JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
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I'm sorry to say that this information is inaccurate. The assessment does matter. The interview is completely independent from the assessment. One has NOTHING to do with the other. Successful candidates must be successful on both. I will admit you can prepare for the interview and not really the assessment. Good luck to all candidates I hope this helps!
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Thanks to all, much appreciated!
I understand the personality/psych portion cannot be studied for. Same for psychomotor. Got it.
However, specifically, the math portion - is it solving EQUATIONS (multiplication, long-division, area of a triangle, computing sales tax given a certain price, a/c flying diff speeds along same route, where do they meet, etc. - like on lpj.com), or is it more like the VA MATH LOGIC test (5 different people leave for work at different times so who arrives first, does person A arrive after person C, does person B arrive after person A, etc).
Those types of questions can pe practiced for. Again, many thanks flyS
I understand the personality/psych portion cannot be studied for. Same for psychomotor. Got it.
However, specifically, the math portion - is it solving EQUATIONS (multiplication, long-division, area of a triangle, computing sales tax given a certain price, a/c flying diff speeds along same route, where do they meet, etc. - like on lpj.com), or is it more like the VA MATH LOGIC test (5 different people leave for work at different times so who arrives first, does person A arrive after person C, does person B arrive after person A, etc).
Those types of questions can pe practiced for. Again, many thanks flyS
#14
JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
Thanks to all, much appreciated!
I understand the personality/psych portion cannot be studied for. Same for psychomotor. Got it.
However, specifically, the math portion - is it solving EQUATIONS (multiplication, long-division, area of a triangle, computing sales tax given a certain price, a/c flying diff speeds along same route, where do they meet, etc. - like on lpj.com), or is it more like the VA MATH LOGIC test (5 different people leave for work at different times so who arrives first, does person A arrive after person C, does person B arrive after person A, etc).
Those types of questions can pe practiced for. Again, many thanks flyS
I understand the personality/psych portion cannot be studied for. Same for psychomotor. Got it.
However, specifically, the math portion - is it solving EQUATIONS (multiplication, long-division, area of a triangle, computing sales tax given a certain price, a/c flying diff speeds along same route, where do they meet, etc. - like on lpj.com), or is it more like the VA MATH LOGIC test (5 different people leave for work at different times so who arrives first, does person A arrive after person C, does person B arrive after person A, etc).
Those types of questions can pe practiced for. Again, many thanks flyS
The math is not difficult. It's equations like (off the top of my head) 4(x+20)=65 and things like that for 5-10 questions. That's it. If you can remember freshman year of high school you will do just fine.
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Is that answer -15/4? I don't think there was anything that hard on the assessment. If I remember correctly, the only thing that made the math challenging was the multitasking; playing frogger and doing math at the same time.
#18
JB INTRVW psychomotor tstng/aptitude-assess.
No idea, I suck at math and guessed at all of them. Those equations are the first thing that comes up after the multitasking session, you're not doing anything but the math. The ones during the multitasking are simple 5+8 and 3x7 type arithmetic.
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Like my 8th grade teacher said about the importance of doing algebra in your head, "You're not always going to have a calculator with you." Uh, yeah I do. Thank you Apple.
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I would love to get a hold of the data behind this one. The real data, not the "pass rate." Validation info, statistical power, what the distribution looks like, correlation with success, etc. I find it dubious.
Next up: Rorschach ink blot test. Does this look like a blue glove or a hotel key?