ATR driver,
The second reply to this thread (by willadvise) was pretty accurate.
The first section was 60 speed/distance/time questions that started very easy and got harder. Most people averaged around 30 questions finished within the time limit. This was mainly due to programed interuptions from a pre recorded voice, ie see how you can do two things at once.
Next was recognising shapes and colours. Sounds easy, but not quite. Bit hard to explain but you had to be very quick, and I mean quick. By the time you had tried to match a shape with that displayed, you had already missed the next question. However, as you practised, it did get easier.
Next was a test to see how well you could judge an object even if you couldn't see it. A ball would move from the left of screen (at a constant speed), then it would be covered up by two patterns. Not only did you have to stop the ball before it hit the wall on the other side (remembering you onle see the ball at the start), you have to classify the patters as either the same or different. You had to try and go through as many patterns you could as well as keeping in mind that the ball would be getting closer to the wall.
Next was like an ATC sim game. This part went for about three hours. You got four prac. goes and the fifth was your recorded score. Again, it starts easy on the first, and the hardest was the final one. There are two airports on the screen, and four exit points from the control zone. The aircraft depicted either wanted to land at one of the airports or exit the zone (a,b,c,d). Each aircraft had this marked next to their ID. If an aircraft was to land, they had to be at the right height (level 1), and the right speed (Slow). If they wanted to exit, they had to be going fast and at the highest level (4). You lost points for not complying with landing speeds/heights, exit speeds/heights, could not get two aircraft within 5 miles, could not overfly an airport, lost points for landing an aircraft at the wrong airport/wrong direction, wrong exit area. This was actually fun. Bearing in mind the last test contained up to 40 aircraft within your airpsace. You have control of heading, speed, altitude by a mouse and clicking on what you wanted the aircraft to do.
Finally, there was a 100 question psych test. Standard type for this type of employment.
Its a bloody long day, and at the end you've had enough!
Has anybody heard anything yet?
Good luck to all.