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To help you prepare for your upcoming assessments, we have provided preparation guides, online practice tests, and Frequently Asked Questions.
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Personality & Behavioural Questionnaires
Wave Styles assessments are built around one integrated model based on a rich understanding of personal motives, talents, competency potential and preferred culture.
We offer four Wave personality questionnaire types for various target groups and role levels – Wave Professional Styles, Wave Focus Styles, Wave Strengths and Match 6.5. Each has different questions and timings, but all use the same easy-to-use and accessible online interface.
Aptitude Tests
Employers often use aptitude tests as part of their assessment procedures for the selection and development of staff. Aptitude or ability tests are consistently proven to be the best predictors of workplace effectiveness. Using the right ability tests as part of a recruitment process helps organisations ensure the right person is chosen for the role.
Preparing for a Personality Test
The below guides are designed to help you understand how to approach the various Personality / Behavioural Styles questionnaires.
Click through to read more about the questionnaire, the completion experience, and how to approach them.
Wave Styles Preparation Guides
Wave Styles assessments are built around one integrated model based on a rich understanding of personal motives, talents, competency potential and preferred culture. The concepts of motive and talent are central to the structure and have real implications for selection, individual development, career planning and performance.
Preparation Guide for Wave Professional Styles
Preparation Guide for Wave Focus Styles
Wave Strengths Questionnaire Preparation Guide
The questionnaire explores a person’s talents within a work context. Research has demonstrated that Saville Assessment Wave questionnaires are powerful predictors of a wide variety of performance and behaviour at work.
Preparation Guide for Strengths Behavioural Screening Questionnaire
Match 6.5 Preparation Guide
This questionnaire asks you to provide information that relates to how you are likely to behave at work. Research has demonstrated that Saville Assessment Wave® questionnaires are powerful predictors of a wide variety of performance and behavior at work.
Preparation Guide for Match 6.5 Questionnaire
Practice the Aptitude Tests
Complete realistic timed practice questions online by selecting the appropriate link below (links will open in a new tab).
While you are in a practice test you can complete the questions as many times as you like. To re-access a practice test after you have opted to Finish, simply select the required link again.
You will be given onscreen feedback for each question that you answer. The purpose of the practice tests is to familiarise you with the format of the actual test and working to strict time limits.
The difficulty of the example questions does not necessarily represent the difficulty level of the test itself.
Please note: Aptitude assessments are not accessible on mobile phones (with the exception of Swift Comprehension Verbal & Numerical Aptitude, Swift Global Aptitude and the Workplace English Proficiency Tests).
| Global Aptitude Practice Test |
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| Practice Test for Swift Global Aptitude |
Workplace English Test
Employers often use this test to measure an individual’s understanding and use of English in the workplace.
| Workplace English Test |
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| Practice Test for Workplace English |
Frequently Asked Questions
We’re here to help – take a look at our most frequently asked questions below. We strongly advise you to look at these before starting your actual assessments.
Preparing to Complete
What is a psychometric assessment/test?
Psychometric assessments are used to measure a candidate’s cognitive abilities, personality traits, and other skills relevant to a job.
I have not received my password.
Sometimes emails from the Oasys Platform get caught in spam/junk filters. If you have checked your spam/junk filter and still cannot find the email, you may need a new password email. Please contact our Managed Service and Support Team.
Why is my password not working?
Check that you are copying and pasting it correctly. Have you logged in previously and changed the password from the original numerical password?
If you have forgotten your password, you can request a new one by selecting the ‘Request a New Password’ link from the login screen. Your username should be your email address, unless advised otherwise.
How should I prepare, and are there any practice questions?
Online practice tests and preparation materials can be found here.
You will also be presented with all relevant preparation material once you log into the Oasys platform.
How many times can I login and out of my assessment?
You may login and out of a Personality Questionnaire/Performance 360 as many times as you like, though you won’t be able to go backwards to see previous answers.
If you are completing one of our timed Aptitude Assessments, you cannot leave the assessment until completion. If you do leave the assessment, you will be unable to re-enter and will need to reset your test to complete it. It will be at the discretion of the Project Administrator to reset your test.
When is the completion deadline for my assessments?
It is usually included in your invitation email. If not, the Project Administrator or organisation who asked you to complete the assessment(s), will have the deadline, if applicable.
Can I log in to Oasys outside of Saville Assessment’s working hours?
Yes. Please note that the Support Team will not be available to help with any difficulties outside of 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday (AEST/AEDT).
What if I need special adjustments to my assessment (dyslexia, a visual impairment or other condition)?
Please contact your Project Administrator or the organisation who asked you to complete the assessment(s) with relevant details.
Can I complete my assessments on a mobile phone?
For aptitude assessments:
- Only some aptitude assessments can be completed on a mobile phone. We recommend testing it via a practice assessment. We recommend completing on a computer instead.
- For tablet users: whilst our assessments are compatible with most tablet devices, please ensure you can read the text clearly prior to attempting to complete the assessment. We recommend completing a practice test to ensure your tablet is compatible.
For personality or behavioural style questionnaires and performance 360s:
- Most mobile phones, tablets and desktops are compatible.
My name is spelt incorrectly in my Invitation email and on the Oasys Platform.
You can change or correct your details in the ‘My Details’ section when you log in.
I want to take the test in a different language.
On the initial login page, you can select the required language from the dropdown menu.
When you enter an assessment the Oasys platform, it will warn you if the test is not available in that language and you will be requested to choose a language from the list of available languages.
During the Assessments
Can I take breaks during the assessments?
During the aptitude assessments you cannot take breaks. You have a set time to complete the assessment.
You can take breaks whilst you are completing the personality or performance 360 questionnaires.
I started the aptitude test and pressed the ‘Back’ button / tried to exit out of the test / I had technical issues. I am now getting a message suggesting I contact the project administrator as I need to be reset – What do I do?
Contact our Managed Service and Support Team with all relevant details. Permission to reset your test needs to be provided by the Project Administrator. Once this has been provided, you will be able to complete again from the beginning. After a reset, no previous responses will be saved.
I am completing a questionnaire (personality or performance 360) and have marked the ratings the wrong way around. How can I go back to correct?
Please contact our Managed Service and Support Team for a reset.
After Completing
How can I get my results?
The results are sent to the organisation who requested your assessments. Please contact that organisation to discuss your results.
Will I receive my report(s)?
The reports are sent to the organisation who requested your assessments. Please contact that organisation for a copy of your report(s).
Can I get feedback on my performance?
Please contact the organisation who requested your assessments.
How are my results interpreted?
Your responses are compared against a norm group to see how you perform relative to others.
Data & Privacy
What data about me will you store?
For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.
People may take part in assessments through Oasys and they may provide personal information to us via surveys or other collection methods, such as via our website.
When participating in an assessment or otherwise using our Services, we will ask the individuals to provide responses, including the following personal information:
- “Identification Data” which means information such as your name, image, video, email address and other contact details.
- You must provide Identification Data, as this is required in order for us to administer the assessment, provide the results to the Client who requested that the assessment is made available to you for completion, and for the purposes set out in the section entitled “For what purposes do we process information about you?”
- “Assessment Data” which means your responses to assessments; this may include or allow us to infer information such as:
- motives;
- talents;
- aptitudes;
- competencies;
- interests; and
- behaviour in the workplace.
- Most responses are mandatory within the assessments, but we will indicate to you if a response is optional. If you do not provide a response to certain questions within the assessment, you may not be able to proceed to the next section or it may affect your assessment score.
- “Research Data” which means responses to questions about you and which will include information such as:
- your gender;
- your age;
- your cultural background;
- your qualifications;
- your work experience; and
- details regarding your employment, responsibilities and work.
- You do not need to provide Research Data to us. Your provision of this information is entirely voluntary.
Will my personal information be given to any third parties?
To facilitate the assessment process, information about you may also be passed to external suppliers from time to time and their respective suppliers, which may include:
- providers of systems to facilitate the service such as email services and enquiry response services;
- providers of cloud-based services;
- providers of human resource and other Assessment services;
- web-based accounting systems;
- professional advisors and auditors;
- third parties involved with events that you register for, to facilitate your participation in those events; and
- disclosure of your personal information under applicable law or regulation, which may include laws outside your country of residence.
Where we use external service providers, we request those providers to implement and apply appropriate security safeguards to ensure the privacy and security of your personal information. These third parties have agreed to confidentiality restrictions and to use any personal information we share with them or which they collect on our behalf solely for the purpose of providing the contracted service to us.
We also may disclose your personal information to third parties:
- In the event that we sell any part of our business or assets of our business, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective buyer of the business or assets. We may also disclose your personal data to a vendor of another business or assets that we are acquiring or to a joint venture or merger partner.
- If our assets are acquired by a third party, personal information held about our Clients and Participants will be one of the transferred assets.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Website Terms of Use or our applicable Standard Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or to protect our rights, property, or safety or those of our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Can you delete my Data?
Yes, we can. Please contact our Managed Service and Support Team with relevant details.
IT, Systems & Browser Requirements
Occasionally you may experience some hardware or software issues when trying to complete our tests. Here are some technical tips to help you have the smoothest assessment experience.
Can I complete my assessments on a mobile phone?
For aptitude assessments:
- Only some aptitude assessments can be completed on a mobile phone. We recommend testing it via a practice assessment. We recommend completing on a computer instead.
- For tablet users: whilst our assessments are compatible with most tablet devices, please ensure you can read the text clearly prior to attempting to complete the assessment. We recommend completing a practice test to ensure your tablet is compatible.
For personality or behavioural style questionnaires and performance 360s:
- Most mobile phones, tablets and desktops are compatible.
- If you cannot read the instructions clearly, please use an alternative device with a larger screen.
Are all internet browsers compatible?
For the best experience, we recommend downloading the newest version of your preferred browser. We support current and previous versions of most browsers with a reasonable amount of market share, but not beta or development versions.
We no longer support our services on Internet Explorer 11.
System Requirements
Browsers
- For the best experience, we recommend downloading the newest version of your preferred browser.
- We support current and previous stable versions of all browsers with a reasonable amount of market share, with the exception of Internet Explorer which is no longer supported. We no longer support our services on Internet Explorer 11.
Display
- The optimum display setting will be dependent on the assessment that you are completing and the selected device.
- For aptitude assessments:
- For desktop users we recommend a minimum screen resolution of 1024 x 768.
- For tablet users; whilst our assessments are compatible with most tablet devices, please ensure your device is compatible and you can read the text clearly prior to attempting to complete the assessment. We recommend completing a practice test to ensure your tablet is compatible.
- Access is not permitted on mobile phones (with the exception of Swift Comprehension Verbal & Numerical Aptitude, Swift Global Aptitude and the Workplace English Proficiency Tests).
- For personality and performance 360 questionnaires:
- Most mobile phones, tablets and desktops are compatible.
- If you cannot read the instructions clearly, please use an alternative device with a larger screen.
Internet Access
- A reliable internet connection is required and a download bandwidth of 3Mbps or higher is recommended.
JavaScript-enabled
- JavaScript is a scripting language that works primarily on web pages. Our assessments require that JavaScript is enabled.
- For more help on enabling JavaScript, click here: How to enable javascript in a web browser?
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