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Woohoo! Finally I am getting somewhere! Just got my letter today, the practise questions seem quite easy so I am no longer sweating it

Anyone else got one in Chelmsford then?

Cheers
Alan

remember like you have been told the practise Qs are a lot easier than what they'll be in the test so find some on the net and just do some sums aswell just to speed them up because you'r timed

Mate its not at all easy! 30 questions in 10 minutes is not easy trust me. You get some easy ones yes but then again you get some hard ones which will catch you out. Get yourself a psychometric test book from the library and ahve a look on the internet. Dont underestimate it cos a couple of people failed the test when i went.

Yeah get down your local library and get some books that's what I did.
Also you don't get more points the harder question....so crash out the easy ones first and tackle the harder ones later if you get time

The ones in the practice booklet are easier i think, and the time limit puts the pressure on.

The maths section was a killer for me so if your crap at maths swot up a bit, especially on fractions and multiplications e.g

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I got loads of these and i think i only got one right.

Any way best of luck

MadAd wrote:Mate its not at all easy! 30 questions in 10 minutes is not easy trust me.

Thats why he is going to practice mate.

Always remember the 6 P's: Prior Preperation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

Fact.

Above all, just relax mate and you'll be fine. Prepare for it properly if you really wish to do very well, who doesn't? Also, when you do it, dont waste alot of mental energy thinking stuff like "i wonder how long i have left?" "arr crap the times going fast" etc. Keep the time in the back of your mind because it is an inportant issue, but not as important as answering the questions. Keep focused and just crack on.

All the best.

EDIT: Also, if you haven't done anything like this in a while, the GCSE Bitesize is alright for these types of things on the BBC website.

I took a stopwatch in with me so that i could pace my questions. That allows you to pace yourself. To be honest with you, you wont really look at the watch much due to concentration, but is good just to measure questions with time.


P.s: By the way not a good start, you've spellt 'psychometric' wrong. Might want to look at some GCSE English books.

if you're worried about a minor psychometric test then you're worring about the wrong things, its a simple test, think about each question before you answer it. Most questions are so obvious until the last 5 and they only require minimal thinking, only someone thick will fail these tests.

Never had much problem with timed tests. I will obviously practise but im not very worried about failing. I need to swot up on my maths a bit, its one thing I hate doing. And my spelling...thats the education related topic that I am worst at.

Most of the stuff is standard testing anyway, I have done a couple during my 6th and 7th form while at school and then some more when I was studying my degree so I think I'll get at least 50%

the only thing that would really do you up the buttocks is if you could not read, its real easy, I didn't realize about time to much, some of the questions you've got to laugh at. I think that its really common sense some of them, like people say it the time guy you've got to watch out for

Yeh alot of the questions are easy, but just make sure you read it slowly and carefully because you will be suprised just how many people read the simplest of questions wrong.

Just brush up on your bad areas and crack on.

MadAd wrote:P.s: By the way not a good start, you've spellt 'psychometric' wrong. Might want to look at some GCSE English books.

But spelling spelt wrong is fine.

I found the best way to improve my mental arithmetic was to add things I see up in my head. i.e. If I was walking past a shop window and I saw 2 things for £7.99, 1 thing for £4.99, I'd add them up and workout how much change I'd have left out of £20, £50 etc. Sounds geeky but it helped me improve my maths skills when I did it at uni.

Lol, alrite smartarse!