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PuffyFugu · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 2

I'd like to know what sort of things I should study for the Interac grammar test? Any help you can offer me would be very helpful!

I did a search and couldn't find any information so if an old thread exists please be kind and don't get upset.

No tolls in this thread, please!

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Seeker of truth · Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 146

The SATs used to have a section called "Test of Standard Written English". Maybe it still does. At any rate, I spent hours preparing for that test such that I got close to a perfect score. The preparation required reviewing many grammar rules and then practicing with multiple choice questions.

Years later, when I took Interac's "grammar test", I found it to be no problem at all. You can never go wrong by preparing for a similar test. Try going to a public library and checking out some of the old prep guides to the SATs.

TK4Lakers · Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 159

Don't worry too much about it. If you have recieved an English education and graduated from college with a 4-year degree, you should have no problem.

By the way, I know I mispelled atleast one word on the test (don't ask me which one ;P), and I still got the job. Good luck.

TK4Lakers · Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 159

and to answer your question, I believe this timed-test included:

-spelling
-grammar
-punctuation

No pressure.

Like a Rolling Stone · Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 872

Seeker of truth · Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Posts: 146

Here's a ghost from Interac's evil past, which still haunts them: Twisted Evil

http://www.letsjapan.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10&theme=Printer

yamanote senbei · Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 435

PuffyFugu, if you know the Book of Mormon inside out you should have no problem.

Sage · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Posts: 144 Location: Iwate no inaka!

I work for Interac and at no time has religion come up.

Also, the test isn't painfully hard like the one ECC gives. Interac wants to make sure you understand English and can put together a sentence in some sort of coherent way. It isn't meant to be impossible to all except for high level English PhD, like the test ECC puts you through (Which as a side not I'm happy to say I passed.)

luckbox · Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 180

chirp · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 148

When Interac contacted me there was no mention of religion at all. If it weren't for this forum, I wouldn't even know there was any religious affiliation. I would bet that if you ask current Interac employees, as opposed to people who don't like the company and have never worked for them, that they would tell you that religion does not enter the equation.