PLI Assessment

[YoungMariner]

Has anyone done this assessment for a certain company? 50 questions in 12 minutes? Would be interested to know a bit more about it, was slightly more challenging then I anticipated whilst I completed it over my morning coffee.

[Chiefy]

No idea what you are asking about......most of those tests though u answer what you can and its tbe proportion of right v wrong as opposed to just a plain high score

[YoungMariner]

I think that might be it Chiefy It seems impossible to do all 50 with accuracy, I was surprised as I worked through to look up and see the time had already reach a few minutes remaining.
It's a mix of mathematics, patterns, images etc. Very weird. It's part of a recruitment process for a large multinational shipping/offshore company.

[Midge]

Like this?http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/spatialtest.htm
Non verbal reasoning tests IQ test etc.

[YoungMariner]

Yes something like that, but also with numeracy and number patterns.

[Pilot Chris]

Quite common as you start going up in the world although some companies use them for everyone, always referred to as psychometrics, just done a few for Piloting jobs and having asked for feedback I get the impression that quality wins over quantity. Practise as per the free ones like Midge linked and my top tips are:

Don't rush - better not to complete them all but get them all right (most of these tests are designed never to be fully completed by the candidate!)

Numerical - write a cheat sheet of fractions into %, estimating values etc
Spacial - practise the patterns - look for shaded areas v non shaded etc
Verbal - don't assume anything in the passages!
Emotional IQ - Don't blag it and answer it with you gut reaction.

[YoungMariner]

Thanks Chris, I wish I'd done a bit of research before tackling the one I did. I think your tips would have come in handy. It will be interesting to see the outcome anyway.