Landing a job sometimes entails more than just doing an interview. You might have to fill out an application or take a test. I just took an english test earlier today. What a joke that was! It was a 45 question exam - multiple choice. Took maybe 10 minutes to complete. And it's a reputable firm! Ernst & Young if you ever heard of them. Anyway, when you are done, you just click submit and you get the results. I got 43 out of 45 :)
There was one question that made me go huh 0_o???
He is ____
1) lazy
2) active
3) quiet
That was the question I'm not kidding!
I did another test when I was in Jeddah last week. That one was harder. It was also 45 questions - multiple choice, except it was math not english. And you only get an hour to complete it. The questions ranged from "easy" to "easy but needs some thinking" to "pretty hard" to "plain hard" to "fucking impossible". Anyway, I passed that test and now they want me to fill out this application form for them. It's all essay questions with a few self-assessment questions at the end. I think I'm going to have to embellish the truth a little bit on some of my answers. I mean they have questions on there like:
- Describe a time when you motivated a team you were leading and how you did it.
- Describe a time when you trained a team you were leading and how you did it.
Erm .. excuse me?
I have another test next week in Jeddah. That's with Unilever. According to their website ..
The aptitude test is a 70 minute paper based test. There are two sections in the test, Numerical (40 questions, 40 minutes) and Verbal (52 questions, 30 minutes).
All I can say to that is oh joy!!!
3 comments:
Just when you thought test days were over!!=D
lol @ some of the tests. Some companies make you do IQ tests! They are HARD.
yeah but at least with these tests there's no studying involved :D
mahoweh these tests arent designed individually, ma bighlbou 7alun il HR usually :D laheik u will find questions like describe a time when u motivated a team.. and ur thinking wtf? im a fresh grad!
u can always embelish :D its part of self marketing..
and i agree with galatea, when i was intervied by shittybank, they made me go thru a horrendous 3 hour assessment, min dimno an impossible IQ test! :pull out hair:
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