This is a test for administrative roles conducted by the SoCalGas Company containing 78 questions divided into three sections: A Reasoning Test, A Reading Comprehension Test, and A Problem-Solving Test.
The test is a reliable measurement of applicants’ administrative skills because the cognitive qualities it evaluates – reading comprehension, reasoning, problem-solving, and numerical skills – are essential for an administrative assistant to possess in order to succeed in the new workplace. The test’s time limit is 25 minutes, during which you need to answer questions in the following sections:
The Verbal Reasoning Test estimates how well you read and analyze facts and make conclusions from given data. Each of the test’s 30 questions contains several statements and conclusions.
Statements are listed in succession. Your task is to read the list of facts attentively and, after you have analyzed all the information, decide whether a conclusion is true or false.
Sometimes, there will not be enough data to warrant the conclusion. In this case, you will need to consider it indeterminate and mark it as “X.”
You will have as little as 5 minutes to decide whether these conclusions are true or false or indeterminate.
The Reading Comprehension Test seeks to ascertain the level of your reading comprehension and verbal reasoning. On the test, you will be presented with several passages from written texts, accompanied by questions about them.
You will need to read the passages quickly and select answers to given questions from several alternatives listed below the text.
You will be given only 10 minutes to answer 23 questions. What may help you finish the task quicker is scanning the questions before you start so that you automatically focus on certain pieces of information while you are reading.
The Problem-Solving Math Test evaluates how well candidates solve problems formulated in words with the help of basic mathematical calculations.
Short narratives that you will read on the test will tell you about people who either spend certain amounts of money on specified goods or receive money for some services.
Your task will be to calculate how much money these people would pay or gain in particular circumstances.
Mathematical operations that you will need to perform will include adding, subtraction, multiplying, and dividing. There are 25 problems on this test, which you will be asked to solve within 10 minutes.