Starting to think I may just be stupid

I'm failing miserably in solving the online tests post applications. I got the job test prep practice packs and I solve questions just fine but I can never do them on time. I solved hundreds of these things but I still cant get them right on time. Starting to think I might just be stupid lmao.

I have tests due in 24 hours, and I have no idea how to not botch it.

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Don’t second guess yourself. If it’s simple & is one of the offered answers - go for it and move on.

Nobody is out there intentionally designing these tests to make you fail, at least in my experience.

Good luck on your tests!

 

I did a whole bunch of those tests. Got tons of rejections. Would sometimes wish I was some sort of genius that could just get them easy like some of my friends lol.

I did a test a notoriously difficult test for a BB bank, was convinced I flopped it. Turns out that's where I would land my summer internship.

I'm sure you'll do fine. If you go into it with a "high stakes" mentality you might get stressed and second-guess yourself. Don't do that. Simply go into it like a little online quiz with the mentality that if you pass, you pass. If you don't, oh well, move on. Exactly what I did after the MS test (I actually did quite well on it, to my surprise). Then when I went to do my BNPP test, I did really quite well.

Goes to show.

 

make fake accounts and submit apps and practice with the tests they send you until you are comfortable, then do your real one

 

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