LG&E and KU Pre-Employment Test (EEI) Guide

Which test goes with which job

LG&E and KU are unusually specific. Their pre-employment testing page lists the jobs each Edison Electric Institute test is used for. The job lists below are theirs; the subtests are from EEI's own brochures, which LG&E and KU link.

The retake rule

"If you are not selected for a position because of your test results, you are not eligible to retake the same test within 90 days of the test date." And a retake is not automatic: to be considered for future openings you must apply to a position and be invited to test again. If you need testing accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, LG&E and KU ask you to say so when you confirm your test.

How the EEI tests are marked

Every subtest is scored as the number you get right, and EEI's brochures say "There is no penalty for guessing or wrong answers", so leave nothing blank. The utility never sees a subtest on its own: the subtests in a battery are combined into one index (1 to 10 on CAST, 0 to 15 on POSS, Recommended or Not Recommended on SO/PD II), and the utility sets its own cut-off. Neither EEI nor any utility we have read publishes that cut-off, so aim to do well on every subtest rather than at a number. EEI does not give results to candidates; the utility does.

Practise for the LG&E and KU EEI test

Each game below is one EEI subtest on EEI's own clock where EEI publishes one, with free movement between questions as on the paper and no penalty for a wrong answer. Together they are every subtest we simulate from CAST, MASS, POSS and TECH.

• EEI Mechanical Concepts (44 questions · 20 minutes · free) - In CAST, CAST-R, MASS, POSS and TECH: 44 drawings in 20 minutes, three options each. Free, and the one to start with.
• EEI Reading Comprehension (26-36 · 22-30 minutes) - Choose your battery: 32 questions in 30 minutes for CAST, 36 in 30 for MASS and POSS, 26 in 22 for SO/PD II.
• EEI Mathematical Usage (18-46 · 7-17 minutes) - The short form, 18 questions in 7 minutes, or the long POSS form, 46 in 17. Formulas are given; the fifth option is N, none of these.
• EEI Graphic Arithmetic (16-21 · 19-30 minutes) - Arithmetic on dimensioned drawings that are not to scale. CAST and CAST-R settings, plus a TECH Graphic Problem Solving setting.
• EEI Assembling Objects (20 questions · 15 minutes) - MASS only: 20 puzzles in 15 minutes, joining labelled or unlabelled parts.
• EEI Figural Reasoning (20 questions · 10 minutes) - POSS only: 20 picture series, comparisons and progressions in 10 minutes, about 30 seconds each.
• EEI Interpreting Diagrams (20 questions · 15 minutes) - TECH: count and read symbols on a sector map against a legend. EEI publishes no clock, so ours is 20 questions in 15 minutes.
• EEI Reasoning from Rules (15 questions · 15 minutes) - TECH: apply a set of routing rules to each case. EEI publishes no clock, so ours is 15 questions in 15 minutes.

Which subtests make up each battery, and what we do not simulate, is on the EEI practice page. The EEI test guide covers calculators, scoring and retake rules across utilities.

Common questions

Is it the 2009 CAST or CAST-R?

LG&E and KU link EEI's 2009 CAST brochure, which includes Mathematical Usage. The 2020 CAST-R replaced that subtest with a questionnaire. Practise Mathematical Usage unless your invitation says CAST-R.

Are the practice tests the same as the real ones?

No. LG&E and KU say the practice tests "will differ from the actual tests", but they show the question types, with answers and explanations.

Also applying elsewhere? Our Entergy and FirstEnergy guides cover the same tests.