HAL selects candidates to Management Trainee positions on the basis of written exam and interview. Recruitment test covers questions on General Awareness, English Language, Reasoning and HR. Books like Objective General Knowledge by Edgar Thorpe and Showick Thorpe, English Grammar & Composition by S.C.Gupta, Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations (Fully Solved) by A. Gulati, Wage and Salary administration by Rock Micton and Personnel Management and Industrial Relations by Tripathi P.C can be used for exam preparation.

Reference Books for General Awareness

• Advance Objective General Knowledge by R. S. Aggarwal
• Objective General Knowledge by Edgar Thorpe and Showick Thorpe
• General Knowledge and Current Affairs by RPH Editorial Board
• General Knowledge at a Glance by RPH Editorial Board
• General Knowledge Digest and General Studies by K.Mohan
• General Knowledge 2013: Essential ‘Knowledge Capsule’ in General Awareness and Current Affairs by Manohar Pandey
• Current Affairs Reckoner by Vaid, Naresh Kumar
• Handbook of General Knowledge by B. N. Ahuja
• General Knowledge Digest by Dhillon Group
• General Knowledge and Current Affairs: Objective Type Questions by Khanna and Verma
• Concise General Knowledge with Current Affairs by Prakash, Kant, Suman
• General Knowledge Encyclopaedia by Alok Gupta
• General Knowledge Manual by Barry ‘O’ Brien
• Objective General Knowledge by Tarun Goyal

Reference Books for English Language

• A Comprehensive Book of English Grammar by Dr.B.B. Jain
• Better Word Power by Vimal Bhatnagar
• English Grammar & Composition by S.C.Gupta
• Complete English Grammar by S.C. Gupta
• English Is Easy by Chetananand Singh
• Objective English for Competitive Examinations by Hari Prasad and Uma Sinha
• Objective General English by R. S. Aggarwal
• English Language Student Book by Alison Ross
• Objective General English by S.P. Bakshi
• Synonyms and Antonyms by Ashok K. Singh
• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• Wren and Martin English Grammar

Reference Books for Reasoning

• The Aptitude Test Workbook by Jim Barrett
• A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
• An Advanced Approach to Data Interpretation by R. S. Aggarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations (Fully Solved) by A. Gulati
• Non Verbal Reasoning by Javed
• Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha
• A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R.S.Aggarwal
• Analytical Reasoning by M.K.Pandey
• Quantitative Aptitude for CPT by Bharat Jhunjhunwala
• Non Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
• Quantitative Aptitude by T.S. Jain

Reference Books for Human Resource Management

• An experiential approach to Organizational Development by Harvey and Brown
• Consultants and Consulting Styles by Dharani Sinha P
• Globalisation and Labour-Management Relations by C.S. Vekata Ratnam
• Successful Applications of HRD by Dayal, Ishwar
• Handbook of Training Methodology and - Paul Choudhry
• HRM by Decenzo and Robbins
• Human Resource Information System: Development and Application by Kavanagh M.J.
• Wage and Salary administration by Rock Micton
• A Concept of Corporate Strategy by Kenneth Andrew
• Dynamics of Industrial Relations in India by Mamoria C.B. & S. Mamoria
• The Future of Industrial Relations by Niland R
• Organisational Development by French and Bell
• The Strategic Management of Industrial Relations by Ramaswamy E.A
• Reward Management: A Handbook of salary administration by Armstrong, Michael and Helen Murlis
• Strategic HRM by Mabey and Salama
• Training Research and Practice by John Patrick
• Personnel Management and Industrial Relations by Tripathi P.C
• Wage and Salary Administration by Leonard R, Berger.s

Besides referring books, one should also practice previous year’s question papers while preparing for the exam. This will help them in time management and to gain usability of questions.