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Skill Assessment Tests - 5 Steps to Make them EASY (Vervoe, Hackerrank, Pymetrics) - YouTube
Channel: Primal Career
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let's say you found an awesome job
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online you really want to get an
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interview there so you give it your all
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you make a new resume you edit your
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awesome cover letter you even freshen up
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your LinkedIn profile then you click
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apply and hope to hear back but to your
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surprise you do hear back like 30
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seconds later with an email asking you
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to take a skill assessment test that
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mustn't be too important you tell
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yourself I mean your application was
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flawless with your new resume cover
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letter and LinkedIn profile so you take
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the test right away just to get rid of
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it but then you get rejected why in this
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video you'll learn why skill assessment
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tests determine if you get an interview
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and more importantly five steps on how
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to study for them to be sure to land an
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interview at this job you really want
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skill assessment tests are becoming the
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norm to assess candidates in first round
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any views because it is super easy to
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claim you have certain skills and
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certain traits on your resume that's why
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companies want to see if you truly
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possess the required skills for the job
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you're applying to the problem now is
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most companies decide whether to call
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you for an interview based on these
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skill assessment tests but most
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candidates don't know they should study
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for them and most candidates don't know
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how to prepare them at all I'm sure you
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watching this video right now have the
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required skills to perform well in the
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job if you get hired but if you don't
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study well if you don't prepare the
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skill assessment test you won't get an
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interview therefore let's make that not
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happen to you so let's start again first
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when you get the invitation to do the
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test pause for a moment you usually have
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a couple of days to do it so take your
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time and start with step number one
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unveil the skills know that HR managers
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won't send you a random test with
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questions they chose themselves based on
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their mood platforms such as verbal
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hacker rank biometrics and many others
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make you input the skills and traits
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companies want in their candidate
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then an AI algorithm will take those
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requirements and match them with a
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deeply thought questionnaire that will
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be sent to you so you know what you
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should do first search for these skills
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and traits HR managers input how look
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for them on Google simply write the name
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of the position you're applying for and
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then the skills or the name of position
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and then qualities or characteristics
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make sure you list everything you find
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and circle the elements you think you
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would need to work on a bit more but
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having a list of skills and traits on
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your mind is not enough HR managers
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won't ask you to list them like I
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mentioned previously an AI algorithm
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will transform those intangible skills
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and traits into questions to test them
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for example it's cool to say you're a
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great team player now they will test you
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with a specific question to see if it's
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true therefore it's important for you to
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know how those skills translate into
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questions with step number two find the
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secret questions in other words you have
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to find the questions they might ask you
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and then prepare that you can head over
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to glass door in the interview section
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there you can find great clues about
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what kind of questions this company asks
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with a bit of luck you can even find
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people who share their experience with
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the skill assessment test if you find
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nothing on Glassdoor a great way to find
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question examples is on google again
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just type questions to test and then the
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name of the skill for example here's me
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typing questions to test teamwork and
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you see how many sides I can read from
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that are dedicated to HR managers in the
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first place but what do you do now that
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you have all the questions just like in
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an exam if you have the questions in
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advance but don't prepare the exam
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you'll still get a bad grade so that's
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why you need step number three prepare
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unique answers you probably know many
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many candidates will take the test with
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you and not many people know that but
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you're not graded on a passing score
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meaning you'll not get in any of you
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because you hit a certain benchmark
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let's say for example 80% in the test
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you are actually being compared to
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others
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yes look at the screen here the AI will
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rate your answers comparing you to other
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applicants then give feedback to HR
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managers who will take a final decision
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so what does it mean
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for you your answers have to be much
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much better than your peers but how do
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you do that most people don't know how
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to answer situational questions like
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this one usually throwing facts and
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stories here and there without any
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structure so when you have a situational
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questions like this one make sure you
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use the star method for example let's
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take back the question about leadership
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you've seen previously how have you
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continued to develop your leadership
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skills further in the past few years
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let's start by explaining the situation
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in university I was regularly
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participating in extracurricular
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activities such as playing soccer and
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reading new books for the book club I
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was involved in always start by
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establishing context to make the person
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reading your answer more knowledgeable
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about your situation then explain your
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tasks in my soccer team I was just
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involved in showing up for practices and
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games and giving my all and my
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responsibilities in the book club were
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making sure I read the book of the month
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as well as prepare a short essay on what
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I thought about it to discuss it in
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teams here you lay out the different
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tasks you were doing in the situation
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who previously explained again this
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gives more context and information that
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will help the person read in your
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information imagine it as if they were
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with you now the important part action I
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wanted to develop my leadership skills
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so I volunteered once to organize the
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soccer practices and come up with my own
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set of exercises for the team I enjoyed
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this experience so much I decided to
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take more responsibilities in my book
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club as well by proposing book ideas to
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read as well as new topics to discuss at
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the end of the month here you explain
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exactly what steps did you take to start
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developing your leadership skills this
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is the most important part because you
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start explaining the set of actions that
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made you a better leader and finally the
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results section as a result I created
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stronger bonds within my soccer team
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players appreciated my efforts and I was
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nominated captain the following season
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in my book club I was no longer a casual
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member I was invited to be part of the
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board of the book club while there I
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kept on taking initiatives for the good
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of the group and proposed new ideas to
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challenge everyone to step out of their
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comfort zone
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in the last part you want to explain
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what was the impact of your previous
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actions but don't stop there also
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explain how you're continuing to develop
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your leadership skills until today
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always give an answer that gives a great
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forecast about your skill development
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this way your answer will be super
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complete and will help HR managers
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understand more precisely how you can
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contribute to the company but to be
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honest preparing those behavioral and
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situational questions is not enough to
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stand out from your peers just because
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this skill assessment test will have
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other types of questions and that's why
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you need step number four prepare coding
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and video interviews know that the
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ultimate goal of a skill assessment test
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is to make sure an HR manager hires
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based on merit and not your resume and
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that's why it's totally normal to test
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your coding skills if you apply for a
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technical role I have listed a bunch of
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resources to help you prepare those
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coding and views down in the description
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just to help you but just to make it
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clear it's not going to be a really long
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problem it's just here to assess your
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basic knowledge of coding the same thing
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applies for video interviews depending
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on your role HR managers will want to
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see how you speak how's your body
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language and how you behave in a
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stressful situation now that you know
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what skills the company wants what
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questions they will probably ask you and
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how you can answer them in an awesome
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way go for it take the test but before
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that you want to set aside at least an
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hour to do it the last thing you want is
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being stressed because you have an
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important appointment making you rush
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during the test cancel anything within
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an hour after the test therefore you can
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take your time and focus properly mute
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all your notifications and put your
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phone away but be careful because some
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tests might be time so monitor that as
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well submit it and you're good to go
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if you follow these steps you will be
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among the rare five percent who will
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prepare those skill assessment tests
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with that level of dedication and you'll
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most likely be among those five percent
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who'd get in interview just after that
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as well if you want to become better at
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lending offers at top companies you have
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to prepare other types of any views and
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just like I mentioned before you should
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know how to prepare for a video
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interview because it's getting more and
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more popular just like skill assessment
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tests and that's beneficial also for
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skill assessment test because you will
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have certain questions that requires
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video as well so make sure you watch
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this video next if you enjoyed this
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video hit the like button and share it
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with a friend who might have a skill
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assessment test soon and don't forget to
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subscribe because I release a new video
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every week to help you get more
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interviews and ace more interviews so
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I'll talk to you soon ciao
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