineeship, IT Management Traineeship, Financial Management Traineeship, Data TalentshipAgrifirmSales traineeshipsAkzoNobelFinance Graduate Program and Graduate Engineering Training (GET)Albert Heijn / Ahold DelhaizeRetail management traineeshipsAllianderTraineeships Engineering, IT, Management and FinanceAPGAsset Management Traineeship (Investment & Portfolio Management, Quant, Finance & Risk)Dutch Tax AdministrationTax Talent Traineeship, Management Traineeship, Dual accountancy traineeshipBoskalisBoskalis Traineeship (12 months): Operations, Finance, FleetCoolblueNo formal traineeship: starter roles such as Junior Business Analyst, Junior Buyer and Junior Operations AnalystCorbionTraineeships (in the past via ORMIT)Damen ShipyardsDamen Traineeship (2 years: moving in, moving around, moving on)De Nederlandsche BankDNB Traineeship and Data & Technology Traineeshipde VolksbankHigh potentials traineeship (e.g. Finance, Risk)DeloitteTraineeships and graduate roles (e.g. AI & Data Traineeship)EnecoTraineeships (e.g. Energy Trade, Asset Operations)EnexisManagement Traineeship: 2 years, 2 to 3 assignments, starts every OctoberEYGraduate roles and traineeships (e.g. EY-Parthenon)GasunieGasunie Traineeship (e.g. project management, commercial, technical)Gemeente Den HaagTrainee Programme (2 years, three assignments, starts 1 September) and Hague Young Professional ProgrammePort of RotterdamPort of Rotterdam traineeshipHeijmansTraineeship (18 months, 3 roles) for vocational, bachelor and master graduatesHEINEKENGlobal Graduate Programme (o.a. Commerce, Supply Chain)Hoogheemraadschap van RijnlandRijnland Traineeship (2 years)JumboJumbo Traineeship (3 years) and Store Management TraineeshipKLMManagement traineeships: Business & Tech, Corporate, Engineering & Maintenance, FinanceKPMGYoung Talent Program (e.g. Assurance Traineeship)KPNYoung Talent Program (3 years): Business & Transformation, Tech & DataLidl NederlandTraineeships, e.g. Logistics management traineeship (18 months)NestléGraduate/trainee rolesNN GroupNN Traineeship: Business & Transformation, Finance & Risk, Technology & AINSNS Traineeship (engineering, IT, data, commercial, operations)Ormit TalentManagement Traineeship and Data & Management Traineeship: assignments at partner companies with a development programmePGGMManagement, Financial Management & Analytics and Legal Traineeship (2 years, starts September)ProRailTraineeships Data, Management, Technical Management and FinanceRabobankTraineeships (o.a. Rabo Global, Corporate Management)Randstad Groep NederlandManagement Traineeship (2.5 years, 2 to 4 roles, permanent contract)Dutch Government Trainee ProgrammeDutch Government Trainee Programme (2 years, start 1 September)RijkswaterstaatRijkswaterstaat traineeship (2 years, 3 eight-month assignments): engineering, ICT, procurement and contract managementRoyal AvebeInternships and traineeshipsRoyal CosunManagement traineeships (e.g. Future Food)SchipholCorporate Traineeship (2 years, 5 rotations)Signature Foods (Johma)Management Traineeship (2 years, two full roles): Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance or FlexStedinFuture Makers traineeship (2 years, 4 six-month assignments, for master’s graduates)TenneTInternational Traineeship (engineering, IT)Van OordImpact Traineeship (starts September 2027)VattenfallVattenfall International Trainee Programme (12 months)VionManagement Traineeship and Operations TraineeshipVitensBachelor/master traineeship (2 years) and Engineering traineeship

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