Cognitive Aptitude Standard

Stop Hiring on "Gut Feeling." Start Hiring on Logic.

Experience is what someone did. Critical thinking is what they will do. Filter candidates by their ability to interpret data, spot assumptions, and solve problems.

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Optimized for High-Performance Teams

Finance

Sales

Customer Success

HR & People

People

Revenue

Markets

Retention

Syllogistic Validation

"All high-performing departments maintain strict documentation. Some departments within this organization do not maintain strict documentation."

Conclusion: Some departments in this organization are not high-performing.

Does this conclusion logically follow from the premises?

The RED Framework

The Science of Cognitive Selection

Based on decades of organizational psychology, our framework measures General Mental Ability (GMA)—the single most accurate predictor of job performance ($r=0.54$).

Predictive Validity vs. Resume Data

Meta-analyses prove that years of experience and education have a weak correlation with performance. Logical aptitude provides the "Forensic Truth."

Critical Thinking Logic (Mettle) 0.54 Validity

Standard Job Interview 0.18 Validity

*Data based on Hunter & Schmidt’s 85-year meta-analysis of selection methods.

Why Logic Outperforms Experience

Cognitive Elasticity

Logical thinkers adapt to new markets and technologies 40% faster than those relying solely on previous tenure.

Objective Bias Shield

Experience often brings "legacy bias." Mettle candidates are tested for their ability to process pure data without emotional clouding.

RECOGNIZE

Implicit Bias Detection

Can the candidate separate objective fact from unstated presuppositions? Essential for strategic leadership and identifying hidden risks in complex contracts or sales discovery.

EVALUATE

Axiomatic Validation

Analyzing the structural integrity of arguments. This module ensures your hires can distinguish between substantive evidence and purely rhetorical appeals in high-stakes negotiations.

DRAW

Inductive Synthesis

Reaching valid conclusions from complex, incomplete datasets. This is the primary predictor of success in Finance, Legal, and Strategic Operations roles.

The Quantifiable Cost of "Intuition"

Unstructured interviews correlate with job success at only 0.20. Logical aptitude tests correlate at 0.54—the highest of any single predictor.

Eliminate the Halo Effect

Socially confident candidates often hide significant gaps in critical thinking. We ensure you hire for competence, not charisma.

Forensic Risk Mitigation

Candidates with low Inference scores fail to see downstream consequences. We flag these operational risks early.

HIGH RISK HIRE

Psychometric Analysis: CSM Candidate

57% Aptitude Score

Inductive Inference (Risk Detection) 33%

Summary: Candidate missed 4/6 questions on client risk logic. "Struggles to synthesize conclusions without explicit direction." (Validated against Gaurav Verma PDF).

Vertical Mastery

Precision Solutions for Every Team

Explore how Mettle Metrics identifies the specific cognitive traits required for high-stakes roles across the enterprise.

Institutional Finance

The Logic Gap: Financial Inconsistency

Analysts often present beautiful models that fail because the underlying logic of the assumptions (Interpretation) was never stress-tested.

The Mettle Impact

"We used Mettle to screen our Associate intake. We identified three candidates with high pedigrees but critically low Deduction scores—avoiding hires who would have missed key risk signals in our portfolios."

— Managing Director, Global PE Firm

Critical Metric: Inductive Synthesis

Ability to identify logical patterns in fiscal data before they become trends.

28%

Decrease in Model Error Rates

Enterprise Sales

The Logic Gap: Unseen Objections

AEs often lose deals because they take prospect statements at face-value, failing to "Recognize Assumptions" in a prospect's budget or political landscape.

The Mettle Impact

"We stopped hiring for 'hustle' and started hiring for 'logic.' Our top performers now have the highest scores in Recognizing Assumptions—they actually listen to what's NOT being said."

— VP Sales, Tier-1 SaaS

Critical Metric: Recognition of Assumptions

Decoding the unstated beliefs that move—or kill—multimillion-dollar deals.

1.4x

Increase in Average Deal Size

Strategic People Ops

The Logic Gap: The Halo Effect

Hiring teams often over-index on brand-name previous companies. Logical aptitude testing creates an objective baseline that bypasses institutional bias.

The Mettle Impact

"Mettle allowed us to scale our HR hiring from 10 to 100 people a month without diluting the cognitive quality of our leadership. It's our 'Forensic Truth' filter."

— CHRO, Fortune 500 Fintech

Critical Metric: Cognitive Elasticity

Predicting which candidates will adapt when the business pivots.

35%

Reduction in Performance Mis-hires

Customer Success

The Logic Gap: Churn Blindness

CSMs with low Inference scores fail to see risk in 'silent' accounts. They react to churn instead of logically anticipating it through health signals.

The Mettle Impact

"Since introducing Mettle, we've hired CSMs who are naturally diagnostic. They can infer a renewal risk 6 months out just by analyzing small shifts in user behavior logic."

— Head of CS, Cloud Scale Platform

Critical Metric: Inference & Deduction

The ability to connect disparate data points into a single strategy.

22%

Improvement in Proactive Retention

Stop Hiring on "Gut Feeling." Start Hiring on Logic.

Conclusion: Some departments in this organization are not high-performing.

The RED Framework

The Science of Cognitive Selection

Predictive Validity vs. Resume Data

Why Logic Outperforms Experience

Cognitive Elasticity

Objective Bias Shield

Implicit Bias Detection

Axiomatic Validation

Inductive Synthesis

The Quantifiable Cost of "Intuition"

Eliminate the Halo Effect

Forensic Risk Mitigation

Psychometric Analysis: CSM Candidate

Vertical Mastery

Precision Solutions for Every Team

Institutional Finance

The Mettle Impact

Critical Metric: Inductive Synthesis

Enterprise Sales

The Mettle Impact

Critical Metric: Recognition of Assumptions

Strategic People Ops

The Mettle Impact

Critical Metric: Cognitive Elasticity

Customer Success

The Mettle Impact

Critical Metric: Inference & Deduction

Quantify your team's intelligence.