Winner of two National Career Awards, 2009 for her Job Search Support Programme and in 2007 for The Gold Career Programme.Denise Taylor is an award-winning chartered psychologist and registered guidance practitioner who has been helping people find out who they are, what they want to do and be successful in their job search for more than 20 years. She is the founder of Amazing People (www.amazingpeople.co.uk) and noted as one of the top career coaches in the UK with clients from all over Great Britain, Europe and beyond.Denise was the featured careers coach on ITV's 'Tonight' programme - How Safe is your Job? (November 2008), is regularly featured on radio shows to discuss career related issues. She is a sought-after consultant, advising companies as diverse as the Civil Service, charities and energy companies in making effective recruitment decisions.

• About the AuthorAcknowledgementsPrefaceIntroductionPreparation1. The employer perspective2. Preparing for successPsychometric Testing3. Introducing psychometric tests4. Verbal reasoning and critical-thinking tests5. Numerical tests6. Abstract reasoning and other tests7. Personality questionnairesAssessment Centres8. Assessment centres - an introduction9. Group exercises10. Written exercises11. In-tray exercises12. Presentations13. Role-plays14. Other exercisesInterviews15. The interview - preparation16. Getting ready to answer questions17. Over to you - questions to ask at the end of the interviewOn the Day and Following Up18. Appearance and body language19. On the day20. AfterwardsSuccess21. You've got the job!A Final WordAnswers to Psychometric Tests