Tutor screening

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for tutor screening selection in the education and educational support sector with 5 skill areas: situational judgment, critical thinking, verbal reasoning, planning and scheduling exercises and problem solving. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Planning and scheduling exercises — Resources, dependencies, deadlines, constraints, and contingency planning.
• Problem solving — Selecting methods, combining information, troubleshooting, and reaching practical solutions.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. Ethical tutoring primarily aims to:

   • A. Complete the learner’s graded work for them
   • B. Replace attending class forever
   • C. Guarantee an A regardless of effort
   • D. Build the learner’s understanding and independent skills

2. A student asks you to write their take-home essay tonight. Best response?

   • A. Write it and charge extra
   • B. Refuse authorship; offer outlining, questioning, and feedback on their draft
   • C. Submit under your name
   • D. Ignore academic integrity policies

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.