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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Jango_Fett6</i> <br /><br />Ive been to 4 of these things for the Freight Train Conductor trainee, I dont even stay for a interview and it pisses me off. Ive checked the website and it says if you stay for a interview you will be taking a math test and a language test. Now this question is for NS employees who's takin it. Are these test difficult? I took some test for UP and ace'd them. Im afraid when it came to math the good lord skipped over me in the brain's department there. I was just looking for a little help there. Ohhhh and what do I gotta tell these people to get a job? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I went to a NS hiring session a couple months ago,..fully expecting to get thrown out on my ear. <br /> <br />Instead, I made the first 3 cuts, totally to my surprise. <br /> <br />The tests you mention are centered on three areas,...(1) their personality profile , which is mostly made up of asking the same 10 questions 100 different ways, just to see if you are honest, and then a timed test made up of (2) math and (3) common sense questions that you are not given enough time to complete, but are judged based upon how far you get and the percentage you get correct. <br /> <br />Here is an example of a common sense question: <br /> <br />which of the following letters begins the word described in the following? <br /> <br />A person who performs in motion pictures.. (1) P, (2) D, (3) A, (4) K, (5) X <br /> <br />The correct answer is (3) A....as in "actor" <br /> <br />That is an actual question from their test, by the way,... My guess is that it is to see if you can guess your way through someone elses bad hand writting,..there were about a dozen or so similar questions,. <br /> <br />and the math questions were no more difficult than 8th grade advanced math....you know, very light algebra.. Such as 'If Car A is 10 miles away from car B, and each approaches the other, car A at 8 mph, and car b at 5 mph, how ling before they pass by each other?" type of stuff...
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