AMCAT or Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test is an employability assessment test to assess the aptitude, reasoning and technical skills of students and new graduates.

^[1] AMCAT is a statistical assessment platform to provide the skill measurements for each student who takes up the test.

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The AMCAT is organized by Aspiring Minds, which was founded by Varun Aggarwal and Himanshu Aggarwal in 2007.

^[3] It has headquarters in Gurgaon and an office in Bangalore, and other offices in different Indian cities. ^[4] AMCAT as an employability assessment test is recognized by many companies Sonata Software, HCL Technologies, Genpact and InoxApp.

The AMCAT is a computer adaptive test which assesses basic aptitude (English, quantitative ability and logical) and personality from a job prospective.

It also claims to perform advanced skill assessment for specific roles in industries - IT, Mechanical, Finance, Semi-Conductor, etc. ^{[5] [6]} The test is conducted in two modules - a compulsory module and an optional module. In the compulsory module, it claims to test aptitude and personality skills, which includes English comprehension, quantitative ability, reasoning and logical ability. In the optional module, it tests job skills as per the job prospective of different industries. ^[7] Based on the AMCAT score, the companies which are in collaboration with AMCAT may hire employees. ^[8]

In 2011, Delhi University tied up with Aspiring Minds and launched the AMCAT test to assess the employability of the students on their campus. ^[9] The IEC Group of Institutions (IEC University) also partnered with AMCAT to assess the employability of their students. ^[1] In September 2012, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University conducted the test for around 1500 students to assess their employability. ^[1]

Over 70,000 Job Seekers appear for AMCAT Exam every month.

The Syllabus & Study material for the Exam can be accessed on Papersadda.

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