Areas of Aptitude Testing
As part of the standard hiring procedure, various companies include a proficiency test as part of the candidates' written assessment. The basic purpose of conducting such a test is to check a candidate's problem-solving ability. Along with that, the English portion of the exam allows companies to determine the candidates' communication skills. Placement aptitude tests generally follow the pattern of MBA entrance exams. The tests, while similar in patter, are much easier than MBA entrance exams and focus on the fundamental essentials that define fitness. In general, the three sections that make an appearance in any aptitude test are:
• Quantitative Capacity:
This section acts as a verification of the language skills and in a way, the candidate's communication skills. As with quantitative aptitude, the focus is on checking a student's basic skills such as grammar and vocabulary. The best way to prepare for this section is to improve your grammar and improve your vocabulary. Along with grammar and vocabulary, most placement tests have reading comprehension. The reading skills required for these are quite basic and advise you to tweak your reading habits by regularly reading newspapers and magazines.
• Verbal ability:
A certain percentage of students appearing for stage I are called for stage II, which is normally held in the month of February or March. Based on each student's performance (in GD & PI, written test scores, academic achievement, work experience and after-school background) admission offers are made in March and April.
• Data interpretation and logical reasoning:
The third section of the exam, although not regular on all exams, focuses on a student's analytical and analytical skills. In the data interpretation part, the questions appear in the form of evaluating graphs, graphs, foot diagrams and then performing the necessary calculations / evaluations presented by the questions. Logical reasoning includes games and questions based on puzzles that require logical thinking. These questions revolve around identifying the correct relationships or the correct logical order / sequence, etc. Regular practice of puzzles, puzzles and logical reasoning sets can go a long way in improving your attempt in this section. Exposure to different styles of reasoning familiarizes the brain with these patterns of reasoning and helps to identify the logic that operates behind these questions with ease.
The general nature of written aptitude tests is such that it does not require you to study hard; Rather, it places the demand to understand the fundamentals of the subjects, and the use of reasoning capacities for the same. The general difficulty level of the exams can be labeled as easy to medium and with regular practice, these exams can be easily broken.