How to Pass Professional Level Psychometric Tests : Contains Practice Tests for IT, Finance and Recruitment

by Al-Jajjoka, Sam

• ISBN13: 9780749442071
• ISBN10: 0749442077
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

Psychometric tests are increasingly popular with employers. They are used in recruitment, as well as being incorporated into staff development programmes, and provide detailed information on personality and ability. How to Pass Professional Level Psychometric Tests provides practice exercises that are relevant to those facing tests used in IT, management and finance recruitment, although some of the exercises are not exclusive to these areas and will have a wider appeal. By providing plenty of practice material, this book aims to increase candidates' understanding of the types of test they may face. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to contain 16 timed tests, incorporating over 500 questions, with the answers supplied.

Author Biography

Dr Sam Al-Jajjoka works as a course team leader and senior lecturer at Uxbridge College, School of IT and Computing

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
Psychometric tests for IT and finance	7	(54)
Diagrammatic reasoning using the alphabet	7	(17)
Diagrammatic reasoning using shapes	24	(8)
Diagrammatic reasoning using control process boxes	32	(10)
Answers to practice exercises	42	(19)
Psychometric tests for finance and management	61	(36)
Number series	61	(6)
Character series	67	(4)
Quantitative relations tests	71	(10)
Logical pattern and sequences	81	(4)
Table checking	85	(4)
Answers to practice exercises	89	(8)
Psychometric tests for IT	97	(34)
High-level programming language test	97	(1)
Compiler checking by tracking error	98	(3)
Compiler checking by line rules	101	(4)
Assembly language test	105	(9)
Spatial concepts	114	(9)
Answers to practice exercises	123	(8)
Common verbal reasoning tests	131	(10)
Verbal reasoning tests	131	(3)
Critical verbal reasoning tests	134	(5)
Answers to practice exercises	139	(2)
Common numerical psychometric tests	141	(46)
Introduction	141	(1)
Numerical estimation	142	(3)
Problem solving	145	(6)
Interpretation of graphs and data	151	(17)
Answers to practice exercises	168	(5)
Tips on solving the problems in problem solving	173	(3)
Tips on solving the problems in interpretation of graphs and data	176	(11)
Further reading from Kogan Page	187