How to pass graduate psychometric tests : essential preparation for numerical and verbal ability tests plus personality questionnaires / Mike Bryon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryon, Mike.

Series:

Testing series (Kogan Page (Firm))

Testing Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment tests--Study guides.

Employment tests.

Psychometrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests provides a huge bank of questions as well as advice and practice exercises to help you prepare for the rigorous tests used by employers, helping you to build up speed, accuracy and confidence.Covering a range of numerical and verbal skills, it provides 500 practice questions, including 10 realistic full length practice tests; a glossary of essential terms in English usage; a glossary of key mathematical terms and methods; study tips and winning test strategies; answers, explanations and interpretations of your scores. With information on what to expect w

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 Graduate psychometric tests; The challenge of open and fair recruitment; The maximum benefit of practice in ability tests; How much and what kind of practice?; Test-taking strategies; A summary of research findings; If you are invited to a graduate assessment centre; The group exercise or role play; Presentations; Written exercises; The interview; If you suffer from a disability; If you face a graduate assessment many years after leaving college; 2 Personality and attitudinal questionnaires

Personality questionnaires in which there is strictly speaking no right or wrong answer Practice for personality questionnaires; Practice at 40 more personality questionnaire statements; Attitudinal questionnaires to which there is most definitely a wrong answer; Situational awareness tests; 3 Great candidate except for the maths!; A key skills diagnostic exercise; Glossary of key terms and methods; Sixty practice number problems; Five practice tests; Numerical test 1: Practice intermediate-level number problem test; Numerical test 2: Practice intermediate-level sequencing test

Numerical test 3: Intermediate data interpretation practice test Numerical test 4: Practice intermediate-level data interpretation test; Numerical test 5: Advanced data interpretation practice test; 4 English usage, reading comprehension and critical reasoning; If English is not your first language; If you suffer from a disability; English usage; Glossary; One hundred and thirty-five practice questions; Five practice tests; Test 1 Practice test of English usage; Test 2 Practice intermediate-level critical reasoning test; Test 3 Practice intermediate-level critical reasoning test

Test 4 Practice advanced-level reading comprehension and critical reasoning test Test 5 Practice advanced-level reading comprehension and critical reasoning test; 5 Answers and many explanations; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4

Notes:

"Reissued 2013."

"Over 500 practice questions"--Cover.

ISBN:

9780749468002

0749468009

OCLC:

840418281