If this if for the Situational Judgment Test - they should have sent you some bumph, but if not, read up on NR's 8 none technical skills, find a quite room and do the test.
It is very easy, and is mainly testing your way of working in various situations.
below pinched from Connect.
2.2 The Situational Judgement Test (SJT)
Situational judgement tests assess your ability to choose the most appropriate action for the situation presented. You are presented with hypothetical and challenging situations that may involve working with others as part of a team, interacting with others, and dealing with workplace problems. In response to each situation, you are presented with several possible actions. You have to indicate what is the most effective and least effective response.
The signaller SJT consists of 16 scenarios. They each present a situation with 3 possible responses. You are asked to indicate whether you believe the response to be the most effective; the next most effective; or the least effective response.
There is no time limit to this test. However, the test should take you about 20 minutes.
The following scenario shows an example of the sorts of statements you will see. Have a go at doing the example.
Your manager is in a rush, quickly talking you through a new safety procedure. The procedure seems very different to the way that you carried out this procedure before and you are not sure you have understood it completely. Do you:
Most effective Next
most effective Least effective
a. Ask your manager more questions, even though he seems to be in a rush, to check that you have understood the procedure correctly. □ □ □
b. Make notes of your concerns and decide to talk to your colleagues about them when you meet them next. □ □ □
c. Wait until you need to carry out the procedure to check that you have understood it. □ □ □
Preparing for the SJT
There is no particular training or knowledge required to take this type of test. Some additional example questions have been provided below just to help you familiarise yourself with the type of questioning. They are taken from other SJTs and so the questions are not exactly the same as those used by NR but they will give you some insights into how to answer the questions.
It is important that you read each scenario thoroughly and each possible response before beginning to rate the responses. Bear in mind that you can only choose from the available options and are being asked to evaluate the ‘best’ or ‘worst’ of these not any other possible options.
Another important point is that, as with ability tests, you are expected to use only the information provided in the question; do not make assumptions about the situation or scenario, even if it is similar to one that you have come across yourself in the past.
Practice SJT Questions
These questions are taken from a Situational Judgement Test that asks candidates to choose the most effective and the least effective responses from a list of five.
Question One
Everyone in your department has received a new computer system except for you. What would you do?
Please choose the most effective and the least effective responses:
A - Assume this is a mistake and speak to your manager.
B - Confront your manager regarding why you are being treated unfairly.
C - Take a new computer from one of your colleagues.
D - Complain to Human Resources.
E - Quit.
Answers to Question One
A - This is the most effective response available from the list. If you have not been given appropriate equipment to do your job, then speaking to your manager (who has responsibility for ensuring you are given the correct equipment) is the right thing to do.
B - It is not right to assume you have been treated unfairly, until you have spoken to your manager.
C - Although you have not been given a new computer and your colleagues have been, it would not be right to take someone else's computer. This does not fix the problem, just moves the problem on to someone else.
D - Making a complaint would be a good decision if your manager fails to act after you have spoken to them, but you should speak to them first.
E - This is the least effective response available from the list. Quitting would be ridiculous, after what is effectively only a small problem.
