How to Pass Selection Tests (TimesTesting Series)

* A proven best-seller: over 100,000 copies sold! If you are currently applying for jobs, the likelihood of being asked to sit a selection test is greater than ever before. How to Pass Selection Tests is a best-selling book that has helped thousands of people faced with just such a test. You can actually improve your score through preparation, and this fully revised and expanded new edition provides all the expert advice and practice material needed. There are hundreds of brand new numerical, verbal and clerical practice test questions, plus information on: why employers use tests; the most common types of test; how to improve your chances of success; what to do if you fail.Complete with answers and explanations, How to Pass Selection Tests will help you to familiarize yourself with the different types of question, boost your confidence and cope with nervousness. It is essential reading for anyone determined to succeed in a job search. Contents......Page 6 Introduction......Page 8 1 Aims of the book......Page 10 History of tests......Page 11 Reliability and validity......Page 12 Different types of test......Page 13 Fair and unfair discrimination......Page 16 Test conditions......Page 18 How the results are interpreted......Page 20 Why practice helps......Page 21 Make a decision......Page 22 Seek out relevant material......Page 23 Coach yourself......Page 24 Test strategies......Page 25 What to do if you fail......Page 26 4 Some of the most common types of test......Page 28 Tests of logical thinking......Page 29 Practice examples......Page 30 Verbal tests......Page 53 Numerical tests......Page 128 Clerical tests......Page 161 6 Answers and explanations......Page 203 Further reading from Kogan Page......Page 250 Since it was first published in 1991, How to Pass Selection Tests has become a best-seller, and proved to be of considerable help to thousands of people who face employers' tests. Candidates can actually improve their scores by preparing for such tests, and this fully revised and expanded new edition provides all the expert advice and practice material needed. The first part of the book advises candiates on the different types of test, why they are used, how to prepare for them, how to develop a successful test strategy and how to deal with anxiety. The second part of the book contains hundred The authors explain how selection tests work and give specimen papers so job applicants can prepare themselves well in advance. They also offer a range of advice and techniques for improving your test scores In recent years there has been a huge increase in the use of selection tests.