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Can You Cheat LTP? A Psychologist Checks It

An LTP online scan is not the end of the process. It is the part a psychologist reads before sitting down with you.

Short answer: no.

Every LTP capacity test runs in several parallel forms at each level, so an answer list from one sitting fits no other. And in a full assessment an LTP psychologist discusses your online results with you and places them in context, with a retest route per domain behind them.

LTP’s own description of its assessments: they always begin with an online scan, and the psychologist then discusses the online results and places them in context. A score you cannot account for in that conversation is worse than a modest one you can.

The defence is a person, not an algorithm

Most test publishers defend against a shortcut with something about the questions: an adaptive pool, a clock on every item, a proctor on a webcam. LTP is different because it is a bureau first. Its business is psychologist-led selection, and its tests exist to feed that.

In LTP’s own words, an assessment always begins with an online scan, and the psychologist then discusses the online results with you and places them in context. That is the whole argument. The online score is not read by a threshold and forgotten; it is read by a person who is about to sit across from you and ask about it.

There is no single paper to find

LTP’s portal carries several parallel forms of each capacity test: five forms of the G-test, three of the Matrix test at each of three levels, several forms of the numerical and number series tests. The form you sit depends on the level of the role and on which form you are given, so an answer list from somebody else’s sitting is an answer list for a different paper.

Parallel forms
A different paper at every level
Three Matrix forms each at mbo, hbo and wo, five G-test forms, several of each of the rest. The level the job needs decides which set you are drawn from.
The conversation
A psychologist reads your scores with you
For many roles the online scan is followed by a day with an LTP psychologist who discusses your results and writes a selection advice.
Supervised
Some tests are taken in a room
LTP says some tests are taken in a controlled environment, at an LTP office or at the employer, and its portal carries a retest route per ability domain.
No marks
The questionnaires have no right answers
A Big Five profile and a work-styles profile, discussed with you. There is nothing to inflate, only a profile to recognise or not.

The one shortcut that is allowed

LTP counts correct answers and ignores errors, and its own instructions tell candidates to answer every question even when unsure. So guessing on the items you have not reached is not cheating, it is the rule. The candidates who lose marks they did not need to are the ones who leave the last items blank.

Do
Answer every item before the clock runs out. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer.
Skip an item that will not give up its rule and come back to it; LTP’s tests let you.
Sit the capacity tests on a computer or laptop, with scrap paper, and a calculator for the numerical test.
Use LTP’s own free practice site as well as this one.
Answer the questionnaires about how you are at work, from the last two years, in a way you could explain.
Do not
Do not look for answer lists. The parallel forms mean they describe a paper you will not be given.
Do not let someone else sit the online scan. The results are discussed with you, and some are re-tested.
Do not answer the personality questionnaire as the ideal candidate. It is read with you, not scored against you.
Do not plan to sit the capacity tests on a phone. LTP does not allow it.

What actually moves an LTP score

Pace, more than anything. LTP builds its tests so that few people finish: 25 matrices in 20 minutes, 28 number series in 15, 40 numerical questions in 25. A candidate who grinds at one hard item loses three easy ones at the end. Practice at the real length is how you learn when to move on.

Then the formats themselves. Eight options on a matrix is two more near misses than most tests, a double analogy is marked on both words, and the numerical test’s "cannot be determined" option is genuinely correct on some questions. None of that is hard once you have met it, and all of it costs marks the first time you do.

Frequently asked questions

Can I find the answers to the LTP G-test?

Not usefully. LTP’s portal carries five forms of the G-test, and three parallel forms of the Matrix test at each of mbo, hbo and wo level, with other tests likewise in several forms. An answer list from one sitting fits a different paper from the one you are given. And the practice sites that sell "LTP" material do so without LTP’s involvement, as LTP itself says.

Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so should I guess everything?

Yes, and that is not a trick, it is LTP’s own instruction. Only the number correct counts, so a guess costs nothing and a blank earns nothing. Answer every item before the clock runs out.

Can someone else sit the online scan for me?

For many roles the online scan is followed by a day with an LTP psychologist, who goes through your results with you, and some tests are taken in a supervised setting at an LTP office or at the employer. LTP’s portal also carries a retest route for each ability domain. A result someone else produced is a result you then have to reproduce, or explain, in a room.

Can I answer the personality questionnaire the way I think they want?

You can, and it is the least useful thing to do on an LTP sitting. There are no right answers, about half the statements point the other way, and the psychologist uses the profile to ask you about situations from your work. A profile you do not recognise is a difficult conversation to have.

Can I take the test on my phone to make it easier?

No. LTP does not allow capacity tests on a phone or tablet at all; you need a computer or laptop with a mouse or touchpad.

Does practice help, if cheating does not?

Yes. Knowing the item types, the eight-option matrix, the double analogies, the "cannot be determined" option on the numerical test and above all the pace, which LTP sets so that few people finish, changes a result on its own. LTP runs a free practice site for exactly that reason.

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LTP (G-test) practice tests

LTP Business Psychologen, the oldest Dutch assessment bureau, and its own capacity tests: the G-test (50 mixed non-verbal items), the Abstracte Matrix test, the Verbale Relaties test, the Numerieke Vaardigheden test (NIT) and the Cijferreeksen test, plus a Big Five persoonlijkheidsvragenlijst and the WPQ, reported as Werkstijlen. Most sittings start with an online scan in LTP’s portal at ltponline.com, which preparation sites call LTP Online, and many end with a day with an LTP psychologist. Every LTP capaciteitentest counts only correct answers, is built so that few people finish, is judged against the level the job needs (mbo, hbo or wo) rather than your diploma, and cannot be taken on a phone or tablet. The Netherlands.

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