| Employment and psychometric testing is now | | | | providing your answer. |
| common place for both employers and job | | | | 2. Reread each sentence if it be ambiguous, do |
| seekers. One test frequently used is known as | | | | not assume that you have the correct meaning. |
| verbal reasoning tests. Employers test your verbal | | | | It is the most common mistake made in these |
| skills of reasoning to determine your level of | | | | trials, control, and then double check before you |
| competence in language, spelling and grammar. To | | | | answer. The testers are aware of our tendency |
| pass this test you need to relax, take your time | | | | to believe and can build in ambiguity to test our |
| and read the entire question before you proceed | | | | levels of concentration. |
| to the answer. | | | | 3. Check the meaning of each word, the testers |
| Many of us briefly skin our books or the | | | | often use similar words to try to confuse. If you |
| newspaper as we read, subconscious actually | | | | do not understand a word or the context in which |
| getting most of the sentence rather than read | | | | it is written, break the sentence and eliminate the |
| the words in its entirety. It is a practice that | | | | wrong answers. |
| we've all been involved in since childhood without | | | | 4. Answer each question sequentially and do not |
| even realizing it until now. You can not do this in | | | | jump. It is far too easy to misinterpret a question |
| the testing process because it will impair your | | | | if you move from one side of the page to |
| ability to respond correctly. | | | | another, because your concentration does not |
| To successfully answer questions in these tests | | | | remain true to the test. |
| you must meet the following key: | | | | 5. Take time to check over your answers before |
| 1. Concentrate on the test, pay attention and | | | | the end, even if it means not answering the final |
| read every sentence in its entirety before | | | | questions. |