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INTRODUCTION

SUMMARY

AMCAT SCORES AND FEEDBACK

YOUR PERSONALITY

YOUR JOB FIT

IMPROVE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY

RESOURCES

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Chapter I. INTRODUCTION

This report will tell you:

Your AMCAT scores on various skills needed in select industries

Learn what you do well and what you have to improve

How to improve the skills in which you are deficient

Learn how you can improve various skills

Your personality

Understand your Big Five personality profile

Your match to various jobs in the market

Learn about the jobs for which you are highly employable, the jobs for which you have high potential, andthe jobs for which you need to improve your skills

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Chapter II. SUMMARY

Lugano Simon Mwantake AMCAT ID: 63140010264872

Your Amcat Score

The bar represents your performance in the module. The flag in each bar represents the average score in the module.Score of one module should not be compared with the score of another.

Your Job Fit

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English Comprehension

Logical Ability- Inductive Reasoning

Chapter III. AMCAT SCORES AND FEEDBACK

This chapter provides your AMCAT performance score.

SECTION I: YOUR AMCAT REPORT CARD

Module Score Percentile

English Comprehension 465 27.4%

Logical Ability 410 24.2%

Financial accounting 620 95.5%

AM DIRECT: Managerial Situational Judgment Test 37.6 N.A.

The score range is 100-900.Percentile rank is calculated by comparing the scores of all the candidates who took the module. A percentile rank of NAmeans that we do not calculate the percentile for that module or you did not answer enough questions in that module.The SJT/Competency Test module score with a range of 0 to 100, is a norm-based score and hence has no separatepercentile

SECTION II: HOW TO IMPROVE

Learn how to improve your skills based on your test attempt.

You are able to construct short sentences and understand simple text.You need to enhance your comprehension skill and grammar a step further.The ability to read and comprehend is important for most jobs. However, it is of utmost importance for jobs

that involve research, content development, editing, teaching, etc.You could start reading newspaper regulary. You can also consider reading English novels of your interest.You are on the right track, regular reading will help you learn English faster.

You are able to derive simple rules based on specific examples.You need to practice to learn how to derive complex rules from examples, which are dependent on multiple

parameters, e.g., if papers are stacked in five different piles, being able to infer the rule to bin them byreading through them.

This skill is required in high end analytics jobs where one is required to draw inferences based onpredefined rules, from different set of data and infer various patterns.

You can best improve your inductive reasoning skills by referring to solved examples in study material,understanding methods to tackle different kinds of situations and data.

You should try to generalize data given in government reports, newspapers and business magazines. Forexample: You can read data like population growth over years, or rise and fall of price of shares ofcompanies etc, and then try to formulate rules for the trends.

You can play games like Tic-Tac-Toe, Classic Checkers, Connect the dots (a.k.a. Squares), stroop test etc.This skill is best learnt by practicing and following up on your mistakes.Continuous effort can help you

improve.

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Logical Ability- Deductive Reasoning

Financial accounting

You need to put substantial effort to improve your deductive reasoning skills.To begin with, you need to put an effort to observe carefully and understand simple rules and instructions in

order to make sound logical deductions.In various scenarios, it is important to reach definite conclusions basis generic situations. Deductive

reasoning is useful in such cases as it enables one to draw conclusions based on previously known facts.You could read about deductive reasoning online and on how to learn this skill. You could familiarize

yourself with some common examples of deductive reasoning.Our brain is very powerful, a little effort can lead to superior skills.All the best!

You were able to analyze and solve complex problems in Financial Accounting.You should continue to practice, read magazines/journals to keep yourself abreast with the latest in the

field. Help others!

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Low Medium High

Chapter IV. YOUR PERSONALITY

This chapter provides you with a detailed analysis of your personality. The analysis is based on yourresponses to AMPI (Aspiring Minds Personality Inventory). AMPI is based on the Big Five model of personalitybut includes an additional trait - Polychronicity. AMPI adheres to global standards of reliability add validity.

SECTION I: YOUR PERSONALITY SCORES

The table below shows your percentile in each trait.

Trait Region

Extraversion

Conscientiousness

Emotional Stability

Openness to Experience

Agreeableness

Polychronicity

Note:

Scores and Their Interpretation:

a. For each trait, you have been classified as being LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH. It should be noted that theseclassifications are relative rather than absolute. They are based on norms derived from a sample of jobaspirants. For instance, a person who is high on Extraversion is as extraverted as the top 33% of thepeople in our norm group, but he or she may still not be extraverted enough for a given role or meet astandard set by another individual.

b. A low percentile rank does not imply bad performance and a high percentile rank does not imply goodperformance, since there is no concept of performance in personality.

c. This report is best interpreted by a psychologist. The candidate is strongly advised not to take any actionon the basis of this report without first referring to a qualified psychologist.

SECTION II: DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PERSONALITY

This section provides you a detailed description of your personality traits.

Extraversion

Your score indicates you are High on Extraversion.

Extraversion is defined as one's inclination towards the outer world. Individuals with high extraversion can becharacterized as social, talkative and assertive. They like the company of people and enjoy social gatherings.They need external stimulation and get energized while interacting with people. They have lots of friends andthrive for making new social contacts. They like to work in groups and prefer to lead others.

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You like to engage with the external world, be among people and interact with them. You are assertive of yourview and prefer to lead rather than follow. You seek lot of excitement and like to engage in high energy andthrilling activities. You enjoy social gatherings and feel more comfortable being surrounded by people.

Conscientiousness

Your score indicates you are High on Conscientiousness.

Conscientiousness has been called by some psychologists as the Will to Achieve. It is generally seen to havetwo components, one of striving for achievement and the other of dependability. The latter is characterized bybeing thorough, organized and responsible. The former is related to volitional variables such as hardwork,perseverance and orientation towards achievement.

You are punctual, well organized and believe in self-discipline. You like everything in order and followprocesses, plans and rules. You are a perfectionist, pay good attention to detail and work methodically toachieve your goals. You can be relied upon to get things done well. You are well-motivated, determined andhave a good sense of direction in life.

Emotional Stability

Your score indicates you are Medium on Emotional Stability.

Emotional stability refers to being in a state of psychological steadiness. Emotionally stable people are eventempered and relaxed and they tend to have higher emotional intelligence. On the other hand, people low onemotional stability are likely to experience negative emotions like anxiety, depression, embarrassment andinsecurity on small stimuli from the environment. These people have a tendency to exaggerate minor mutations.

You are generally calm, but, at times, may get upset by behavior of others, feel depressed or guilty. You canhandle situations well but at times get panicked. You are moderately adaptable to your surroundings.

Openness to Experience

Your score indicates you are Medium on Openness to Experience.

Openness to Experience is associated with being broad-minded, unconventional, having a rich artistic sensitivityand being curious and imaginative. This has been a trait hard to identify and has been called as intellect, cultureor openness to experience by various psychometricians. Open individuals are creative, willing to challengeauthority and entertain new ideas. They have intuitive thinking and can adapt to change easily. They areprogressive and prefer to explore new ways and ideas of doing things.

You would be moderately interested in the aesthetics and your intensity of emotions and feelings is comparableto most people. You seek a balance between the conventional path and experimentation with new ways. Youare generally open to new things. But if something crosses its limit, you'll never favor it. You are suspicious ofanything too much out of the way.

Agreeableness

Your score indicates you are High on Agreeableness.

Agreeableness refers to social conformity, friendliness, compliance and altruism. Agreeable people are

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sympathetic to others, help others and trust others to help them too in return. They are popular amongst theircolleagues and do not believe in manipulating people. Agreeable people are good for customer relationshipprofiles and work well in teams.

You come across as warm and compassionate. You care for others, are generous, helpful and modest. Youmake sure you do not hurt anyone and are trusting of others. You are straightforward, understanding andhumble. You see other people as honest and trustworthy and believe in what they say.

Polychronicity

Your score indicates you are High on Polychronicity.

The Multi-tasking trait is defined as the extent to which the person prefers to engage in more than one taskssimultaneously and believes that this is a productive work style. Individuals high on this trait shall like to engagein multiple activities at a given time, whereas those low shall prefer to just do one thing at a time. This traitmeasures the personality disposition of a person to multi-task and does not measure the ability to do so.

You have a high score on the multi-tasking scale. This shows that you prefer to do multiple tasks simultaneously,switching in between as per need basis. Rather than doing a single task or project, you shall like to do severalof them together. Your working approach shall be to make some progress on multiple tasks than completingone task to the fullest and then moving to the next task. You will like to work in an environment which involvesmulti-tasking and shall not be put off by that. You believe this is an efficient way of doing things.

We hope that this chapter helped you to learn a few new things about your personality and yourjob preferences. Now, turn your attention to one of the most important aspects of this report: thejob roles you currently qualify for.

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Chapter V. YOUR JOB FIT

This chapter explains your job fit in various profiles.

AMCAT is used by leading corporations across the world to hire high-performing employees. Based on what wehave learned from working with these corporations, we have developed statistical models of what scores makea candidate succeed in a given job profile. Using these models, we have predicted your employability.

YOUR JOB FIT

Roles of Interest

We report here on your employability in relation to each role that interests you. A high employability rating meansthat you have the skills to be successful in the role, whereas a low employability rating means that there arecertain skills that you need to improve. You will learn which skills you need to improve to become moreemployable in a given role.

Role Your Employability Skills to Improve

Marketing

Communications Specialist LowYou have to work hard in EnglishComprehension.

Administrative Role

Front Desk Officer MediumYou have to work hard in EnglishComprehension.

More Roles

Here you will learn about your potential in other roles based on the skills you were tested for. These roles mayrequire other skills,and we mention these skills as well

Role Your EmployabilitySkills You Need To

ImproveAdditional Skills

Needed

Marketing

Marketing Professional MediumYou have to work hard inEnglish Comprehension.

Marketing

Marketing Manager MediumYou have to work hard inEnglish Comprehensionand Logical Ability.

Marketing

Administrative Role

Word Processors andTypists

High NoneInformation Gathering &Synthesis

Administrative Professional High NoneBasic Computer Literacy,Internet Ability and OfficeAdministration

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Role Your EmployabilitySkills You Need To

ImproveAdditional Skills

Needed

Content Development

Creative writer LowYou have to work hard inEnglish Comprehension.

Information Gathering &Synthesis, Basic ComputerLiteracy and Internet Ability

Sales

Sales Professional High None Sales Competency Test

Retail

Retail Salesperson High None Retail Sales Management

Business Consulting/Analysis

Business Consultant MediumYou have to work hard inEnglish Comprehensionand Logical Ability.

Quantitative Ability andAnalytical Skills

Analyst MediumYou have to work hard inEnglish Comprehensionand Logical Ability.

Quantitative Ability andAnalytical Skills

Teaching

Elementary School Teacher High NoneAM TEACH: TeachingSituational Judgment Test

Middle School Teacher High NoneAM TEACH: TeachingSituational Judgment Test

High School Teacher High NoneAM TEACH: TeachingSituational Judgment Test

Remember, we tend to spend more time on our strongest skills. Instead, we should spend moretime on skills that we want to improve!

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Chapter VI. IMPROVE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY

SECTION I: SUGGESTED STUDY PLAN

Here is your recommended study plan: Spend more time working on the skills that you need to improve.Allocating your time in this way will help you to maintain your scores in the modules in which you are strong whileyou substantially improve on those modules that are weaker.

The pie chart below tells you how much time you should ideally be spending on different modules. Perfection issaid to come from continuous practice.

Remember, we tend to spend more time on our strongest skills. Instead, we should spend more time on skillsthat we want to improve!

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Chapter VII. RESOURCES

This chapter provides you with educational resources in order to help you improve your employability skills. Thereferences are custom generated based on your AMCAT performance across different modules.

Module Resources

English

Learn about written english comprehension

Learn about spoken english comprehension

Test your comprehension skills

Improve your reading skills by reading novels

Learn about business e-mail etiquettes

InductiveReasoning

Test your inductive logic!

Play Tic-Tac-Toe to develop your inductive reasoning skills

Learn about finding the next number in the series!

Test your inductive logic skills

Learn about how to solve problems by deriving complex rules

DeductiveReasoning

Learn about deductive reasoning

Practice examples of deductive reasoning

Learn about syllogisms- the basics of deduction

Learn about deductive reasoning and test your basics

Learn about the basics of deductive reasoning

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