DU launches employability test

Updated on: Saturday, December 24, 2011

Delhi University's Central Placement Cell (CPC) launched employability test where more than 150 students appeared for the computer based test on Friday. Another 7,000 students have registered for the test, of which 1,200 are sitting for the exam on Saturday.

DU has tied up with Aspiring Minds to launch employability test - AMCAT (Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test) to assess the employability of the students. The test open to students of all streams assess the students on their English comprehension, quantitative ability, logical ability, personality assessment and other domain modules on specific job skills. The test was formally launched by the vice chancellor of DU, Dinesh Singh, who said that this will help both the students and the university to find the areas where the students need to work on.

Based on the test, each assessed student would receive AMCAT's Seven-Stroke Employability feedback - a detailed personalised report with scores on their performance on each module - that helps to understand the suitability to a sector and functional area. The tests will be conducted at various venues in the North and South Campus by January end.

"The test is a reality check for students to understand their industry readiness and employability. Moreover, it levels the biases in hiring and help recruiters select by merit. We are expecting a good performance by DU students as they are among the brightest students in the City and also Delhi has topped in our previous test on 53,000 engineers across the country. We will declare the results and a detailed report in two days," said Himanshu Aggarwal, co-Founder and CEO, Aspiring Minds. While there are around 21,000 DU students registered with the CPC.

AMCAT's is considered India's largest employability Test and more than 75 companies including MNCs use Aspiring Minds' recruitment solutions, including HCL, Sapient, Ericsson, ITC, SBI Life, Nokia, Keane, and Accor Hotels and has aided over 12,000 freshers to get a job on merit in the last year.

Times of India

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