Aptitude Tests

[MeAndMyself]

Anyone done an IKM test, or another?, is this going to be the start of the norm for a contract?

 

[swamp]

Plenty of good books on this. If it's an exam, I can pass it. Bring it on!

 

[MeAndMyself]

What would you consider to be a good result, 70-85%, 85% and above, how easy/difficult do you find the tests sent to you by agents?

 

[Not So Wise]

is this going to be the start of the norm for a contract?

"Sorry you have me confused with someone applying to work for a permanent position with your company"

 

[MeAndMyself]

"Sorry you have me confused with someone applying to work for a permanent position with your company"

Not the case so much now, I've taken three thus far for contracts and one of them was for a 4 week contract only.

 

[Not So Wise]

Must be your area, only seen a test of any kind 3 times in about 12 years and a Aptitude test never

Technical tests are annoying but can be justified in certain circumstances, especially for entry level/new tech positions.

But an Aptitude test is just taking the Mickey and honestly if someone asked me to take one for a role would just laugh in their face and quite simply say what I said above and reason is quite simple, an aptitude test is to discover if someone has the ability to learn the skills to do a job, contractors don't get hired to learn, they get hired to do

 

[MeAndMyself]

Must be your area, only seen a test of any kind 3 times in about 12 years and a Aptitude test never

Technical tests are annoying but can be justified in certain circumstances, especially for entry level/new tech positions.

But an Aptitude test is just taking the Mickey and honestly if someone asked me to take one for a role would just laugh in their face and quite simply say what I said above and reason is quite simple, an aptitude test is to discover if someone has the ability to learn the skills to do a job, contractors don't get hired to learn, they get hired to do

My bad, I may of meant a technical test, not aptitude.

 

[TheRefactornator]

I've done a few ProveIT tests on .NET, C# and SQL Server for contract roles in the past and have always scored 85%+ so they seem to be fairly easy.

The IKM tests look more difficult because question complexity increases as you get answers correct during the test..a bit like a test to destruction to find weak areas of knowledge. I've just completed an IKM C# programming test today for a perm role.

 

[pmeswani]

My bad, I may of meant a technical test, not aptitude.

Are you American by any chance?

 

[jmo21]

I've done a few ProveIT tests on .NET, C# and SQL Server for contract roles in the past and have always scored 85%+ so they seem to be fairly easy.

The IKM tests look more difficult because question complexity increases as you get answers correct during the test..a bit like a test to destruction to find weak areas of knowledge. I've just completed an IKM C# programming test today for a perm role.

I've got a few of these in my inbox waiting to be done. Problem is I can't be arsed!