How to Pass Selection Tests: Essential Preparation for Numerical Verbal Clerical and IT Tests (Testing Series) - Softcover

Modha, Sanjay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 074944374X ISBN 13: 9780749443740

Publisher: Kogan page, 2005

Synopsis

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 hundreds of practice questions relevant to some of the most common types of test used for selection purposes.

By working through these candidates will be able to familiarise themselves with the types of question asked, boost their confidence and cope with nervousness - all key factors in achieving success. The practice material includes verbal and numerical psychometric test questions, complete with answers and explanations.

How to Pass Selection Tests is based on real life preparation programmes devised by the authors, and is essential reading for anyone who is faced with such a challenge, and is determined to succeed.

About this title

About the Author

Sanjay Modha BSc(Hons) Msc is a full time lecturer in a large Further Education College in London. He currently teaches Computing but has taught on a wide range of courses. He is also a qualified and registered user of Psychometric tests. Sanjay Modha has been involved in the setting up and running of recruitment and selection courses for large business organisations and government departments.

From the Inside Flap

REAR COVER:

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.

Mike Bryon runs a training consultancy in London, and is a recognized expert in psychometrics and training solutions. He is the compiling editor of The Times Testing CD-ROMS and the author of How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests, The Advanced Numeracy Test Workbook, How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests and How to Pass Secondary School Selection Tests, all published by Kogan Page.

Sanjay Modha has an MSc in Occupational and Organisational Psychology. A researcher and senior lecturer, he is the co-author of How to Pass Technical Selection Tests (with Mike Bryon), and author of How to Pass Computer Selection Tests, also published by Kogan Page.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan page
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074944374X
• ISBN 13: 9780749443740
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 208