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Accenture began as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the early 1950s. [4] The division conducted a feasibility study for General Electric to install a computer at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, which led to GE's installation of a UNIVAC I computer and printer, believed to be the first commercial use of a computer in the United States.
The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT (/ ˈ dʒ iː m æ t / (JEE-mat))) is a computer adaptive test (CAT) intended to assess certain analytical, quantitative, verbal, and data literacy skills for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. [4]
The Oxford Placement Test uses computer-adaptive testing (CAT) technology. Computer adaptive tests can be more efficient [4] and provide more precise measurement [5] than traditional tests. The adaptive test works by selecting each successive question from a large bank of questions, based on the test taker's response to the previous question.
The puzzle interview was popularized by Microsoft in the 1990s and is now used in other organizations. The most common types of questions either ask the applicant to solve puzzles or brain teasers (e.g., "Why are manhole covers round?") or to solve unusual problems (e.g., "How would you weigh an airplane without a scale?"). [70]
Mechanical aptitude tests are often coupled together with spatial relations tests. Mechanical aptitude is a complex function and is the sum of several different capacities, one of which is the ability to perceive spatial relations. Some research has shown that spatial ability is the most important part of mechanical aptitude for certain jobs.
IAT consists of 60 questions: 15 questions each from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. Total time for answering the test is 3 hours. Questions are of multiple choice type with only one correct answer. Each correct answer is awarded 4 marks. Each incorrect answer leads to the deduction of 1 mark. Unanswered questions are awarded 0 mark.
The Training & Placement Centre (TPC) of SCC is the chief facilitator for the students to obtain placements best suited to them and be the primary liaison between industry and the institute. The main goal of the Placement Cell is to provide the best training on aptitude, resume building, group discussion, technical training and interview skills.
The first widely recognized comparison-shopping agent was BargainFinder, developed by Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).The team, led by researcher Bruce Krulwich, created BargainFinder in 1995 as an experiment and published it on-line without advance warning to the e-commerce sites being compared.