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Patterns of Job Tests
December 22, 2007

Selection process of each recruiter differs from one another – some may include GD in the selection process while others not, some includes Managerial Interview in addition to Technical & HR interview while others may just go for HR interview alone.

The purpose of this post is just to give you a very brief overview of the different phases of a selection process without going into details (which are discussed in subsequent topics like Aptitude Test, Technical Test, Psychometric Test, Group Discussion, Interview).

All these exams invariably contains atleast one of above four test sections: General Awareness, General English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability. To illustrate this, I am showing below the written exam pattern of some popular exams below:

Pattern of SBI PO exam:

Pattern of SBI Clerical written exam:

Written test will consists of Objective type questions in following five papers:

1.0 General Awareness.

2.0 General English.

3.0 Quantitative Aptitude.

4.0 Reasoning Ability.

5.0 Marketing Aptitude / Computer Knowledge.

SSC CPO (Central Police Organisation) exam pattern:

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) exam pattern:

MAT is a 2hr-30min test with following five sections, each of 40 marks:

1. Language Comprehension: 40 Questions, 30 mins.

2. Mathematical Skills : 40 Questions, 40 mins.

3. Data Analysis and Sufficiency: 40 Questions, 35 mins.

4. Intelligence and Critical Reasoning: 40 Questions, 30 mins.

5. Indian and Global Environment: 40 Questions, 15 mins.

All the questions are multiple-choice objective type questions.

Selection processes of some major IT industries:

Job Tests Pattern of WIPRO:

Aptitude Test consisting of Verbal - 32Q, Quantitative- 38Q, Logical-4Q.

Followed by Technical & HR Interview.

Job Tests Pattern of ACCENTURE:
Aptitude Test consisting of Verbal - 20Q, Quantitative- 20Q, Logical-15Q, One Essay.
Followed by GD, Technical & HR Interview.

Capgemini:
Aptitude Test consisting of Verbal - 25Q, Quantitative- 25Q, Logical-30Q.
Followed by Technical & HR Interview.

Job Tests Pattern of TCS:
Aptitude Test consisting of Verbal - 35Q, Quantitative- 38Q, Logical-12Q.
Followed by Technical & HR Interview.

Job Tests Pattern of CMC:
Aptitude Test consisting of Verbal - 24Q, Quantitative- 40Q, Logical-23Q.
Technical Test consisting of 50Q.
Followed by Technical & HR Interview.

As you can see from above, the patterns which are being used by recruiters although differs from one another, all of them uses the same tools for screening candidates at different levels. So once if you prepare for one, you can as well appear in the job tests of other recruiter.

What are the questions asked and how to prepare for the same? We have discussed in detail in individual sections: For Aptitude tests in Aptitude Test, For Technical tests in Technical Test GD in Group Discussion, Technical, MR & HR Interview in Interview.