Assessment Centres and Aptitude Tests - Help!
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I have a virtual day-long Assessment Centre (AC) next week, with a final (virtual) interview the week after, for a job I'd really like. The HR provider has given some details of the AC, along with some practice tests for Abstract, Numerical and Verbal Reasoning.
I've just done these (12 Qs, 1 min 30 secs to complete each one), and I have not done at all well. I clearly need to get into the groove and do lots more, but does anyone have any helpful tips or useful sites I can look at please? I'd appreciate some online tutorials if such a thing exists.
The abstract reasoning test was especially bad, and I just can't seem to see the patterns. Numerical reasoning needed quite a bit of understanding or calculation of percentage differences, and I struggled with that.
Any tips gratefully received!
I've just done these (12 Qs, 1 min 30 secs to complete each one), and I have not done at all well. I clearly need to get into the groove and do lots more, but does anyone have any helpful tips or useful sites I can look at please? I'd appreciate some online tutorials if such a thing exists.
The abstract reasoning test was especially bad, and I just can't seem to see the patterns. Numerical reasoning needed quite a bit of understanding or calculation of percentage differences, and I struggled with that.
Any tips gratefully received!
Do you have any links to what you’re trying to do?
In my experience you need to go through a couple of examples with someone explaining the reasoning to get your brain in the right mindset......often they aren’t difficult but if you don’t ‘get it’ then they’re a nightmare
If I could see the specific examples (or ones like it) then am happy to help
In my experience you need to go through a couple of examples with someone explaining the reasoning to get your brain in the right mindset......often they aren’t difficult but if you don’t ‘get it’ then they’re a nightmare
If I could see the specific examples (or ones like it) then am happy to help
I can't copy the test, but the one I'm struggling with most is the Abstract Reasoning at this link:
https://be.hudson.com/en-gb/job-seekers/assessment...
https://be.hudson.com/en-gb/job-seekers/assessment...
CharlesdeGaulle said:
I can't copy the test, but the one I'm struggling with most is the Abstract Reasoning at this link:
https://be.hudson.com/en-gb/job-seekers/assessment...
Only had a quick look on my phone with no pen and paper, but you must have some special kind of mind to work those out in 90 seconds! I'm confident I could score 100% correctly given more time on each example, but it's avoiding going round in circles and coming to the same conclusions twice, then losing sight of the specific change I'm meant to be working out because I've become blinded by the puzzle as a whole.https://be.hudson.com/en-gb/job-seekers/assessment...
I guess it serves its purpose in establishing my mind isn't suited to whatever role it's testing for.
Yeah have to agree with darkslider after having done the abstract reasoning one. I did okay, but it was a serious struggle and paper absolutely essential.
The time is the killer - 2 mins on each would have been fine but 90 seconds meant I was either just in or out of time
My main advice from this is that the more you can practice them the better. I think I used ‘exclusion’ primarily...e.g. which of the base options did something none of the others did.
But definitely not easy and I thought I was good at this sort of thing!
The time is the killer - 2 mins on each would have been fine but 90 seconds meant I was either just in or out of time
My main advice from this is that the more you can practice them the better. I think I used ‘exclusion’ primarily...e.g. which of the base options did something none of the others did.
But definitely not easy and I thought I was good at this sort of thing!
Nightmare said:
But definitely not easy and I thought I was good at this sort of thing!
Yup - 100% agree with that.There has to be some kind of method you use to solve them, but I have no idea what it is or how to find it. I suppose you could google "how to solve abstract reasoning puzzles".
I gave in eventually and paid for a tutorial site, which is very similar but the time is for the batch of questions rather than 90 secs for each one, so you have the luxury of spending longer on them to start which is a bit of a false lesson. At least there is some explanation about what the question is looking for.
Anyway, I've got a little better. I'm using pencil and paper and am more familiar with the patterns and the things that can and do change. My scores still seem pretty low to me, although some of the comparative marks are in the higher percentiles. Speaking of which, I've had to re-learn some maths, notably percentages, which feature prominently in the numerical reasoning tests. It's a bloody nightmare!
Anyway, I've got a little better. I'm using pencil and paper and am more familiar with the patterns and the things that can and do change. My scores still seem pretty low to me, although some of the comparative marks are in the higher percentiles. Speaking of which, I've had to re-learn some maths, notably percentages, which feature prominently in the numerical reasoning tests. It's a bloody nightmare!
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Correct answers is the absolute metric I think. Guessing is probably better than not finishing.
I wonder if it's worth establishing a process of elimating wrong answers, rather than trying to come to the right one? If you don't work quick enough you may at least have narrowed it down to a 50/50 guess? Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff