When a technical test is given pre-interview it is often being used to narrow down the list of candidates to those that they wish to interview (it's how I do it when recruiting developers - check they have the baseline skills to do the job and then check "fit" for the job at interview) so a poor performance on such a test may well scupper any chances of getting to the interview stage.
I wouldn't lose hope just yet though.. not every company will cull candidates at this stage and even those that do may still interview you as it depends not only on how you performed on the test but also how the other candidates did and it is very easy to fall into the trap of thinking you did worse that is actually the case - especially when you are unfamiliar with this sort of test.
At this stage all you can really do is carry on with your job hunt as before and if they get back to you they get back to you.
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3 years ago
I have applied for a job, and while I already have good experience, I have messed up the pre-interview technical test. This is the first job I have applied for that gave a technical test, so I might have been a bit nervous, so that led to me forgetting simple things that usually I don't while already working.
Are these tests usually a deciding factor, so that if you mess it up you usually don't get to the interview? It could be that they are done as an early indicator, but I am not completely sure about it.
I'm not asking about that specific company, but I want to know more about the likely interpretations of technical test results.