Fellow Nairalanders,
                                This is an issue i have been pondering on for a while.WHAT DYU ALL THINK?

aptitude tests are meant to be eliminatory. They're used by companies to eliminate candidates who they consider unsuitable to work in their organization.
and no, its not a good measure of smartness. I'll give you a personal experience. I left school in 2002 with a 3, and I've been working for 4 years already. My classmates who graduated with the 1s and 2.2, 2.1, are still job hunting!
I believe that when given the opportunity, try as much as possible to make a really good impression during your interview
Good luck!

It depends on how you look at it, but i think it is a real test of smartness not knowledge. It is mostly used to test how fast and accurate one can make a decision.

Not all 1s and 2.1s have the ability to pass aptitude tests, some 2.2s can be better than them when it comes to that. Because not all good students are fast and accurate in understanding and responding to problems. Some can solve problems accurately but not as fast as required.

Some people are natural hard workers, and as such they get good grades through that. While some are intelligent but lazy as such they get low grades in School. Those that combine the two are the exceptional students we see that get good grades and depend it anywhere they go.

If you watch movies, I'll make reference to Spider man (intelligent but lazy and unserious with studies)

SPIDERMAN, nice comparison!!