Aptitude for aspiring professionals: Intelligent approaches in interview or written tests

Bishnu Goswami

Dec 2020 · Bishnu Goswami

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Aptitude questions aim to find the long term warriors in a professional setting, unafraid of the challenges near and long term can bring, brave and bold enough to withstand the unforeseen storm. This is in part due to the timelessness of aptitude questions, the independence from the immediate. Unlike most subjective questions, aptitude questions are not the sort of questions to 'rote-learn' and 'soon-forget'. Aptitude questions aim to find the critical thinking skills of the aspirant, and if they can think fast enough. This is becoming more important in the age of automation, where clerical jobs take a backseat, and more particularly in start-up companies, where time is one of the most expensive commodities.Aptitude questions are indeed hard to prepare for compared to many subjective tests and tests in schools or universities, especially if they are for competitive professional posts. There can be innumerable questions from the big bucket of topics aptitude questions come from, ranging from mathematics, to verbal ability, spatial thinking and sometimes even basic grammar. Practice plays a role here, as well as familiarity with the basic concepts such as the mathematical formulae we learn in middle school. Many of the aptitude questions have a straightforward way to solve them, but in the higher levels, many questions have an alternate, more effective way of solving them. These questions, put in the sharp corporate way, are what can be used to separate the "grain from the chaff". Understanding what motivates the creation of such questions and where can the more effective ways be utilized can play a big role for the aspirant to advance in their professional life, or for starting in higher tier. In this book we uncover questions which can be solved in much more effective way, as these trickier questions are becoming more and more common in professional settings. The focus here is strictly on the quality of the questions; on avoiding the complicated processes and finding an alternate more effective way. The questions, mostly from high level professional entrance tests, have been chosen so that the effective methods are applicable to wide variety of alternative questions. It is recommended to use practice books for aptitude questions and books on basic formulae alongside while using this book. Best of luck!

About the author

Bishnu Goswami is an author, researcher, game/software developer and an avid bicyclist. He has published around four dozen books, with a few under a pseudoname. His genres include some nonfictional work; including techniques to crack difficult written and oral examinations, thinking holistically about science and its pedagogy and improving on existing de facto methods for the same.

In the realm of software development, he has authored on the scripting and start-to-finish development of multi platform 2D games. Another example of his work involves the monetization best-practices in this area, using live-examples from his own individual projects from the past. One of his very recent projects involves an evolving element which can benefit the upcoming programmers in the field of inclusive development, which is also a part of his ongoing research work.

In the very relevant field of inclusive development and global health, Goswami has worked with Rohin C, an American enthusiast, and jointly published a book on using Progressive Web Apps for Inclusive Development. He has previously worked on the use of these apps for newly industrialized countries, and those accounts are reflected in the book.

He has also authored multiple books on some new variations of board games, including their analyses and feedback from the early-bird players, quite a few of them being acclaimed by the reviewers. He has also authored in abstract thinking puzzles, which has mostly been received very positively by readers of all age-groups.

In addition to the recurring element of puzzle and their simplification in his work, Goswami has written on memoirs. These involve personal journeys to his cosy times with the rural-ferally juxtaposed indogs, an intelligent 'breed' of dogs that socializes itself out of nuclear-family dwellings, or the time he rode the last 'small' train to an ancient town of India. Some of his work here also dwells on the slightly risqué subject of personality profiling and stirring of the cultural potpourri.

While working with the Society of Mental and Rhetorical Training, an institute created by the highest ranking civil officers of his home country, Goswami learned a few manners of the discipline; especially on the stressed importance of presenting oneself professionally, and with confidence. This is also noted down in one of his earlier works, and which was in part responsible for his invitation to various lectures throughout the country and internationally.

Goswami has a master's degree in science and has also won multiple awards in national and international conferences. He has also contributed in Quora, a knowledge sharing website and maintains a blog and a software-developer website. In his free time, he likes to listen to classical music, watch birds and go on a tour of bicycling.

He is also the creator of the Bongojontro and Bongojontro Baksobandi software, whose role is illustrated in a scientific paper published in EAIT, which is the official journal of the Technical Committee on Education of the International Federation for Information Processing in partnership with UNESCO.

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