How to Pass Advanced Aptitude Tests: Asseess Your Potential and Analyse Your Career Options with Graduate and Management Level Psychometric Tests

by Jim Barrett

Overview

Many companies now use aptitude tests in job selection and assessment procedures. How to Pass Advanced Aptitude Tests is aimed at job candidates applying for positions of increased responsibility, where the selection procedures can be even more rigorous. It will familiarize candidates with the types of test they may face and allow them to improve their scores.

With abstract and practical tests, personality and career analysis, an occupation index and career agenda planner, How to Pass Advanced Aptitude Tests helps readers assess whether they are in the right job and which career path might be the right one for them. This new edition adds explanations to all the answers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780749461423
Publisher:	Kogan Page, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/28/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.52(w) x 8.62(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

Jim Barrett is a psychologist and consultant with many years of experience advising organizations on their selection procedures and assessment systems. He is the co-author of Test Your Own Aptitude and author of How to Pass Advanced Aptitude Tests and Aptitude, Personality and Motivation Tests (all published by Kogan Page).

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Introduction: How to Succeed with Tests 1

Part 1 Aptitudes 15

Introduction 16

Test 1 Visual Logic 20

Answers to Test 1 29

Explanations to Test 1 29

Test 2 Numerical Insight 34

Answers to Test 2 39

Explanations to Test 2 39

Test 3 Verbal Concepts 41

Answers to Test 3 46

Explanations to Test 3 46

Test 4 Form Recognition 49

Answers to Test 4 54

Test 5 Extrapolation 55

Answers to Test 5 63

Explanations to Test 5 63

Test 6 Technical 67

Answers to Test 6 75

Explanations to Test 6 75

Test 7 Analytical 79

Answers to Test 7 87

Explanations to Test 7 87

How to Interpret and Apply Your Aptitudes 92

Part 2 Personality 102

Introduction 103

Five Factor Personality Test (CODIT) 105

How to Interpret and Use Your Personality 111

Part 3 Career Analysis 132

Introduction 133

Career Analysis Test (CAT) 134

Directing Your Interests 149

Occupational Index 161

Career Agenda Planner 167

Bibliography 174