IB Screening - Practice for SHL Numeracy Tests?

Does anyone know where to get good practice at the numerical reasoning tests like the ones on www.shl.com ? Many banks use these to screen potential candidates...

I have run a search on the WSO forums, but there was no info about any books or online sites where you can get a lot of practice for these SHL tests...

 
timergooff:
No, if you apply to American offices of European banks, you still have to take those.
Ok

And also, I wasn't just talking about European Banks. American Banks in London also have numerical and verbal tests as part of the screening stage.

 
pedaltodaflo:
any idea on the level? how do u no if u passed?

They usually never tell you if you passed or failed. Your test scores are just taken into account as part of the screening process i.e. before a first round, you'd submit your CV, cover letter, answer some competency questions and take the tests . You then either get the interview offer or not, without knowing your test results.

 

I agree, being well rested is much more important than practising a lot.. I just made the mistake to take the paper test with 3 hours of sleep. The tests are easy if you have done one before.

 

There are some really good resources listed here, apart from the official sites of the companies like SHL, Assessment Day is pretty useful and not too expensive.

I also stumbled across http://www.practiceshltests.com the other day, they have a free sample of verbal questions and seem to be profiling different companies and how they use tests which could be useful for some people so thought I'd throw it out there.

Of course, being good at tests is one thing, getting a job when we all finish studying is something else entirely!

 

Welcome to online tests world. For me, personally, they are useless, quite hard sometimes and prove nothing. You may have a brilliant resume but if you are not good enough in some bullshit logical reasoning you won't even pass to the second stage.

If it comes to prepare - just do free online samples. A lot of them. The more you do, the better you are, but as I said, some of them are so stupid you may fail anyway.

Good luck, I am applying to London IBD as well.

 

I don't prepare for them as such, I just do them where possible in order of my lowest preference bank to highest. If you have a native English speaker and can do basics maths while having to sift through a lot of data these shouldn't be an issue. I'm not sure if I would contact HR. Whenever I have heard HR speak about the tests, they have described them as a screen to remove a certain amount of candidates, making the number of applications much more manageable. Not sure what view they would take of you failing one.

Was it for Lazard you failed the test? I think (but I'm not 100%) their standards are higher on the SHL tests than most other firms.

 

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