Recruiters And Students Get Beneit By AIMA'S New Aptitude Test

The All India Management Association (AIMA) had announced in September this year about the launch of their Management Aptitude and Skills Test (MAST), a screening test for B-school graduates.

The test, to be conducted for the first time on February 20, 2011, will be a tool in assessing the basic skill set of B-school graduates which is required for being successful in the tough world of corporates.

MAST will be computer-based and will be of 150-minutes duration. Students will be tested in various fields such as Management Aptitude, Domain Knowledge involving functional areas of specializations such as Marketing, Finance, Human Resource, International Business, Operations and Information Technology.
As it is necessary for recruiters to evaluate students from a large number of campuses, the recruiting procedure can be quite costly and problematic for companies. A company may have to spend around Rs.1.5 lakh on a single campus visit alone. MAST will prove to be a cost-effective tool for recruiters as it will greatly reduce the money that companies have to spend on campus visits for recruitingcandidates.

Apart from being of great assistance to recruiters, AIMA has stated that the test will also benefit students by providing them with a large amount of exposure to the Indian job market.

It is being alleged that the test would work for students as an arena where they will be provided with equal chances to present themselves disregarding their geographical locations or what B-School they have passed out from.

Many management pass-outs every year struggle with finding the right job which is suitable and apt for their specific skill set, aptitude as well as interests. The results of the MAST test would comprise of the scores of all students along with detailed information about their traits and skills. AIMA will also upload the resumes of all students who have taken the test, making them available to recruiters registered at the AIMA website.

Although this new aptitude and skills assessment test by AIMA is being hailed as a savior of sorts for both students and recruiters, making the recruitment process less cumbersome for them, it remains to be seen whether the test fares well in solving the purpose it has been introduced for.