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There is no 'fail' in the Morrisby Test as I understand it. Some of the suggestions that can appear are pretty odd but provided you realise that they are 'suggestions' of 'types' of careers then it makes sense. Im my son's case the suggestions were spot on. It helped re-focus him. He also got a full hour's feedback with a fantastic careers adviser and a further report with action plans. I think that was great value for the money.
Like I say it was remarkably accurate in the case of my son and I was very impressed - it also gave him a huge boost in confidence and a mark of his inherrent abilities. This is why I think it's particularly useful for youngsters and career/education planning.
I am not convinced about the tests done on site as part of interview. I had one for Glass's Guide (several years ago) and it was nothing like the Morrisby Test, just hundreds of multiple choice questions on a computer. It took me about an hour - then I had to wait for an hour before the second (personal) part of my interview.
I think these things can be useful if done well but can be also very misleading and flimsy - there are so many of them out there and some are pretty rubbish.
Like I say it was remarkably accurate in the case of my son and I was very impressed - it also gave him a huge boost in confidence and a mark of his inherrent abilities. This is why I think it's particularly useful for youngsters and career/education planning.
I am not convinced about the tests done on site as part of interview. I had one for Glass's Guide (several years ago) and it was nothing like the Morrisby Test, just hundreds of multiple choice questions on a computer. It took me about an hour - then I had to wait for an hour before the second (personal) part of my interview.
I think these things can be useful if done well but can be also very misleading and flimsy - there are so many of them out there and some are pretty rubbish.
camgear said:
Just interested out of curiosity really, I'm not a recent school leaver, just curious as to how accurate these tests actually are 
From what capacity, if you're a parent then I'd recommend it. If you're an employer using it for assessment/selection purposes then I wouldn't.As for previous comment about 'fooling the test'. You might on some but not on this particular one. I saw the booklet when I took my son in. It would be pretty difficult/impossible to do that (not the interests questionaire but the actual test).
I did one at College at 16, which was their token gesture at careers guidance, and the recommendation was that I should become a pilot.
Given that my College was on the posh side, this was frowned upon as I wasn't therefore destined for greatness as an oxbridge graduate lawyer, doctor or political luminary. It was further confirmation that I didn't fit in, which I quite enjoyed given that I was surrounded by rich kids with varying levels of intelligence (from rocket scientists, to those who would be intellectually challenged by a part trained circus monkey).
I was highly impressed as being a pilot was quite close to astronaut, which at that point had been my lifelong dream.
I now work in HR.
Given that my College was on the posh side, this was frowned upon as I wasn't therefore destined for greatness as an oxbridge graduate lawyer, doctor or political luminary. It was further confirmation that I didn't fit in, which I quite enjoyed given that I was surrounded by rich kids with varying levels of intelligence (from rocket scientists, to those who would be intellectually challenged by a part trained circus monkey).
I was highly impressed as being a pilot was quite close to astronaut, which at that point had been my lifelong dream.
I now work in HR.
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