Online psychometric tests..
Any ideas on the best way to prepare for these psychometric tests banks use in the (SA) application process?
Any ideas on the best way to prepare for these psychometric tests banks use in the (SA) application process?
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It's all about being able to do them quickly and accurately. I found personally the best preparation was doing lots of practice ones so that I was familiar with the format and the quickest way to do it. There's a number of good books and websites that you should do under timed conditions.
Once you have done enough too, you notice the same questions coming up again and again too.
Any recommended resources where there is a load of these practice tests?
Go to AssessmentDay.co.uk, they have everything and the price is more than fair.
Check out some of the companies that offer psychometric tests ; almost all of them have free sample tests available if you register. I would recommend Graduates First this is the one I have used but there is plenty of tests to choose from online.
Psychometric test (Originally Posted: 10/20/2008)
Has anyone ever taken the psychometric test by Macquarie bank? If so, can you describe its contents?
I'm in Australia and for me it was an SHL test, and you can take a sample one (google them).
Basically you get given a series of questions each with roughly 6 personalities and you choose the two that most and least accurately describes your character. The questions tend to repeat themselves over and over again to see if your responses are "honest"
http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/careers/flash/English_US…
Go to the above link for a sample of the types of questions you'll receive. There's really no way you can prepare for it, except to familiarize yourself with the question format. One tip is that during the actual assessment (for the abstract, verbal and math sections), work quickly but accurately, as most questions will have to be answered in under a minute each, on average.
I have sat it before and it was only slightly more difficult than the usual tests you would find online
Psychometric Tests (Originally Posted: 02/16/2007)
Has anyone been to one at an assessment center? What level are the difficulty of the questions? Any help on what sort of person they're looking for in the personality test?
can you wear jeans to one?
Just go to all the career section for any BB and you will find a section that states what type of people they are looking for. I'd start there.
I took one of the tests. I'd go to http://www.psychometric-success.com/ for a good indicator of what to expect.
I had a verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning portion to the test. Verbal was all critical reading like the SATs. Numerical was interpreting information from graphs and making various calculations. This was geared towards financial concepts as you might imagine. Analytical was pattern matching.
It's only difficult because of the time constraints.
The above website has practice tests for each type of section. The verbal and numerical portions were more difficult on the real test, but the abstract reasoning practice tests were very accurate.
psychometric sample test links / tips? (Originally Posted: 12/08/2006)
Hey,
Does anyone know of any URL's where I can practice for psychometric verbal and numeric tests.
I am aware of the sample questions on http://www.shldirect.com but would like more practice if possible.
Also, an issue for me, and I'm sure others is TIME. If anyone has tips / strategies with regards to tackling the Verbal or Numeric it would be great.
Thanks so much.
There's stuff about psych tests on efinancialcareers.com, or on doctorjob.com. You can also have practice tests on www.psl.co.uk, very similar to SHL. My advice if you take those: take it easy. Just practice a little bit of each test, practicing 50 times won't make you as fuckin' intelligent as Einstein or give you a 160 IQ. The very important thing is to be in awesome shape, to have had very good sleep the day before, and to keep your brain sharp for the moment when you take the tests (i.e., if you take them @ 2pm, don't fuckin practice twenty times in the morning :) ). If the tests you're taking are the regular online application tests, most of the time they're okay, just move at a breakneck pace between questions, it's pretty tight. And make sure you read the questions correctly as well :)
for numerical be well-practiced on exchange rate problems with different time periods..should take you about 5 minutes to brush up on but it'll pay off on the test
I study maths at university and still struggled with numerical test - it doesn't test actual in-depth mathematical knowledge, just simple operations but under time pressure and stress so I think it's normal to struggle if you haven't practised enough. I recommend registering on Graduates First to do some of the free sample tests they offer. There's plenty of other websites online as well
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