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What is a Psychometric Tests?

 

TestIn the process of recruitment and selection, it is becoming increasingly common for large organizations to conduct Pscyhometric Tests as part of the complete assessment. The objective of this tests is to find if a candidate has the right attitudes, personality, characters and abilities for a particular position. In general, employees are required to have systematic approach to work, the ability to make quick decisions and lead effectively. While other jobs require some ability in calcuting numbers as well as the ability in analyzing and processing written information and concepts.

Most Psychometric Test consist of three sections as the following:

 

Numerical Ability

The ability to perform simple calculations accurately without a calculator. For example:

4.5% of 200 =

A B C D E
210 225 205 240 230

 

Verbal Reasoning

The ability to analyse and summarise the main point from a brief paragraph of text. For example:

The cost of manufacturing tractors in korea is twenty percent less than the cost of manufacturing tractors in Germany. Even after transportation fees and import taxes are added, it is still cheaper to import tractors from Korea to Germany than to product tractors in Germany.

Which of the following assertions is best supported by this information?

A) Labor costs in Korea are twenty percent below those in Germany

B) Importing tractors into Germany will eliminate twenty percent of the manufacturing jobs in Germany

C) The costs of tranporting a tractor from Korea to Germany is more than twenty percent of the cost of manufacturing the tractor in Korea

D) The import taxes on a tractor imported from korea to Germany is less than twenty percent of the cost of manuacturing the tractor in Germany

E) It takes twenty percent less time to make a tractor in Korea than it does in Germany


Logical Reasoning

The ability to match similar shapes and identify the next one in sequence. For example:

Reasoning


It is important to balance speed with accuracy. However, do not be discourage should you not able to complete all the question in time. The main purpose is to see how well is your perception towards the question. Hence, quality of accuracy is better than quantity of question answered.


Source: Free Practice Psychometric and Aptitude Test, 2009, from http://www.psychometric-success.com