Thursday, 7 November 2013

Aptitude Test

Aptitude literally means a natural talent. It is an inevitable truth that it comes with us by our birth but it is to be explored and developed within by continual efforts and that can be achieved by understanding and practicing the concepts of aptitude. In today’s contentious environment, an aptitude test is considered as an importance tool in identifying personal and career objective of individual and provide them enhancement on that particular skill sets and provide assistance and direction for their future growth in any particular field.  Aptitude is not knowledge; it’s an understanding, learned or acquired abilities (skills) or attitude.

There are mainly three types of aptitude test:
1     Quantitative
2       Logical
3       Verbal

It helps to find out the interpersonal or communication skills of a person.

Day by day increasing competition and invention of cutting edge technologies are the results of revolution in the global Educational system and use of process oriented learning environment; which is essential for the modern corporate world. For the engineering students and Job seekers starting an educational journey or professional career depends on the performance in the selection processes which are conducted by various organizations. So, it is absolutely necessary for the students who want to make their career grow in any sector and job seekers to prepare themselves for different types of Aptitude Tests; which have become essential part of any type of a modern selection process. Aptitude test is also becoming an integral part of hiring process for many companies as it also helps recruiting organizations in identifying true potential of the candidates and their job satisfaction.
The result of the aptitude test can be used for analysis of interests, weakness and strengths of any individual. It is highly recommended to appear in various online aptitude tests available on sites. But most people think that appearing for a bunch of test make him comfortable to crack any written test, It’s not. Good practice requires dedication, working with focus, understanding of the problem, analyzing what went wrong and working on those weak spots and moreover it requires practice, practice and practice.

Tips on Successful Test taking:

1.      Concentrate and try your best.
Don’t be panic and avoid your nervousness. Focus your concentration and try to give your best in it.

2.      Budget your time.
One of main objectives of Aptitude test to check the time management skills of a person. Divide your time according to the level of questions. Try easy questions first, don’t waste much time on tough and hard questions. If you are not able to solve a problem, don’t waste time just move on.

3.      Read the instructions
Don’t think that reading the instructions, its only wastage of time. Read the instruction carefully before starting your test.

4.      Read the test questions carefully.
Last but not the least read the question carefully and understand the problem statements correctly. Most of the people interpret the question fallaciously and mark the wrong answer.