If you are interested in testing for analytical skills, look into Consulting domain. The Consulting domain is primarily based on analytical abilities in additio

If you are interested in testing for analytical skills, look into Consulting domain. The Consulting domain is primarily based on analytical abilities in addition to inter-personal skills. The hiring and interview practices of consulting industry, specifically case based interviewing, can offer you good insight. Identify the analytical skills that are important in a role. Find parallel scenarios where such skills are also needed that a person most likely to encounter either as hobby or in another familiar personal/professional settings. See how the person approaches the scenarios. After reviewing the resume and information available about candidate before interview, you most likely will be able to come up with certain line of questions that may give insights into specific analytical skills required for the role while not being unfamiliar scenarios to the candidate. For example, once a candidate during interview mentioned setting up his own home network for Internet connection. After discussing more details about his home network, I just asked him about how he will investigate "Page not found" message in a browser on a PC on his network. The responses and ensuing discussion told me a lot about the candidate capabilities in investigating and resolving problems that was the requirement for the role. Another time, a candidate mentioned liking Chess and American Football. After discussing chess and football with him for while, I just asked him to compare and contrast chess and football. The discussion told me a lot about the candidate capability in finding similarities between two seemingly unrelated situations and able to take lessons from one and apply to other.