Ultimate psychometric tests : over 1000 practical questions for verbal, numerical, diagrammatic and personality tests
Bryon, Mike2018
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Are you faced with an upcoming psychometric test as part of a job application? Do you want to practise your technique and perfect your score? The best-selling Ultimate Psychometric Tests, now in its fourth edition, is the biggest book of its kind, containing over 1000 practice test questions of a multitude of different types of tests with accompanying answers and explanations. Providing sample questions from all the major types of test, including verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, personality questionnaires, non-verbal and diagrammatic reasoning, new tests also now include spatial recognition and visual estimation, situational awareness tests as well as quantities and conversion tests. Ultimate Psychometric Tests also includes an overview of which companies employ which tests, including L'Oreal, Sony, HMV, Toyota and IKEA among others and it has plenty of advice on how to get test-wise and seriously improve scoring. The use of psychometric tests in job selection procedures is more prominent than ever and for unprepared candidates they represent a considerable challenge that can get in the way of them successfully landing a new job. This is your definitive guide to acing any type of psychometric testing you encounter as well as keeping your mind sharp and active.
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Edition:
Fourth edition.
Imprint:
London : Kogan Page, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
viii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Previous edition: 2015.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Psychometric tests and questionnaires: what are they? -- Why employers use them -- Big players in the testing industry -- What to expect -- 2.How to pass psychometric tests and questionnaires -- The value of preparation and practice -- Get wise -- How much and what kind of practice -- Undertake two sorts of practice -- Set yourself a personal challenge -- The winning mindset -- What to do if you fail -- 3.Situational judgement and personality questionnaires -- Customer care -- Communicating with others -- Your approach to decision making -- Your approach to planning -- Managing people and resources -- Motivating yourself -- Features of your ideal role -- Your attitude towards risk -- Appropriate responses in work -- Situational awareness -- 4.Verbal reasoning -- Word link -- Word link -- synonyms -- Word link -- opposites -- Find the new word -- Word swap -- Sentence sequencing -- Best word(s) to complete a sentence -- English usage --Contents note continued: Identify the correct sentence or word(s) -- Read a passage and evaluate a statement -- 5.Numerical reasoning -- The key operations -- Sequencing -- Number problems -- 6.Non-verbal reasoning, mechanical comprehension and data interpretation -- Non-verbal reasoning -- Features in common -- Find the shape that completes the series -- Completing the series in columns and rows -- Mechanical comprehension -- Data interpretation -- Spatial recognition and visual estimation -- Input-type diagrammatic tests -- 7.Answers and explanations -- ch. 3 Situational judgement and personality I questionnaires -- ch. 4 Verbal reasoning -- ch. 5 Numerical reasoning.
ISBN:
9780749481636 (paperback)
Dewey class:
153.94
Language:
English
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BRN:
364341
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 153.94 ULT | Available |