Customer Reviews
Good, but need other reading too for a successful job hunt. - By: Georgie Hayes, 29 Feb 2008 
Good book overall. But it is flawed & there are errors. Certainly to be regarded as a book to be usedin conjunction with others such as the 'Brilliant' books eg Brilliant CVs, Brilliant Interviews, Brilliant Answers to Tough Interview Questions etc. Another extremely useful book for job hunters is "How to Handle Your Recruitment Consultant". When all these books are used you really can get one step ahead of the competitionin the fight for great jobs.
Too many errors. - By: Mr. D. Entwisle, 13 Jul 2006 
I'm not sure how this book made it through the editing stage. The questions are interesting, & a good example of what you might expect, however too many of the answers are wrong.
For example,in the estimation section, division by a fraction is done incorrectly, & the answers given for the assembly test are dire.
Avoid, unless you just want to see what questions might be asked.
Exceedingly useful - By: Tony Davies, 26 Sep 2005 
I graduated this year from Brunel University with a degreein computing & applied for several graduate schemes for big organisations including HSBC & EDS, Barclays Bank, etc. I was dead surprised that most of the psychometric testsin our assessment day were similar to the testsin this book, especially the onesin chapter 1, the Diagrammatic Test, chapter 2 the Number Series tests & chapter 3, Compiler Checking & assembly tests. I would like to say thanks for this lovely book which helped me to practise & pass & get my first graduate job with HSBC. I would say it is exceedingly useful if you want to win a graduate jobin a big organisation.
Superb - By: Andrew Green, 28 Oct 2004 I gradated from Brunel University after completing a BScin Computing. I was invited for the EDS graduate recruitment dayin September this year. I could definitely say that chapter one for the diagrammatic reasoning tests & chapter three psychometric tests for IT, were very helpfulin my assessment day, to pass & receive a job offer.
However what I really liked about the book is the accuracy of all the tests as I couldn't find a single mistake, whereasin other series by Kogan Page I find many, My challenge is, can anyone find any mistakesin any of the tests & email me? Thumbs up. The book deserves 5 stars. Good luck to the author as I heard the book has been translated into 4 languages.
Brilliant - By: same Jones, 19 Oct 2004 After graduating last July with a degreein Finance I went to the USA for my summer holiday & heard by chance about the book when reading an article about psychometric testsin one of the USA journals. I bought the second edition of the book on my return to the UK & attended two assessment days for Barclays & HSBC banks. I was surprised that most of the psychometric tests given to us by both banks were very similar to the ones providedin the book, especially the diagrammatic reasoning tests. I passed both assessment days & I was offered two graduate positions. However I chose the HSBC because is nearer to my home. Therefore I wholeheartedly believe the book deserves 5 stars. It is comprehensive, easy to ready & contains lots of expert tips to help you to do betterin your assessment day.
