Dear User
I am not an expert in this field but I have found some information that may be of use to you.
Given time, application and practice, you can beat most psychometric tests. But before you do, ask yourself: is that really what you want? Employment is a two-way street; a good employer is looking for the right employee for the candidate's benefit as well as its own. Lever yourself into the wrong job and the result is likely to be pretty miserable.
By all means try to give the best impression you can, but don't try to give a false impression of your real character. If you take a trial test, look carefully at what it tells you and ask yourself what elements of your personality you could work on. Improve yourself in those areas and you could change your life.
Personality measurement often asks the subject to express opinions or make statements about his or her attitudes. These may be presented in the form of multiple-choice statements, one of which the subject must choose, even if he or she feels that neither applies. A typical example of this approach might be:
I am easily distracted
I tire easily
This presents an immediate problem: both statements are negative, but which is more damaging? By deciding which to apply to myself I reveal something of my priorities and anxieties about my own make-up. Later in the test I might find one or more of these choices repeated, but contrasted against a different attribute. This makes it more difficult to skew results by giving what I believe to be the "right" answer. Some systems offer more optional answers - often up to four choices. Opinions differ on which approach is more effective. Your choice should be based on your assessment of the provider's ability to provide cogent, easily-interpreted results.
The results from this type of test usually produce multiple scores, each for a different personality aspect. While personality metrics can provide exceptional detail and accuracy, they require considerable skill and judgement, both to produce the metrics themselves, and to understand what those metrics are telling us.
It may be worthwhile looking at this website link http://www.psychometricadvantage.co.uk/ where you can get advice on these tests and also take a free psychometric test online.
I hope that this information helps.
Louise - Civvy Street - Learning & Work Advisor