CSS Forums - SUPARCO Psychological Test / Personality Profiling

This thread will serve as a guidance for recruitment to the posts of Assistant Managers (SPS-8) {Engineering cadre, management and IT Etc.) in SUPARCO. Although the pattern has been already outlined in some old posts, this one bears the latest information regarding the process; as i went through recently for engineering post.

So the Technical Tests for various trades were held in December 2018. The test comprised of [B]50 MCQS (all Technical)[/B] to be done in [B]60 minutes[/B].
Each correct answer awarded [B]2 marks[/B] while each wrong entry deducted [B]0.25 Marks[/B].

Soon after, the qualifying candidates were called for Physiological / Personality tests.

The Test comprised of following components:

[B]1- Mental Ability Test (MAT):[/B]

70 Questions to be completed in 30 minutes.
Difficulty: Easy

The test touched upon simple synonyms, antonyms, jumbled sentence, common sense test, logical reasoning and sequences, matrix etc.
(Have a look at any ISSB preparation book for idea and practice)

2-[B] Two Sentence Completion exercises in URDU.[/B]

30 sentence to be done in 5 minutes.
Another set of sentences in limited time.

Just be positive and complete the test asap.

3-[B] Sentence completion in ENGLISH[/B]

again, around 60 sentences in 15 minutes.

Remain positive, show respect, energy, motivational aspects in completing them.

4- [B]Two Story writing exercises with Opening sentence given. [/B]

A story of minimum 4-5 lines or sentences to be completed in 3 minutes.
The story was to be continued from first sentence
Hint: the sentences projected some unfavorable/negative starting... Steer the situation in positive way with some positive ending.

5- [B]Word Association Test (WAT)[/B]

around 50 to 60 words will be displayed and called out, time to write sentence will be 10 seconds each.
Hint: Practise from ISSB prep websites/books for ideas.

6-[B] Comprehensive Bio-Data form [/B] was handed over for completion in the end.

[B]
Total time taken: Around 3.5 to 4 hours. [/B]

Any queries/ questions are welcomed. Pray for my success. :bow

Regards.