Candidates often ask me about the relative importance of the three tests in the Psych test.
Some of them feel that the TAT is more important than the other two tests based on the
advice that they receive in some coaching institutes. However, that is not entirely true.
The three tests i.e., the TAT, WAT and SRT are fundamentally different from each other.
TAT is more open-ended compared to the other two. While you are imagining situations to
the pictures shown in the TAT, you are responding to specific words and situations in the
WAT and the SRT.
A candidate reveals his OLQs in all the three tests. Sometimes, he reveals himself more in
one test than in the other test(s). Writing good stories is not enough if the responses are
mediocre in the other two tests and vice versa. Therefore, he ought to show consistently good
performance across the three tests to create a favourable impression on the psychologist.