Interview prep · Aptitude · Psychometrics · STAR
Most hiring screens mix a timed OT / OA with a behavioural or video interview. Sign up today and practise STAR packs and aptitude / psychometric modules here — aptitude items are co-designed with RubricMark, sat entirely in DocuResume.
What we offer
Match the format on your invitation — STAR packs here, co-designed aptitude modules when the employer runs OT / OA.
DocuResume Pro
Typed answers for HireVue-style video screens, live behavioural rounds, and MBA admissions questions — graded against a STAR rubric so you tighten structure before you speak on camera.
Co-designed with RubricMark
Timed batteries — verbal, numerical, logical, SJT, and personality — the skill mix behind Talent Q, SHL Verify, Aon / cut-e, Saville, and Cappfinity-style assessments.
How to prepare
Step 01
Read the invitation for OT / OA, SHL, Talent Q, HireVue, or panel language so you know whether you face aptitude, psychometrics, video, or all three.
Step 02
Sit DocuResume aptitude modules (co-designed with RubricMark) for timed numerical, verbal, logical, SJT, and personality items — all in the same Interview tab.
Step 03
Pull real metrics from your DocuResume profile and write Situation–Task–Action–Result outlines you can speak in 60–90 seconds.
Step 04
Sit DocuResume Pro interview packs for HireVue-style and live STAR feedback, then practise aloud against the clock before the real screen.
Aptitude & psychometric modules
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Tables, charts, and ratios under time pressure — the core of SHL and Talent Q Elements numerical sections used in graduate aptitude tests.
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Short passages and true / false / cannot-say items. Read precisely; do not bring outside knowledge into psychometric verbal blocks.
03
Shape sequences and rule-finding. Pace matters more than perfect accuracy on early items in online assessments (OT / OA).
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SJT and trait inventories score judgement and consistency. Answer as the role expects — professional, honest, and internally consistent.
After you sign up, sit these modules in DocuResume interview practice — co-designed with RubricMark— then switch to STAR packs in the same tab when the video stage is scheduled.
Guide
Why employers run aptitude tests, how to practise each format, and how to switch into STAR mode for video rounds.
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Many graduate and experienced-hire pipelines split screening into two tracks. First comes an online test (OT / OA): timed aptitude and often a psychometric or situational judgement block. Later — or in parallel — comes a video or live behavioural interview that expects STAR stories.
Invitations rarely name the vendor clearly. Phrases like “complete your online assessment”, “Talent Q”, “Verify”, or “HireVue” are the clue. Match the format, then practise that format — do not only rehearse job knowledge.
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Treat aptitude like a sport: warm up on the same item types you will face, then sit full timed sets. Guess strategically when the clock is dying — unfinished batteries hurt more than a few informed misses.
Practise with calculator rules matching your invitation (some ban calculators; others allow basic ones). Keep a quiet desk, wired internet if possible, and a backup device. Fatigue is the real opponent after 30–40 minutes.
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Situational judgement tests score how you prioritise stakeholders, risk, and ethics. Rank options the way a strong junior or professional in that firm would — not how you would act on a casual Friday.
Personality inventories look for consistency. Extreme or contradictory answers stand out. Stay close to how you actually work under pressure; coaching yourself into a fake profile often backfires on later interviews.
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On-demand video interviews (HireVue, Spark Hire, and similar) give you a prompt, a think window, then a recording window. Write a tight STAR outline first, then speak it — eyes near the camera, plain background, and one clear result per story.
Live panels still reward the same structure. Lead with the result when time is short, then fill Situation and Action. DocuResume packs grade typed STAR answers so you can fix rambling before you hit record.
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Week before → day before
Week before: one full aptitude set (co-designed with RubricMark) plus two STAR stories rewritten from your resume metrics. Day before: a short numerical warm-up, one SJT block, and one timed video-style answer aloud.
Day of
Day of: sleep, water, and the exact browser the invitation names. After you finish the MCQ stage, switch mental modes — behavioural questions want stories, not speed-arithmetic habits.
Ready to practise
Sign up today and open STAR packs or co-designed aptitude modules from one prep flow.
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