Tuesday 25 June 2013

Solving the screening test (English Portion)

Usually the first step of the recruitment process for most of the companies is the aptitude test which somtimes also contains some technical questions as well. I am not an expert in solving aptitude tests. Here I am just disclosing the techniques that I adopted to sole such tests.
English, Mathematical and Analytical portions are usually there in almost every test. The first and foremost thing that is needed to be done is time distribution. Divide your time into say 3 portions if your test contains 3 parts. The time allocated to each part should be proportional to the number of of questions in that particular portion. Start with English/ Verbal first.Carefully read the statement once, analyze it for a couple of seconds and then try to find some logic that support your answer unless you are damn sure of it. This whole process should take maximum 20-25 seconds if the statement is short. If you fail to find a logic to support your answer then start with a reverse approach and start eliminating those answers which you think are completely wrong.This might leave you with 2 or 3 options. Now select the one which has the maximum chances of being the correct one.
Do this process once only, don't waste time because for Verbal portion if you dont get to the answer in first thirty seconds then you might end up at the same situation after 1 or 2 minutes. Save your time for Maths and Analytical