PwC logical reasoning tests.

Aloreth

Aloreth

Aloreth

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Hey guys,

I have been invited to take the online tests (psychometric) for a grad job with PwC. I was wondering if anyone had some good examples that I could try before hand?

Wen to the local careers center and they said they couldnt help me :/

Mike
 
When is the test? Two of my housemates have gone for auditing interviews, I think PWC was one of them. I'll ask when I see them :)

Burnsy
 
a1ex2001 said:
Just dive on in, they are not deisigned to need practice you should just be able to do them.
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You'd think that but I'm fairly sure it has been shown that people who practice for them (through the array of online tests and/or books you find on sale) end up getting higher scores than they would if they went in unprepared.
 
Not sure if practicing as such helps but its certainly useful if you have seen the format before so you don't get flustered.

I've sat quite a few of the OPQ type tests from SHL and the first time you do them you think they are really odd - only when you have a chance to go through the feedback and sit them again does it all start to make sense (at least for a dullard like me).

Not sure if the SHL tests are anything like those done by PWC but have a look on here:

http://www.shl.com/SHL/en-int/News_Events/Media_Center/News_Releases/News_List/shldirectcom.htm
 
From experience logical reasoning tests are usually where they show you a couple of patterns and then you have to pick the next one in the sequence from a list of four or five.

Some practice does help I guess but you either see what to do or you don't.... It might be worth looking up these on google they are pretty standard under most IQ tests I think.
 
I did some for BDO Stoy Hayward - the verbal reasoning was simple enough, the numeracy was quite tough. The questions weren't particularly difficult, it was the time limit that was the problem. Sometimes 1 minute per question isn't enough!

Got an interview out of it, didn't get the job though. Fortunately KPMG took my application and invited me to the final assesment day instead of going through the online testing and first round interviews. When they offered me a job after that, I nearly bit their hands off. Suffice to say, I stopped applying after that.
 
I've sat the tests for Deloitte and KPMG and got through. Recommend Pyschometric Tests for Graduates as an insight but the actual tests you'll take are harder than those in the book. Good Luck :)
 
Mad old tory said:
I've sat the tests for Deloitte and KPMG and got through. Recommend Pyschometric Tests for Graduates as an insight but the actual tests you'll take are harder than those in the book. Good Luck :)
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I applied to Deloitte and got rejected straight off - but, as I said above, KPMG bumped me straight to 2nd round. God knows what sort of weird criteria these places use. The applications were pretty much identical.
 
csmager said:
I did some for BDO Stoy Hayward - the verbal reasoning was simple enough, the numeracy was quite tough. The questions weren't particularly difficult, it was the time limit that was the problem. Sometimes 1 minute per question isn't enough!
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I took some of the online tests for Deloitte, I don't think they actually expect you to be able to finish them all its just how many you get right.
 
I did some of these for a friend of mine when she was applying for PWC, they were largely based on interpreting bar charts and applying some pretty simple calculations around percentages.
 
most big4 firms only want a B at GCSE maths and english so the tests can't be pitched too high mathematically.
 
My Dad is regional chairman of PWC so I'll ask for you ;)

Oh and that's ^^ wrong. My Dad is always on about how high their standards are, they do even look at GCSE's as it's their best way of predicting who will drop out
 
Alex_6n2 said:
My Dad is regional chairman of PWC so I'll ask for you ;)

Oh and that's ^^ wrong. My Dad is always on about how high their standards are, they do even look at GCSE's as it's their best way of predicting who will drop out
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Regional director? For what region? Any chance I can meet him :D
 
I took an SHL numerical reasoning test recently for Dresden Kleinwort and got rejected :p The time pressure of it put me off... though at least now I know the kind of questions that are asked.
 
The links mentioned above look useful, particularly the Kent page. The tests are never tricky in terms of knowledge needed, but the time pressure can get to people; even those normally comfortable with numbers. There isn't a huge no. of questions available online, but any practice you can get is useful. The style is pretty much the same across the accountancy companies and banks.
 
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