Situational judgement tests
Practice taking situational judgements tests
Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) are growing in popularity as an assessment method. Organisations as diverse as Waitrose, the NHS, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Sony, Wal-Mart, Deloitte, John Lewis, the law firm Herbert Smith, the Fire Service and many more, are using these tests as part of their recruitment process.
Situational judgement tests present candidates with a range of different situations that they might experience in the job for which they are applying. For each situation, a number of possible actions are suggested. There are usually around 4 or 5 actions but this varies. It is the candidate's job to choose between these possible options and judge which is the most effective course of action to take and therefore which action they would take if faced with this situation. SJTs are always multiple-choice ; no answers other than the options listed are allowed.
Tackling situational judgement tests
- Situational judgement tests measure your behaviour and attitude towards different scenarios.
- Each situational judgement test is tailored to the particular role and organisation, to see how closely you fit their desired character.
- Imagine you are answering in a work environment. Think about how you would behave if faced with the situation at work.
- Answer honestly but have in the back of your mind the culture and values of the organisation to which you are applying.
Take a trial situational judgement test now
(allow about 30 minutes, including feedback)
