Eighty three applicants for empployment in a hardware supply manufacturing company participated in a study of the effects of anxiety, praise and the awareness of time remaining on employment testing. Two control groups and three testing groups--praise, time, and praise and time--were administered the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), a two-hour, paper-and-pencil test which measures nine aptitudes: intelligence; verbal, numerical, and spatial aptitude; form and clerical perception; finger and manual dexterity; and motor coordination. The Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale, a 50-item true--false test adapted from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, was also administered. Applicants were told that the anxiety scale would not effect their chances for employment. The test administrator in the praise group gave words of encouragement before and after subtests. The time remaining until completion of each subtest was announced every 60 seconds in the time group. Encouragement and announcements were combined in the praise and time group. Applicants who were praised and given the time scored significantly higher than those who were not. The subjects' anxiety level did not significantly affect test scores, suggesting that the situation was not perceived as threatening. Descriptions of the GATB and a copy of the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale are appended. (Author/JAG)