Situational Judgement Test Assessment Practice Pack

Scale up your practice for the Situational Judgement Assessment Test with our updated Situational Judgement Assessment Practice Test Pack, which covers all the sections on the actual exams. This book provides valuable insights into what to expect and will be of great help in helping you develop effective study strategies. Kick off your preparation with our Situational Judgement Assessment Practice Test

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About Situational Judgement Assessment Practice Test

A situational judgment test (SJT) is a test that is used to assess someone’s decision-making and judgement. The candidate will be presented with a work-like situation and a number of possible actions/responses they could take. The candidate must then choose their most likely and least likely response if faced with this situation. There are technically no correct or incorrect answers – however, the employer will have their preferred answers. SJTs are always multiple-choice; no answers other than the options listed are allowed.

The situations or scenarios almost always mirror real-life aspects of the job.

What to expect:

Situational Judgement tests can be presented in different ways and candidates can be asked to respond to the situations presented, in different ways. Situational Judgement tests can be:

Sample Situational Judgement Practice Test Questions

Situation 1:
Many businesses find it advantageous to hire students over the summer. Permanent employees frequently want to take their own vacation at this time. Furthermore, it is very unusual for businesses to encounter peak workloads throughout the summer, necessitating the hiring of additional personnel. Summer work also draws students who may return to an organisation as well-qualified recruits once they have completed their school. Ensuring that students understand as much as possible about the organisation fosters interest in long-term employment. Organizations pay students a flat salary with no rights to paid holidays or bonus programmes.

It is possible that permanent staff who are on holiday can have their work carried out by students.
a. True
b. False
c. cannot say

Answer: True

Students in summer employment are given the same paid holiday benefit as permanent staff.
a. True
b. False
c. cannot say

The answer is: False

Students are subject to the organisation’s standard disciplinary and grievance procedures.
a. True
b. False
c. cannot say

The answer is: Cannot say

Some companies have more work to do in the summer when students are available for vacation work.
a. True
b. False
c. cannot say

The answer is: True

Situation 2:
You arrived at work this morning to discover that everyone in your workplace, except you, had received a new office chair. What are you going to do? Please choose one of the following choices, indicating the most and least effective:

a. Complain vehemently to your coworkers about how unjust the situation is
b. Speak with your boss and inquire as to why you have yet to obtain a replacement chair.
c. Take a chair from one of your colleagues
d. Complain to HR about your unjust treatment
c. Quit your work

The answer is: Most effective: option b and less effective is option e

Situation 3:
You’ve been assigned a project to work on alongside a team member who is younger than you. They are in charge of conducting the research, while you are in charge of compiling all of the facts to offer to a customer. The presentation is incorrect since the team’s junior member appears to have made several research errors. You have a customer presentation this afternoon, and you also have other tasks that require your attention today. What are you going to do about it? Please choose the option that you are most likely to do and the option that you are least likely to do:

a.Inform the junior member of staff that they have made a mistake and must correct it immediately.
b. Inform your management that the younger member of staff is incompetent.
c. Present the erroneous information regardless in the hopes that the consumer would not notice.
d. Postpone your other commitments and make the necessary adjustments yourself.
e. Collaborate with the younger members of staff to iron out the errors.

Answer: most likely: option e and least likely: option c