Monday, 1 May 2017

SVAR TEST QUESTIONS | Aspiring Mind


SVAR TEST BY ASPIRING MIND

ABOUT SVAR
   Communication ability is a key criterion for recruitment in many profiles across industries. Some profiles like those for Call Centers, Hospitality, Sales and Service, Education and Training require candidate to be excellent in communication skills, specially spoken English. To evaluate a candidate's spoken English capabilities, Aspiring Minds has developed and SVAR. 
  SVAR is a Aspiring Minds patented automated spoken English assessment tool. it evaluates the pronunciation, fluency, Intonation, grammar, listening & language anticipation skills,  spoken English understanding, Extempore Skills of the candidate and, the tool provides a comprehensive evaluation.The test uses a combination of reading and speaking sentences, listening and repeating sentences and words, listening comprehension passages and free speech to evaluate the candidate. it is used across the world by large global corporations to test and rate spoken English capabilities.

It is a telephonic test.
You have to call to the number given to you during the exam.
Duration: 18-20 minutes
Number of questions: Approximately 40-45
There are 6 sections
Section: A
They’ll send you 12 sentences via email in prior which you need to recite at the time of your phone call. After each beep you need to speak fast and with proper pronunciation within a span of merely 5 seconds.
Practice well reading these statements before calling.

Section: B
In this section, you will hear automated voice on the phone will recite ten sentences. You need to repeat the sentence you hear. one after the another. Not simultaneously
Listen carefully. You will only get one chance to hear a sentence.If you listen attentively, you can deliver the same well

Section: C
In this section, you will hear a conversation followed by a set of questions based on it.
Scribble the points first. In my case, it was a conversation between a lady and a customer service regarding wrong shopping order. Some got a conversation between a customer and travelling agency

Section: D
In this section, you will hear Multiple choice questions followed by its options. Answer as per the instructions given.

Section: E
In this section, you will hear hear sentences which might have a grammatical error. It will be followed by four options each being a part of the sentence itself. Identify the part which contains an error.

Section: F
In this section, you will be given a topic and 30sec for thinking. You have to talk about it for max 45secs.

QUERIES....???

Many of them have queries like:-

Q. what type of topic do they ask in svar test?
èThese are the main four topics of SVAR speaking round,
1.      A busy market scene
2.      flood
3.      Children's Playground
4.      Hospital

Q. Does calling cost us or it is a toll free number?
èit will cost you approx 20-30 rupees. you better call with a min balance of 40rs
It sounds simple from the way it is being instructed but here’s what you need to be aware of.
What you need before taking test:
1. Proper network. You can re-attempt twice in case of failures, but     not more than that.
2. Closed room, with no disturbance.
3. Use headphones with good sound, or put loudspeakers.
4. Vigilant ear, because the only key to cracking this is attention.
5. Note down Your AMCAT ID, PARSE KEY (given to you by           your test centre), SVAR ID, TEST ID in a notepad.You need to         type these on your mobile’s keypad for verification.
6. A pen or pencil to write something
Following are the ways to improve the skills:-
1. For reading skill you can read newspaper daily.
2. For vocabulary and grammar you can give tests online and check     your efficiency. And prepare accordingly.
3. For Fluency in English you need to improve on how to speak and     improve your vocabulary.
Reliability and Integrity
The test meets international reliability standards on assessments. The assessment has a match with human raters with a correlation of over 0.95.
Using advanced voice signature features, SVAR ensures integrity and capability to auto proctor. At any time in the future, it can be verified if the candidate actually took the test on his/her own.

Delivery
SVAR can be delivered using a computer or over a voice connection. Benchmarked extensively to work on mobile phone bit rates, the tool maintains its accuracy even while being delivered over a land line or a mobile connection.
With advanced management features like self proctoring, voice signatures, call-resume functionality, detection of silent periods, etc the tool is conditioned to work in both corporate and in an uncontrolled infrastructure environment.

=> SVAR Survey by Aspiring Minds: 97% engineers in India           cannot speak English required for jobs in corporate                     sales/business consulting.
=> National Spoken English Skills report, Engineers 2015-16 by         Aspiring Minds, based on SVAR, India’s largest Spoken                 English Test.
=> Around 3/4th engineers do not have spoken English skills               required for any job in knowledge economy.
=> Around 61% engineers possess grammar skills no better than         a class VII student.
=> Females score over males in written English while males show       better Spoken element.
=> Not more than 7.1% engineers can speak English with fluency       that renders speech meaningful.
=> Pronunciation and fluency are the major barriers in effective         Spoken English.

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