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by Mike Bryon (Author) "Why is it that people routinely work to improve their CV or interview technique, but few seek to improve their performance in employers' tests? This..." (more)
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"a book qualifying tests, of which the above is the best around."

"the book makes it clear what all of us have known but about which there’s absolutely no harm repeating passing these tests needs practice"

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the recruitment process for jobs in the civil service is tough. competition is fierce, especially for applicants entering via the fast stream process, and candidates must pass qualifying tests to stand a chance of being successful. how to pass the civil service qualifying tests aims to help applicants reach the standard demanded by the real tests and ultimately achieve their goal of working for the civil service.

this new edition has been updated to include guidance on standard entry, as well as additional information fast stream access. there is a brand new chapter covering questionnaires applicants are likely to encounter, plus work assignment examples, expert advice and challenging new practice questions relevant to the tests used to recruit both clerical and fast stream applicants.

with just a few marks determining a pass or fail, this essential book will help anyone build up speed, accuracy and confidence when taking their civil service qualifying tests.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, if taken with a pinch of salt, 30 Mar 2004
By S. Johnston "the_jossman" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Testing Series: How to Pass The Civil Service Qualifying Tests: 13 (Paperback)
I used this book to sucessfully navigate myself through the initial stages of the Faststream process. Whilst providing plentiful examples to practice on, especially compared to the tiny booklet provided by Faststream's recruitment agency, it falls down on two counts. First, not enough explanation is given to the answers, especially as regards the Analysis of Information test. Second, and more importantly, some of the answers provided are incorrect. This is, in some cases, due to the fact that some of the questions have one or more answer. Others are due the total ambiguity of some of the questions. The numerical test question about holiday bookings is a case in point. Anyone who has booked package holidays in the past will see what I mean.

Despite these flaws, I will give this book a '3' as it does really help you get into the swing of doing these questions. Just be sure that the book is not wrong when you mark your answers...

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Woefully inadequate, 9 Feb 2003
This review is from: How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests (Paperback)
This slim volume purports to tell you "How to pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests", but it is woefully inadequate for this purpose.

The first chapter is taken up with describing the structure of the Civil Service and the sorts of jobs which are done by staff at the different entry-level grades. This information is both scanty (the Civil Service department to which you are applying, or Capita RAS if they are handling the recruitment for the vacancy you are interested in, will provide far more informative and comprehensive literature) and superfluous (if you have got to the stage of buying a book to help you prepare for tests, you will probably have already decided which type of vacancy you are applying for).

I imagine that most people who buy this book do so to help them prepare for the Fast Stream tests. There is only one chapter dedicated to this and several of the tests it describes no longer seem to be in use in the Fast Stream recruitment process in the same format. There are only a few practice questions of each type, and no explanation is offered alongside the answers given. If you get a question wrong, it may be difficult to work out why you got it wrong and why the answer given by the author is the correct one. This is very frustrating and does not serve to make you feel that studying the book is doing anything to improve your performance. In one instance, the answer to a question was given as option 'F', but in the question section there was no box allowing you to tick 'F' as your answer.

To be quite frank, this book is a waste of money. Far more helpful are the practice questions and advice given on the Fast Stream website and the literature sent out with your invitation to the tests. The author does suggest trying to get hold of past papers through university careers services, and this piece of advice is perhaps the only useful thing about this book.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Essential but with shortcomings, 13 Sep 2003
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This review is from: Testing Series: How to Pass The Civil Service Qualifying Tests: 13 (Paperback)
This book would be better entitled "(How to) Practice for the Civil Service Qualifying Tests". I am using this book with a view to taking the Faststream Qualifying Test. While it offers a good number of essential practice questions and answers, and also provides advice on practicing for, and taking, the tests, it has shortcomings. It does not offer full explanations for most of the answers to the test questions (unlike the obligatory Practice Qualifying Test downloadable from the Faststream website once you have registered). It does not offer any insight into the "rules of the game" implict in the various types of question. It does not offer any 'quick tips' for identifying and answering various types of question. There are probably good commercial reasons for this. And indeed HM Govt may well require that this the case. But the content falls short of the promise of the title. Nevertheless, you'll need to buy it anyway - for all those extra pratcice questions.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Shocking errors and misprints
It is quite unbelievable that a book intended to prepare you for one of the most highly competitive recruitment schemes has so many spelling mistakes, grammatical errors,... Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2007 by A. Harris

4.0 out of 5 stars A Useful Aid to Practise for the Exams
I thought this was a pretty good book for getting used to the type of questions encountered in the civil service tests. Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2005 by Jon

3.0 out of 5 stars Questions after questions after questions.
This is good to practice tests with, but for helping you understand some of the answers... do not rely on it at all. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2004 by B. L. Weber

3.0 out of 5 stars good but limited
Basically, to those deciding whether to buy this book or not, it contains several sets of questions similar to those presented in the Clerical and Faststream exams. Read more
Published on 22 Aug 2003 by Nick

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent preparation
This book is an excellent preparation for the civil service fast stream exams. The book provides a large number of practice questions with answers and explinations where... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars This book could be improved!
I bought this book in order to practice for the UK Civil Service Fast-stream psychometic testing. Unfortunately it was rather disappointing. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2002 by stuart_johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant book, use it, I did and got the job!
A very good book that I used to understand and appreciate what is required to pass the quallifying test. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2001

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