Online aptitude tests are the new mode of aptitude and reasoning tests that are often
required to be taken for various job positions. All the major industries, like,
banking, finance, telecom, IT or administrative and public service jobs require
candidates to take some form of aptitude test whether online or paper based.
In this article, we will provide all the relevant details of online
aptitude tests.
A Brief about aptitude tests
Aptitude tests are designed in a systematic and a structured way
to understand and evaluate how different people react to different situations.
This gives employers an
overall idea of the mental reasoning ability and helps to predict the future
work performance issues of a candidate with proven methods that are supported
scientifically by various studies on the matter.
These tests are evaluated with standardized methods of scoring and
administration and usually involve quantifying the results and comparing them
to how the others have performed in the similar test.
Nowadays such aptitude tests are increasingly being administered with the help of a computer
and are done online.
Structure of online aptitude tests
Here is a list of common topics that are usually included in online aptitude tests irrespective of the
administering industry:
1. Logical reasoning, like for example letter sequences
2. Nonverbal
reasoning, diagrammatic reasoning, abstract reasoning, inductive reasoning, etc..
3. Numerical reasoning
4. Numerical
reasoning with graphs and data tables (mainly occur in aptitude tests of
banking and finance industries)
5. Verbal reasoning with questions on comprehension reading and
answering questions from the same
6. Verbal reasoning regarding questions on synonyms and antonyms
7. Computer aptitude test, analyzing certain fundamental knowledge
areas regarding computers
8. Verbal logic test
9. Test on candidate’s vocabulary
10.
Homonyms test
11.
Lateral or creative thinking
quiz
12.
Spelling or punctuation tests
this is not strictly a psychometric test but does work towards identifying the
candidate’s verbal skills for applications mainly
13.
Lateral logical-mathematical quiz
14.
Secondary lateral thinking quiz
15.
Another way of lateral thinking
test with riddles
16.
Teamwork style tests
17.
Career Explorer tests
18.
Leadership skill tests, not
very common but is sometimes included describing various stressful situations in the questions that
require an answer to what the candidate
will do to solve them in an appropriate manner reflecting their leadership
abilities
19.
What are your strengths test,
this test is also not a standard category
but is often included to determine what are the candidate's
strong points
The other type of aptitude test
Aptitude tests are often grouped into
different categories based on the kind of cognitive ability they are focused on
assessing. The other type of aptitude tests is:
Fluid intelligence test
The test is used to indicate a person’s ability to reason and
think effectively, abstractly and
strategically in order to find the solution to a problem.
Testing an individual for this skill enables the
employers to determine the following things –
Whether you possess the ability to learn new
skills faster.
Are you an efficient problem solver?
Can you think strategically which is pertinent
for particular job profiles?
Do you have the ability to quickly incorporate
new information?
Are you able to deal with ambiguity in decision-making
etc.?
What to expect
The things one can expect from
these tests are:
1.
One has to
complete each and every question in a total time of not more than 30 seconds. The
set time limit and difficulty level of the problems are set in such a way that
1 to 5 percent of the population can correctly answer all the questions in the
given time frame
2.
Each test
question contains multiple choice answers options. To solve a question
successfully, you will be required to identify one or more logical patterns or
rules to determine the next shape or the odd one out of the combination
effectively.
Author- Aditya Singhal
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