At the annual Combine, NFL coaches and scouts rely heavily on 2 tests — and neither of them are easy.
It's that time of the year, when professional football hopefuls assemble in Indianapolis for the National Football League's annual Combine, where they'll participate in a round of activities to test their physical prowess.
Both exams have at least one thing in common: NFL coaches and scouts are relying on them now more than ever. With that in mind, I decided to take the tests myself and see how I measured up. "The sports side of our business with the Combine and teams is actually the smaller side of what we do," said Callahan."Most of our work is with organizations large and small that are using cognitive ability alongside other predictive factors like personality and motivation to help find the right fit for an individual in a particular role."
The A in AIQ stands for"athletic," meaning the test has no vocabulary or math questions. It's made up of 10 minitests that each take two to three minutes. The entire exam takes about half an hour, and the minitests were varied. Some focused on memorizing numbers and patterns, while others were about rotating and matching images. Some were about reaction times.