Ace the Rothschild Online Assessment: Preparation (2026)

Solving questions such as these is often aided by schematic and step-wise thinking. With this in mind, let's solve question no. 1 using the Four-Step Method (see below for more on this technique).

• 1. Read the question carefully - the question is straightforward. We can summarise that we should look for employed graduates in two periods: 2009 and 2019.
• 2. Skim the table - A quick review can help us notice several things. Firstly, the table only features graduates. Thus, the only variables we need to worry about are time and employment status. We see two columns describing unemployed graduates, which we can ignore since they were not asked about. This leaves us two relevant columns: Employed graduates in 2009 and 2019.
• The rows make a distinction between state and public universities. Because the question does not mention this separation, we need not worry about it. Elements Numerical tables often feature irrelevant information meant to confuse you. 
• 3. Figure out the necessary calculation - to determine how many more or fewer employed graduates there were in 1990 than in 2000, you should calculate the number of graduates employed in both 2000 and 1990 and subtract the figures. 
• The number of employed in 1990 = Private + State = 1,475 + 1,610 = 3,085. 
• The number of employed in 2000 = Private + State = 1,250 + 1,350 = 2,600.
• As you can see, there were more employed graduates in 1990 than in 2000.
• 4. Do the math - in the number of employed in 1990 and 2000:
• 3,085 – 2,600 = 485.

The correct answer is more, by 485.

Now, let's apply the same method to question no. 2. A careful reading indicates that we are only interested in unemployed graduates in the year 2019. Employed graduates in 2019, and all graduates in 2009 are simply irrelevant. Having skimmed the table earlier, we should be able to immediately locate the correct row. 

For the calculations - any time we need to find a proportion, we must first identify the whole, and then divide the part by that whole. In this case, the whole is composed of all unemployed graduates in the year 2019 in both public and state universities:

125 + 150 = 275.

The part is the 125 unemployed graduates that year.

125 / 275 = 0.75.

• The correct answer is 0.45.