Monday, 1 December 2008

Placement Adventures # 7 (изпит)

изпит - n. test (Bulgarian-English Webster Online Dictionary)

The Online Assessment is definitely not what one would expect, or at least, not what I expected. Here I will try to describe in detail the whole process so that you are
all prepared.

As most of the placement adventures, this one starts with online registration it is definitely a comparatively fast process, though. After the registration you enter into your own account. In my account there were four tests - two practice tests and two real tests. They were divided into two basic categories: logical and math.

1/ The Logical Reasoning Tests (LRT) started with a practice test of 5 questions. I have to say they were terribly easy. The actual or as they call it "main" test was 24 questions for 12 minutes and some of them were so difficult that I could hardly be sure of the answers.

Here is a website that could help you: www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/spatialtest

Here are some examples of questions:

The Answer here is C


The Answer here is D

2/ Numerical Reasoning Tests (NRT) were much harder. There were 5 practice questions, which I have to say were not too hard, some basic calculations. The main test was 20 questions for 20 minutes and the questions were so hard; the last four questions I, literally, just clicked to not leave empty!

I am fairly certain that for some people the online assessment is going to be a piece of cake while for others it is going to be extremely challenging. You cannot do with it, bu you can not do without it! As far as I am concerned, what is left for me now is WAIT FOR THE RESULTS!

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