Took the AFOQT this morning, here are my takeaways:

Verbal Analogies – easier words than any of the practice tests, but difficult to find relationships between. Some analogies were comprised of simple words, like clock or door, but I couldn’t find the relationship between them (function, synonym, rhyme).

Arithmetic Reasoning – short questions, to the point. Time was the kicker on this one. No mixture questions, but several on finding area or perimeter of a shape with given coordinates. Overall easier than any practice questions, few if any required multiple steps to calculate. There was a formula sheet provided on the sidebar of the screen, but I never looked at it. At the Pearson Vue test center I tested at, they wouldn’t let me use a pencil or scrap paper, instead they provided me a laminated piece of paper and gave me NON dry erase markers – this was frustrating. When I would try and draw out a graph to plot coordinates, I couldn’t erase it. By the time I figured this out, it was too late. The clock was ticking, and the proctor was busy checking other people in. One question I recall was “Timmy made a triangle with 15 pennies at the base, with one less penny in each row stacked above it. How many dollars does the triangle have in it?”

Word Knowledge – like with verbal analogies, pretty easy words. A lot easier than any practice test, and nothing I couldn’t pronounce.

Math Knowledge – difficult in my opinion. Lots of factoring, especially beginning with x^3 and NOT x^2, which I had never done before, nor had I seen on any practice exam. There was also a question about dividing square roots of imperfect squares. Again, this one got me.

Reading Comprehension – short passages with 3-5 questions following. There are 25 questions and you have 24 minutes, not 38.

Situational Judgement – nothing like any practice test, don’t bother studying any of them. There were 80 questions total (not 50) and still 35 minutes to complete. There were 16 situations with 5 questions following each, asking you to rate how likely you would be to act a certain way for the situation.

Physical Science – felt like I nailed it. Never studied for it once (since it is not factored into any of the scores), but let me tell you 9th grade earth science had me prepared.

Table Reading – easy. 17×17 chart, pretty straightforward.

Instrument Comprehension – Wicked easy. All of the aircraft were pointed in different directions, so I literally just looked at the compass most of the time.

Block counting – easy. Identical to Barron’s practice tests, and the block you were referencing was highlighted in yellow so it was super easy to see. Finished with 2 minutes to spare.

Aviation Information – easy. Simple stuff like “what does an aileron do”. There were 2 questions that I was surprised by, that maybe not everyone would know. The first was “who broke the sound barrier first?” which we all know is Chuck Yeager. The second threw me off, it asked what the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was… I had no idea, but I Googled it right after.

Hope this paints the picture for you all!