Contents

Preface

1 Graduate psychometric tests

The challenge of open and fair recruitment

The maximum benefit of practice in ability tests

How much and what kind of practice?

Test-taking strategies

A summary of research findings

If you are invited to a graduate assessment centre

The group exercise or role play

Presentations

Written exercises

The interview

If you suffer from a disability

If you face a graduate assessment many years after leaving college

2 Personality and attitudinal questionnaires

Personality questionnaires in which there is strictly speaking no right or wrong answer

Practice for personality questionnaires

Practice at 40 more personality questionnaire statements

Attitudinal questionnaires to which there is most definitely a wrong answer

Situational awareness tests

3 Great candidate except for the maths!

A key skills diagnostic exercise

Glossary of key terms and methods

Sixty practice number problems

Five practice tests

Numerical test 1: Practice intermediate-level number problem test

Numerical test 2: Practice intermediate-level sequencing test

Numerical test 3: Intermediate data interpretation practice test

Numerical test 4: Practice intermediate-level data interpretation test

Numerical test 5: Advanced data interpretation practice test

4 English usage, reading comprehension and critical reasoning

If English is not your first language

If you suffer from a disability

English usage

Glossary

One hundred and thirty-five practice questions

Five practice tests

Test 1 Practice test of English usage

Test 2 Practice intermediate-level critical reasoning test

Test 3 Practice intermediate-level critical reasoning test

Test 4 Practice advanced-level reading comprehension and critical reasoning test

Test 5 Practice advanced-level reading comprehension and critical reasoning test

5 Answers and many explanations

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4