This Is How to Get Your Next Job

These Go Without Saying (Or Do They?)

These may seem obvious. Then again, maybe not. Here are a few more Don’ts that may or may not be obvious:

• Don’t cheat on tests or react negatively while taking them. Tests can screen for intelligence (your capacity to acquire and apply knowledge), skills (what you can already do), aptitude (your capacity to learn other skills), interests (what you’ll most likely enjoy doing), and attitude (how you tend to act or approach things), as well as how you tend to influence others and how you think. And maybe more.

You can never know for sure whether they’re doing it, but some of the people who administer the tests also record how applicants act while taking them. They’re observing: Does the person seem frustrated ...