Top 10 tips to pass your Situational Judgement Test

1. Practice as many questions as you can prior to sitting your assessment. This will enable you to familiarize yourself with the typical format of the questions and the type of responses that are required.
2. Review the answers to the practice questions you sit. All good situational judgement test practice questions will come with detailed solutions. While it’s tempting to sit the test review your score and then move onto the next one reviewing solutions is the best way to learn. With all psychometric tests you will learn more from the questions you get wrong than the ones you get right.
3. Try to identify patterns in your responses. Are you a team player who likes to ask everyone’s opinion before making a decision or are you a leader who makes decisions with conviction but fails to get everyone’s buy in first? These are the types of personality traits situational judgement tests are designed to assess so by practicing questions in advance you can learn valuable lessons and avoid making any obvious errors in your real assessment.
4. Only practice situational judgement questions that have been written by qualified chartered occupational psychologists. Chartered occupational psychologists write the real tests for the major test publishers. By practicing questions written by these experts you will gain real insight into what your real assessment will be like. Practicing questions written by standard authors is not recommended. All the situational judgement test questions on practiceaptitudetests.com have been written by chartered occupational psychologists so you can rest assured you are getting good quality practice.
5. Think carefully about the company and role you are applying for and what sort of person they are likely to want to hire. Situational judgement tests are generally tailored to the organisation you are applying to so thinking about what sort of people they are likely to be looking to employ can help you understand why they are asking certain questions. For example if you are applying to an audit firm and they asking questions about teamwork it’s probably because auditors work in teams and they will want to hire candidates who demonstrate teamwork skills.
6. Be yourself. Psychometric tests are a two way process. The company hiring you wants to ensure you’ll be a good fit as much as you want to ensure you’ll enjoy working there. It’s important to answer questions honestly and not to get ‘in character’ for a particular application.
7. Stick to your timings. At the start of your assessment work out how many questions you have to sit and how long you have to answer each one. Don’t spend too long on any one question. This avoids rushing at the end.
8. Speak to the HR department of the company you are applying to. They might be able to direct you towards some example questions so you can see what formant your real assessment will be in.
9. Practice situational judgement test questions in different formats. At practice aptitude tests.com you can practice situational judgment test questions in the standard format on our situational judgement test page, and you can practice additional questions in our etray. Practicing in different formats means you’ll be more prepared for the real thing and won’t be as put off by any surprises on the day. Our bundle package gives access to both the etray and the situational judgement tests.
10. Practice, practice, practice. There is no substitute for practicing questions, use your limited revision time effectively, purchase our bundle package and get started with your effective targeted preparation now.

Microsoft Outlook Keeps Freezing When Forwarding Email

A variety of issues can cause Outlook to freeze when forwarding email, including a bug within the software, a conflicting program or add-on, a corrupted email archive or a problem with the individual message itself (more likely if you are only having problems forwarding one email in particular). Make sure you have installed the latest updates for Outlook before attempting any other troubleshooting steps.

Program Bug
If part of Outlook's program code has become corrupted or developed a fault, this can cause freezing issues. Downloading and installing the latest updates from the Office website, or uninstalling and reinstalling Outlook from scratch, should be enough to resolve this issue. Uninstalling and reinstalling Outlook shouldn't affect the messages in your email archive, though it's always wise to make backups in case (or connect to a Web service such as Outlook.com via IMAP). The process should reset Outlook's settings and entries in the Windows registry settings file, too.

Corrupted Data
If Outlook comes across a corrupted piece of data that it can't parse -- whether in your user profile, the email archive or the folder you're viewing -- this can cause a hang. Running the Inbox Repair tool (the scanpst.exe file in the Outlook installation folder) or the Fixit tool from the Microsoft Support website may be enough to resolve the issue. Alternatively, you can try creating a new user profile from the Account Settings dialog (choose "File" then "Info" from inside Outlook). Reducing the size of your inbox by moving messages into smaller folders can also help.

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Conflicting Program or Add-on
An Outlook add-on or third-party program can be causing the freezing issue. For example, your security software may be attempting (and failing) to scan the outgoing email for potential threats as you try and forward it. Check that your installed security tools are up-to-date, and look within these programs for options related to email scanning and checking. You may need to disable certain settings for the email to be successfully sent. The list of current add-ins can be viewed by selecting "File," "Options" and then "Add-Ins" from within the software. From the same dialog, you can disable these plugins one by one to see if the problem is resolved.

Other Issues
It's possible that something within the email itself is causing the freezing issue, particularly if you only have trouble with one or two specific messages. Converting your message to plain text before forwarding it (via the "Plain Text" option under the Format Text heading on the message window) may help by eliminating images and other interactive elements from the email. Removing and re-adding the email account you're using (via the "Info" tab on the File menu) or creating a new user account within Windows can also help to resolve problems with Outlook freezing.