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Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by sigacts on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:08PM (#17533280)
What kind of questions were asked as part of the cognitive test?
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Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by snarfy on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:19PM (#17533322)
It's a timed, multiple choice test. "A car is driving 50mph and drives for two hours. How far did it drive?" Like, really simple. I had more trouble with ambiguous wording than anything. Almost nobody finishes as they don't give much time.
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Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by walshemj on Saturday July 14, 2018 @09:32PM (#17533357)
That's a common technique in multiple choice tests and not like any of the IQ tests I have taken which a more abstract
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Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by emmp on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:01PM (#17533585)
It's the CCAT.

https://www.criteriacorp.com/resources/ccat_prep.php

Source: myself. I also work for a Vista company

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Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by AlexCoventry on Saturday July 14, 2018 @11:39PM (#17533676)
As an Android user, I perceive discrimination against my tribe in the provision of only an iOS test-prep. :-) (Search for JobFlare.)
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