showurcolours Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Hey guys so I recently had an interview with this company and as part of their final process I had to complete a PPA (some kind of psychometric test) and something called a Mcquaig which vaguely resembles an IQ test, I was jut wondering if anyone else has ever had to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I've done some PPA tests. Can't say I agree with such selection methods, the tests just don't seem very relevant to most job positions. It seems most selection processes these days are a bit mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showurcolours Posted December 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Oh right, yeah I read somewhere that although they are accurate, they are not necessarily indicative of job performance. Out of interest, what roles did you have them for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 An internship position at a high quality manufacturing and engineering firm. Didn't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showurcolours Posted December 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 Ah that sucks, sorry to hear. Mine is for a pretty prestigious and successful recruitment company working as a junior resourcer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Pretty sure these are impossible to pass Ive done two so far and they're utter bollocks. The idea is they 'create a character profile of you to see if you'd fit into the business'. With the first one I answered the questions like a hard working goody two shoes swot. I failed. So the second time I tried the hot headed boisterous manager type. I failed. Don't mind the concept so much but what really annoyed me was at the start they said 'there is no right or wrong answer'. if thats true, how can I fail?! Anyway, the best jobs are those that rely on interviewing you in person to find out who you are, not this online bollocks, so don't be dis-heartened. Im in engineering too and will be expected to do these but I'll be approaching companies in person instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showurcolours Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Pretty sure these are impossible to pass Ive done two so far and they're utter bollocks. The idea is they 'create a character profile of you to see if you'd fit into the business'. With the first one I answered the questions like a hard working goody two shoes swot. I failed. So the second time I tried the hot headed boisterous manager type. I failed. Don't mind the concept so much but what really annoyed me was at the start they said 'there is no right or wrong answer'. if thats true, how can I fail?! Anyway, the best jobs are those that rely on interviewing you in person to find out who you are, not this online bollocks, so don't be dis-heartened. Im in engineering too and will be expected to do these but I'll be approaching companies in person instead... I passed the personality test with a 'near perfect match' but then failed on the "IQ test" which wasn't by any means a standard IQ test. Was 9 short, which quite frankly is disappointing on my part, although the questions literally had no relevant match to the job. Really annoyed to be honest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 It's all HR b*****ks, recently there was a managers job going locally with our company that one guy had been covering for about 7-8 months. When the job finally went live he applied but the only people put forward for interview were about 5 management graduate trainees who'd just passed out and not the bloke who'd actually been doing the job for months previously?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showurcolours Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 It's all HR b*****ks, recently there was a managers job going locally with our company that one guy had been covering for about 7-8 months. When the job finally went live he applied but the only people put forward for interview were about 5 management graduate trainees who'd just passed out and not the bloke who'd actually been doing the job for months previously?! That seems completely illogical, the only reason I can think why a company would do that is that they want a cheaper alternative :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted December 9, 2012 Report Share Posted December 9, 2012 Nope would still be on the same wage, when it comes to organisation Network Rail have it dialled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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