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Approach Social Work Online Test Practice
After you submit the application form, Frontline sends you a link to an online test that combines verbal reasoning and situational judgement in social-work scenarios.
More about this test
You have 7 days to complete it; it should take about 30 minutes and is not timed. This practice gives you 3 tests of 20 original questions: short passages, each with 3 True / False / Cannot say statements and a four-option comprehension question, and social-work scenarios where you choose one response as most likely and another as least likely. Every answer is explained. Start with 4 questions free.
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The practice tests
Test 1: 20 questions, 40 minutes · Test 2: 20 questions, 40 minutes · Test 3: 20 questions, 40 minutes
Each test: 3 passages with 4 questions each, then 4 scenarios asked twice (most likely, then least likely). Each practice test is always timed, with our 40-minute clock; Frontline’s own test is untimed, and it recommends allowing about 30 minutes.
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- 3 practice tests of 20 questions
- Verbal reasoning: True / False / Cannot say and comprehension
- Social-work SJT scenarios: most and least likely responses
- Every answer explained
- Your result by area
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Every test: instant score, answer review and a breakdown of topics to work on
Practice test 1
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Practice test 2
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Practice test 3
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The online test, from Frontline’s pages and video
- When: after you submit the application form, Frontline sends a link to the online test. You have 7 days to complete it.
- What: a combination of verbal reasoning and situational judgement tests, with realistic social-work scenarios. There are practice questions before you begin.
- How long: about 30 minutes, and you are not timed when answering. Frontline’s video says you must complete it in one sitting.
- Verbal reasoning: you read a short piece of text and answer questions about it, which tests your comprehension of what is written.
- Situational judgement: you read a scenario and pick the answers you are most and least likely to choose, based on your understanding.
- Frontline’s tips: its video says you do not need expert knowledge of social work to pass, but recommends visiting its website to learn the basics of what social workers do, reading each scenario carefully, using the practice questions, and basing your answers only on the information contained within the scenarios.
- Next: if you pass, Frontline reviews your application form before considering you for a half-day virtual assessment centre: a written exercise, a role play and an interview.
Checked on 8 November 2026 against Frontline’s application process page, its help centre and its online test video.
Before you buy
What do I get?
64 original questions. The free sample is 4 questions, taken once (one run, no retry): 1 passage with 2 True / False / Cannot say statements and 1 scenario asked twice (most and least likely). Then 3 practice tests of 20: each has 3 verbal reasoning passages (3 True / False / Cannot say statements and 1 four-option comprehension question each) and 4 social-work scenarios, each asked twice: the response you would be most likely to choose, then the one you would be least likely to choose. Every answer is explained, and your result shows your score by area (our practice categories) and your time per question. Resit any paid test as often as you like.
Are these Frontline’s test questions?
No. They are original practice questions written by ProSyllabus; none is a Frontline test item. They are built on what Frontline’s pages and video describe: the two parts of the test, the most/least format of its situational judgement questions, and its competencies. Our question design and practice scoring are our own; Frontline has not written or endorsed them.
What preparation resources does Frontline provide?
Frontline provides an applicant portal with detailed guidance and top tips when you register, practice questions immediately before you begin the online test, and a short video explaining the test; use all of them. Its separate quiz, ‘Is social work right for you?’, helps you reflect on the career. Our independent practice gives you 64 original questions, an explanation for every answer and your result by practice area.
Is the real test timed?
No. Frontline says it should take about 30 minutes, you are not timed, you have 7 days from receiving the invitation to complete it, and once started you must complete it in one sitting. Our practice tests are always timed, with a 40-minute clock, so you also practise pacing.
Does it cover the assessment centre?
Not this practice. It covers the online test only.
How do I pay and get access?
One payment, no subscription. You are charged in your local currency where our payment provider supports that currency. Access opens on this device straight after payment. Sign in afterwards to keep it on your account. Access does not expire.
Independent practice, not affiliated with Frontline or Approach Social Work. Every passage, scenario, person, place and figure is our own invention: none is a Frontline test item. Frontline’s pages and video do not give its specific answer options, scoring or pass criteria: our True / False / Cannot say statements, four-option comprehension questions, separate most/least question pairs and practice clocks are our own practice design, and we make no claim to know how Frontline scores responses or decides who passes. Purchase policy.