Whatever tests the employer has chosen, the questions come in four shapes. You never have to type an answer: every question is answered by choosing.
Choose the right answer
The most common. A question, sometimes with a passage, table or chart alongside it, and a set of options. One is correct.
If a question has a passage or a chart with it, everything you need to answer is in what you have been given. You are not expected to bring outside knowledge.
Most likely and least likely
Used in situational judgement tests. You are given a realistic work situation and several possible responses, and asked which you would be most likely to do and which least.
There is no trick here. Answer as you would actually behave rather than as you think sounds best, because the employer is trying to understand how you would work rather than whether you can guess a preferred answer.
The personality scale
A statement about you, and five options from strong disagreement to strong agreement. You pick the one that fits.
These have no right answer and no clock. See the personality questionnaire.
Work drives
A set of statements about what matters to you at work, which you place in order of importance to you.
Again, there is no right answer. It is describing what motivates you, and there is no arrangement that scores better than another. See the motivation and drives questionnaire.
What comes with a question
Depending on the test, a question may include a passage to read, a table of figures, a chart, or an image. These are part of the question, and on a phone they reflow so you can read them without scrolling sideways.
On a timed test you can flag anything you want to reconsider and come back to it. See flagging a question.