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We prepare you for every stage of the hiring process. Practice the tests you need to get hired quickly.Practice different psychometric tests from our providers, sharpen your interview skills, and prepare for the assessment centre that comes next.CogniPrep prepares you for every stage of the hiring process. Practice different psychometric tests from our providers. Then sharpen your video interview skills with practice sessions modelled on one-way interview platforms like HireVue and Willo. Finally, prepare for the assessment centre that comes next, with e-tray and in-tray exercises, written tasks, presentations, group exercises and role-plays modelled on the real thing.
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Arctic Shores psychometric assessment practice
14 psychometric games used by Siemens, Thales, Capita and more.
14 games available for practice including:
- Balloon: risk management, learning from mistakes, pattern recognition, deliberation
- Arrows: reaction speed, consistency, resilience, inhibition control
- Sequence: working memory capacity, information processing, spatial memory
- Expressions: emotional recognition, empathy, emotional intelligence
- Order: pattern matching, logical reasoning, abstract thinking
- Token Search: spatial working memory, search strategy, planning
- Power Generator: analytical thinking, pattern recognition, resource optimization
- Security Door: resilience, patience, systematic testing, persistence
- Balance: quantitative reasoning, problem-solving, equation solving
- Team Sales: collaboration, strategic thinking, cooperation
- Tickets: cognitive flexibility, rule-switching, adaptability
- Patterns: pattern recognition, sequence identification, abstract reasoning
- Analysis: data interpretation, analytical reasoning, critical thinking
- Prediction: implicit learning, pattern recognition, probabilistic thinking
HireVue psychometric assessment practice
Game-based assessments, the Virtual Job Tryout and CodeVue. Used by Philips and across US high-volume hiring.
13 games available for practice including:
- Numerosity: mental arithmetic, numerical fluency, working under time pressure
- Shapedance: mental rotation, spatial reasoning, visual matching under motion
- Singularity: selective attention, visual search, sustained concentration
- Pathfinder: planning, spatial problem solving, working memory
- Digitspan: working memory span, sequencing, mental manipulation
- Flashback: working memory updating, sustained attention, inhibition
- Puzzle Picture: visual memory, spatial problem solving, planning
- E-Motions: emotion recognition, social perception, interpersonal accuracy
- Portrait: work style preferences, self-description, forced-choice consistency
- PortraitXT: personality profile, work style, response consistency
- Teamchat: collaboration style, communication preferences, teamwork
- Virtual Job Tryout: situational judgement, information handling, delayed recall, work style
- CodeVue: programming, problem decomposition, edge-case reasoning
USPS (Postal Exams) psychometric assessment practice
The US Postal Service hiring exams, also searched as the postal exam, post office exam or USPS test. The Virtual Entry Assessment (VEA) comes in four versions: VEA MC 474 for mail carriers (CCA, RCA, ARC, city and rural carrier), VEA MH 475 for mail handler assistants (MHA), VEA MP 476 for mail processing clerks and VEA CS 477 for sales and services associates (PSE). Sections include work situations, checking for accuracy, what motivates you, describe your work style and tell us your story, delivered on the Shaker, Modern Hire or Virtual Job Tryout platform. Postal Exam 473 is retired. Exam 955 is the maintenance exam: Multicraft (Ramsay MultiCrafTest) and Spatial Relations, with matching parts and figures and spatial visualization.
6 games available for practice including:
- Virtual Entry Assessment MC (474): situational judgement, work style, motivation
- Virtual Entry Assessment MH (475): situational judgement, checking accuracy, work style
- Virtual Entry Assessment MP (476): situational judgement, checking accuracy, work style
- Virtual Entry Assessment CS (477): situational judgement, customer service, work style
- Exam 955: Multicraft: mechanical knowledge, electrical knowledge, maintenance reasoning
- Exam 955: Spatial Relations: spatial visualisation, mental rotation, orthographic views
Pymetrics psychometric assessment practice
Bias-free neuroscience games measuring cognitive and emotional traits.
12 games available for practice including:
- Balloon: risk tolerance, reward sensitivity, adaptive learning
- Tower: planning, problem-solving, working memory
- Money Exchange I: trust, generosity, social decision-making
- Money Exchange II: fairness, altruism, social reciprocity
- Keypress: processing speed, reaction time, motor response
- Hard or Easy Task: motivation, effort allocation, reward sensitivity
- Digits Memory: working memory, information processing, attention span
- Stop: impulse control, inhibition, self-regulation
- Arrows: attention control, cognitive inhibition, focus
- Lengths: attention to detail, perceptual accuracy, consistency
- Cards: learning from feedback, risk management, decision-making under uncertainty
- Faces: emotional intelligence, empathy, facial affect recognition
TestGorilla psychometric assessment practice
TestGorilla cognitive ability tests, as an employer's invitation from talent-assessment.testgorilla.com lists them: Numerical Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Verbal Reasoning, Problem Solving, Abstract Reasoning, the Rapid Cognitive Index (RCI), Attention to Detail (Textual), Reading Comprehension, Mechanical Reasoning, Basic Math Calculations, Basic Double-Digit Math, Basic Triple-Digit Math, Intermediate Math, Computational Thinking, Understanding Instructions, Attention to Detail (Visual) and Spatial Reasoning. 17 tests, each on TestGorilla's one-way screen: one clock, no going back, a skip marked wrong. We cover the cognitive tests only, not TestGorilla's role, language or personality tests.
17 games available for practice including:
- TestGorilla Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, number series, percentages, reading tables and charts
- TestGorilla Critical Thinking: deductive reasoning, evaluating arguments, identifying assumptions
- TestGorilla Verbal Reasoning: verbal reasoning, word relationships, judging statements against a text
- TestGorilla Problem Solving: logical ordering, scheduling, applying rules to data under time pressure
- TestGorilla Abstract Reasoning: abstract reasoning, pattern recognition, speed of rule detection
- TestGorilla Rapid Cognitive Index: general mental ability, verbal, abstract and numerical reasoning at speed
- TestGorilla Attention to Detail (Textual): attention to detail, text comparison, checking consistency
- TestGorilla Reading Comprehension: reading comprehension, inference, identifying the main idea
- TestGorilla Mechanical Reasoning: mechanical comprehension, gears and pulleys, levers and forces
- TestGorilla Basic Double-Digit Math: mental arithmetic, time calculation, rounding and estimation
- TestGorilla Basic Triple-Digit Math: three-digit arithmetic, primes and fractions, adding durations
- TestGorilla Intermediate Math: fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and rates
- TestGorilla Basic Math Calculations: written arithmetic, inverse operations, accuracy without options
- TestGorilla Computational Thinking: pattern recognition, algorithms, decomposition and abstraction
- TestGorilla Understanding Instructions: reading instructions precisely, checking pictures against rules
- TestGorilla Attention to Detail (Visual): visual comparison, scanning accuracy, counting under time pressure
- TestGorilla Spatial Reasoning: mental rotation, mental folding, spatial visualisation
Sova Assessment psychometric assessment practice
One continuous sitting rather than separate stages: numerical, verbal and logical reasoning, situational judgement, a personality questionnaire, checking and accuracy and a learnability test, delivered back to back. Sova runs its ability tests with no countdown on screen while recording and scoring the time you take. Delivered from sovaonline.com and usually branded as the employer, so the name Sova may never appear. Used by Vodafone, Nationwide, John Lewis and Unilever, and reported for the Bain online test.
7 games available for practice including:
- Numerical Reasoning: data interpretation, numerical reasoning, working pace, accuracy under no clock
- Verbal Reasoning: critical reading, inference discipline, working pace
- Logical Reasoning: inductive reasoning, abstract pattern recognition, rule inference
- Situational Judgement: workplace judgement, competency alignment, prioritisation
- Personality Questionnaire: work preferences, self-awareness, response consistency
- Checking and Accuracy: attention to detail, precision, sustained attention
- Learnability: rate of learning, rule inference, cognitive flexibility
HMPPS (Prison Officer Test) psychometric assessment practice
The HM Prison and Probation Service online tests for prison officer and youth justice worker applicants in England and Wales. Stage 1 is the scenario-based test (SBT): Behavioural Scenarios, a most and least effective situational judgement test, and Numerical Scenarios, prison numeracy with a calculator allowed. Stage 2 has been the values-based assessment (VBA) since 29 April 2026; the task-based or behaviour-based assessment game it replaced was run by Arctic Shores. Hosted on Sova through SSCL, and still called the POST or Prison Officer Selection Test on prep sites. HM Prison Service applicants, operational support grade (OSG) and trainee probation officer (PQiP) VBAs are covered on the page.
3 games available for practice including:
- Numerical Scenarios: basic numeracy, counting accuracy, 24-hour time, reading tables
- Behavioural Scenarios: situational judgement, professional boundaries, safety awareness, communication
- Scenario-Based Test (full sitting): situational judgement, basic numeracy, pacing across a full sitting
SHL psychometric assessment practice
The most widely used aptitude tests globally - numerical, verbal, inductive, and deductive reasoning.
8 games available for practice including:
- Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, analytical accuracy
- Verbal Reasoning: verbal reasoning, critical reading, inference accuracy
- Inductive Reasoning: abstract reasoning, pattern recognition, rule identification
- Deductive Reasoning: deductive reasoning, logical thinking, syllogistic accuracy
- Situational Judgement Test: situational judgement, competency alignment, workplace decision-making
- OPQ32 Personality Questionnaire: personality profiling, self-awareness, forced-choice preference
- Mechanical Reasoning: mechanical reasoning, applied physics, spatial visualisation
- SHL Verify G+ (General Ability): general reasoning, numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning, performance under adaptive difficulty
FAA ATSA (Air Traffic Controller Test) psychometric assessment practice
The Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA, AT-SA), the aptitude test every qualified applicant for an entry-level air traffic control specialist (ATCS) trainee post sits after applying on USAJOBS. Seven sections at a Pearson VUE centre: number differences and variables memory tests on the number pad, an aircraft left and right spatial test, the collision simulation candidates call the ball game, logic word problems, reading comprehension and a forced-choice work style questionnaire. Results come as a band, not a score. It replaced the AT-SAT (ATSAT) in 2016.
7 games available for practice including:
- Memory: Number Differences: working memory, mental subtraction under a stream, sustained attention
- Memory: Variables: working memory, relational recall, mental arithmetic
- Spatial: Aircraft Relationships: spatial orientation, perspective taking, rapid judgement
- Air Traffic Collision Simulation: conflict prediction, prioritisation, multitasking under time pressure
- Logic Word Problems: deductive reasoning, constraint tracking, reading under time pressure
- Reading Comprehension: reading comprehension, inference, identifying the main point
- Work Style Questionnaire: self-report working style, forced-choice preference
College of Policing (National Sift) psychometric assessment practice
The police national sift for England and Wales: a situational judgement test (SJT) and a behavioural styles questionnaire (BSQ), scored together as one percentile against other police applicants. Every force must use it for police constables since the March 2026 regulation change, whether you apply through the PCDA, DHEP, PCEP or degree route, and it is the standard for special constables and some PCSO roles. Both exercises are written against the competency and values framework (CVF). It comes after your application and before the online assessment process (OAP), and it runs on Talogy, formerly Cubiks, so your link may carry either name. It replaced the SEARCH assessment centre and its numerical and verbal tests. Not the Police Scotland entrance test.
2 games available for practice including:
- National Sift Situational Judgement: situational judgement, effectiveness calibration, CVF-aligned decision-making
- Behavioural Styles Questionnaire: self-report work behaviour across the nine CVF areas
McKinsey Solve psychometric assessment practice
McKinsey's own in-house assessment game, sat after the CV screen and before first-round interviews. Solve is not sold to other employers, so you will only meet it when you apply to McKinsey. Three modules as of September 2026: the Redrock Study data case, the Sea Wolf optimisation simulation, and Sustainable Futures Lab. Your invitation's total time tells you which you are getting.
6 games available for practice including:
- Redrock Investigation: relevance filtering, systematic search, information triage
- Redrock Analysis: applied arithmetic, working with tools, error propagation control
- Redrock Report: data communication, chart selection, internal consistency
- Redrock Cases: quantitative reasoning, pacing under a shared clock, decision speed
- Sea Wolf Ocean Treatment: constraint satisfaction, forward planning, updating on new information, recognising a ceiling
- Sustainable Futures Lab: situational judgement, prioritisation, deciding on incomplete information, stakeholder awareness
EPSO psychometric assessment practice
The European Personnel Selection Office, which runs the EU Careers competitions for the EU institutions (EU concours, concours EPSO). The same three reasoning tests open every procedure: verbal 20 questions in 35 minutes, numerical 10 in 20, abstract 10 in 10, for AD5 graduates, AD specialists, AST assistants, AST/SC secretaries and CAST contract staff (FG I to FG IV). Generalist competitions add an EU knowledge test and a digital skills test. Sat remotely on the TAO platform under Proctorio, laptop or desktop only. EU citizenship is required.
5 games available for practice including:
- EPSO Verbal Reasoning: verbal reasoning, judging statements against a text, handling qualifiers and causal claims
- EPSO Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, percentage change and ratios
- EPSO Abstract Reasoning: abstract reasoning, rule induction, tracking several changes at once
- EPSO EU Knowledge Test: knowledge of EU institutions, law-making, treaties, budget and policies
- EPSO Digital Skills Test: digital literacy, online safety, file and collaboration tools, troubleshooting
Saville Assessment psychometric assessment practice
Verbal, numerical, diagrammatic, and error checking tests used by financial services and UK government.
4 games available for practice including:
- Verbal Analysis: verbal reasoning, critical reading, inference accuracy
- Numerical Analysis: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, analytical accuracy
- Diagrammatic Reasoning: logical reasoning, rule application, sequential processing
- Error Checking: attention to detail, processing speed, perceptual accuracy
AssessFirst psychometric assessment practice
AssessFirst (also written Assess First), the French assessment platform behind "le test Assessfirst": SWIPE personality (75 picture pairs; it replaced SHAPE in 2023), DRIVE motivations (90 statement pairs) and the adaptive BRAIN reasoning test, where you build the missing figure in a sequence. Also called test de personnalité and test de raisonnement AssessFirst. Invitations come from welcome.assessfirst.com or assessment.assessfirst.com, and some employers add VOICE or SCAN AI interviews. Used by LCL, SNCF Réseau, AXA France and a growing list of UK, Benelux and Italian employers.
3 games available for practice including:
- SWIPE: work personality: leadership, consideration of others, creativity, rigour, personal balance
- DRIVE: work motivations: type of work, working with others, environment, reasons for working
- BRAIN: abstract reasoning, rule induction, combining visual elements
Thomas International psychometric assessment practice
The GIA aptitude battery (five timed speed tasks), the PPA behaviour profile, the HPTI personality inventory and the TEIQue emotional intelligence questionnaire. Thomas now calls these Aptitude, Behaviour, Personality and Emotional Intelligence, so your invitation may use either name. Common across UK and Dutch mid-market hiring, and on some graduate schemes.
9 games available for practice including:
- GIA Reasoning: deductive reasoning, short-term memory, throughput under time pressure
- GIA Perceptual Speed: perceptual speed, error checking, sustained attention
- GIA Number Speed & Accuracy: mental arithmetic, numerical comparison, speed with accuracy
- GIA Word Meaning: vocabulary, semantic relations, verbal processing speed
- GIA Spatial Visualisation: mental rotation, spatial visualisation, mirror-image discrimination
- GIA Full Battery: general trainability, processing speed, concentration across changing task types
- Behaviour Profile (PPA): behavioural preference, work style, response to pressure
- Personality Profile (HPTI): conscientiousness, adjustment, curiosity, risk approach, competitiveness
- Emotional Intelligence (TEIQue): well-being, self-control, emotionality, sociability
British Army psychometric assessment practice
The Army Cognitive Test (ACT) every British Army soldier applicant sits: five speeded sections, Error Detection, Orientation, Number Fluency, Word Rules and Deductive Reasoning, where the material disappears before you answer. Your result is one General Trainability Index (GTI). The ACT replaced the British Army Recruit Battery (BARB) in 2018 and runs on the Mindmill platform, so your portal may say Mindmill, ACT screener or Army Cognitive Test (Verifier). Plus the Technical Selection Test (TST) for technical trades. Regular and Reserve soldier entry; officers sit different tests at AOSB.
7 games available for practice including:
- ACT Error Detection: perceptual speed, error checking, holding a count in memory
- ACT Orientation: spatial encoding, working memory, checking against rules
- ACT Number Fluency: mental arithmetic, numerical memory, comparison under time pressure
- ACT Word Rules: working memory, verbal categorisation, following positional rules
- ACT Deductive Reasoning: deductive reasoning, verbal working memory, speed of inference
- Army Cognitive Test (Full): general trainability, processing speed, working memory across changing task types
- Technical Selection Test (TST): numeracy, algebra, geometry, reading tables and charts
Bundeswehr psychometric assessment practice
The Bundeswehr’s computer test, the CAT-Test (Computer-Assistiertes Testen, also computerassistierter or computergestützter Test), sat at a Karrierecenter or at the new Musterung: adaptive modules for language, arithmetic and logic, plus technical understanding, spatial ability and reaction. Practise Wortanalogien, Rechnen, Matrizen, Fahrtstrecken, the Pfeiltest and Technisches Verständnis. For the Einstellungstest or Eignungstest as Wehrdienst (FWDL), Soldat auf Zeit, Feldwebel or Offizier at the Assessmentcenter für Führungskräfte (ACFüKrBw, formerly OPZ). German army aptitude test; the real test is in German.
7 games available for practice including:
- Matrizen (Matrices): figural reasoning, rule induction, checking several rules at once
- Wortanalogien (Verbal Analogies): verbal reasoning, vocabulary, precise relational thinking
- Rechnen (Arithmetic): mental arithmetic, proportional reasoning, unit handling under time pressure
- Fahrtstrecken (Route Turns): spatial orientation, perspective taking, keeping count
- Pfeiltest (Arrow Reaction): reaction speed, selective attention, resisting interference
- Technisches Verständnis (Mechanical): mechanical reasoning, reading technical drawings, basic electrics
- CAT-Test (Full Sitting): general reasoning, arithmetic, spatial orientation and reaction across changing tasks
Watson Glaser psychometric assessment practice
The definitive critical thinking appraisal - inference, assumptions, deduction, interpretation, and argument evaluation. Used by law firms, consulting, and top-tier finance.
5 games available for practice including:
- Inference: critical reading, inference calibration, evidence discipline
- Recognition of Assumptions: assumption detection, logical dependency, critical analysis
- Deduction: deductive logic, syllogistic accuracy, formal reasoning
- Interpretation: evidence evaluation, interpretation, judgement under uncertainty
- Evaluation of Arguments: argument evaluation, relevance judgement, critical thinking
Kenexa / IBM Talent Assessments psychometric assessment practice
The Kenexa and Prove It tests, now delivered by SHL: verbal, numerical and logical reasoning, an adaptive combined test, situational judgement, Basic Office Skills and the Rapid Personality Questionnaire. Common in US hiring and anywhere BrassRing is the applicant tracking system.
7 games available for practice including:
- Kenexa Verbal Reasoning: verbal reasoning, critical reading, evidence discipline, pacing
- Kenexa Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, percentages and ratios, pacing
- Kenexa Logical Reasoning: abstract reasoning, rule induction, pattern recognition
- Kenexa Computer Adaptive Test: verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning, decisiveness under an adaptive clock
- Kenexa Situational Judgement: situational judgement, workplace decision making, competency alignment
- Basic Office Skills (Prove It): workplace literacy, office numeracy, spelling and grammar, filing accuracy
- Rapid Personality Questionnaire: personality profile, work style preferences, self-report consistency
Defence Aptitude Assessment (DAA) psychometric assessment practice
The Defence Aptitude Assessment (DAA), the aptitude test the RAF, the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines use at the first assessment stage for almost every role, often searched as the RAF aptitude test or the Royal Navy aptitude test. Six sections in eight separately timed parts, 128 questions in 69 minutes, no calculator: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Reasoning, Work Rate, Spatial Reasoning, Electrical Comprehension and Mechanical Comprehension. It replaced the RAF Airman Selection Test (AST, also Airmen Selection Test) and the Naval Service Recruiting Test (NSRT, the Royal Navy Recruiting Test) in 2022. There is no single pass mark: each role sets its own standard section by section. The British Army runs its own, different test.
7 games available for practice including:
- DAA Verbal Reasoning: information processing, deduction from written rules, evidence discipline, pacing
- DAA Numerical Reasoning: mental arithmetic, fractions and decimals, reading graphs and tables, speed and distance
- DAA Work Rate: speed and accuracy on a routine task, visual checking, working memory
- DAA Spatial Reasoning: two-dimensional assembly, three-dimensional mental rotation, visual comparison
- DAA Electrical Comprehension: electrical principles, circuit tracing, whole-number calculation
- DAA Mechanical Comprehension: mechanical reasoning, moments and pressure, workshop knowledge
- DAA Full Assessment: verbal, numerical, spatial, mechanical and electrical aptitude, stamina across a long sitting
Cubiks / Talogy psychometric assessment practice
The Logiks aptitude tests (verbal, numerical, abstract), situational judgement, and PAPI personality inventories. Common at mid-to-large UK employers.
6 games available for practice including:
- Logiks Verbal: verbal reasoning, word association, vocabulary, processing speed
- Logiks Numerical: numerical reasoning, mental arithmetic, number series, processing speed
- Logiks Abstract: abstract reasoning, pattern recognition, fluid intelligence
- Cubiks Situational Judgement: situational judgement, competency alignment, workplace decision-making
- PAPI-N Personality: personality profiling, self-awareness, work preferences
- PAPI-I Personality: personality profiling, forced-choice preference, self-awareness
UK Civil Service psychometric assessment practice
The eight Civil Service online tests used on Civil Service Jobs vacancies: the adaptive Verbal Test (CSVT) and Numerical Test (CSNT), the Civil Service Judgement Test (CSJT), the Management Judgement Test, the Work Strengths Test, the Styles Assessment for Behaviours (CSSA), and the Customer Service and Casework Skills Tests. Written by the Cabinet Office on Talogy's True Talent platform, formerly Cubiks, but not the Cubiks Logiks tests. All untimed except one ten-minute checking section, marked as a percentile against other applicants with a pass mark per grade. Older guides call the verbal and numerical tests the VRT and NRT. Not the Fast Stream, which uses its own tests.
8 games available for practice including:
- Civil Service Verbal Test: verbal reasoning, logical inference, critical reading
- Civil Service Numerical Test: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, percentages and ratios
- Civil Service Judgement Test: situational judgement, Civil Service Behaviours, workplace decision-making
- Management Judgement Test: management judgement, people leadership, decision-making
- Work Strengths Test: strengths, situational judgement, self-awareness
- Styles Assessment for Behaviours: work style, self-description, response consistency
- Customer Service Skills Test: customer handling, situational judgement, attention to detail
- Casework Skills Test: information processing, situational judgement, attention to detail
Public Service Commission of Canada psychometric assessment practice
The Public Service Commission (PSC) tests behind most Government of Canada test invitations, taken on the Candidate Assessment Tool: the General Competency Tests (GCT), GCT-2A-324 (the GCT-2 that replaced the GCT2-314 in July 2025) and GCT-1-207, and the Test of Judgement (TOJ) 376 unsupervised and 377 supervised. A GCT is pass or fail against a fixed mark; a TOJ result is a level from J-01 to J-10. The Second Language Evaluation is covered on the hub page but not simulated.
4 games available for practice including:
- General Competency Test: Level 2 Abridged (GCT-2A): inductive reasoning, numerical problem solving, analytical reasoning
- General Competency Test: Level 1 (GCT-1): reading comprehension, practical arithmetic, rule application
- Unsupervised Test of Judgement (TOJ 376): situational judgement, effectiveness rating, workplace problem solving
- Supervised Test of Judgement (TOJ 377): situational judgement, effectiveness rating, workplace problem solving
Test Partnership psychometric assessment practice
The Insights aptitude tests (numerical, verbal, inductive), the Concepts critical thinking battery, the Perceptions situational judgement range, the TPAQ personality questionnaire and the MindmetriQ game-based series. Every one is computer adaptive. Critical thinking is mid-rebrand, so an invitation may name it Concepts or Insights. A UK publisher, common in law, professional services and early careers.
9 games available for practice including:
- Insights Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, time budgeting, estimation
- Insights Verbal Reasoning: verbal reasoning, inference calibration, critical reading, time budgeting
- Insights Inductive Reasoning: inductive reasoning, rule finding, abstract pattern recognition
- Concepts Critical Thinking: critical thinking, deduction, argument evaluation, inference
- Perceptions Situational Judgement: situational judgement, scale calibration, workplace prioritisation
- TPAQ Personality Profile: personality profiling, work preferences, self-awareness
- MindmetriQ Net the Numbers: quantitative reasoning, working memory, visual processing, mental arithmetic
- MindmetriQ Link Swipe: lexical knowledge, verbal processing speed, semantic discrimination
- MindmetriQ Pipe Puzzle: spatial scanning, planning, visual memory, flexibility of closure
Clevry (Criterion) psychometric assessment practice
Clevry, formerly Criterion Partnership, delivers its tests on the Psycruit platform, often branded with the employer: Royal Mail and Next both run portals there. Ten ability tests at three levels, named in brackets on your invitation: Essential (the old Criterion Workforce Series, CWS), Enhanced (B2C) and Expert (Utopia). Verbal, numerical, abstract, checking and mechanical reasoning, the Graduate/Managerial situational judgement test and the Clevry Personality Questionnaire (CPQ). Every question on a page must be answered before you move on, and there is no going back. Results are a sten from 1 to 10. Not the same company as Criteria and the CCAT. UK first, with Nordic use.
12 games available for practice including:
- Clevry Verbal Reasoning (Expert): verbal reasoning, critical reading, reading quantifiers and causal claims
- Clevry Numerical Reasoning (Expert): numerical reasoning, data interpretation, multi-step calculation
- Clevry Abstract Reasoning (Expert): abstract reasoning, multi-rule pattern finding, systematic checking
- Clevry Verbal Reasoning (Enhanced): verbal reasoning, reading conditions and exceptions, accuracy under time
- Clevry Numerical Reasoning (Enhanced): numerical reasoning, percentages and unit prices, reading tables
- Clevry Abstract Reasoning (Enhanced): abstract reasoning, rule finding, pattern recognition
- Clevry Checking Test (Enhanced): attention to detail, checking accuracy, working at pace
- Clevry Verbal Reasoning (Essential): verbal reasoning, reading rules and who they apply to
- Clevry Numerical Reasoning (Essential): numerical reasoning, practical arithmetic, reading the right row
- Clevry Mechanical Reasoning (Essential): mechanical reasoning, applying physical principles, working at pace
- Clevry Graduate/Managerial SJT: situational judgement, prioritisation, workplace effectiveness
- Clevry Personality Questionnaire (Core): personality profiling, work preferences, self-awareness
Cappfinity psychometric assessment practice
Strengths-based assessment: situational judgement, a strengths profile, and numerical and verbal reasoning. Used by Big 4 firms, law firms and large UK graduate schemes such as EY and Teach First.
4 games available for practice including:
- Strengths-Based Situational Judgement: strengths alignment, situational judgement, authentic decision-making
- Strengths Profile: strengths profiling, self-awareness, authentic preference
- Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, analytical accuracy
- Verbal / Critical Thinking: verbal reasoning, critical reading, inference accuracy
Amberjack psychometric assessment practice
The Future Potential Blended Assessment, a UK early-careers test that employers rename, so the invitation may say immersive assessment, online blended assessment, Future Potential Assessment or High Potential Assessment, with the test itself at assessment.weareamberjack.com. One untimed sitting of Most and Least situational judgement and email inbox reasoning, usually followed by video questions. Amberjack also runs the Ambertrack application portal, which can hand you on to another vendor’s test. Used by Stephenson Harwood, HS2, AtkinsRéalis, Morrisons and Virgin Atlantic.
3 games available for practice including:
- Situational Judgement (Most and Least): situational judgement, prioritisation, workplace decision-making
- Email Inbox Reasoning: applied verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, data interpretation, careful reading
- Future Potential Blended Assessment: situational judgement, applied verbal reasoning, applied numerical reasoning, sustained attention
TestGroup (The Bridge) psychometric assessment practice
The Dutch suite: the Bridge Ability Suite capaciteitentest (Bridge Verbaal, Numeriek and Abstract, 25 questions in 17 minutes each), the 18-minute Bridge Ability Online screener, The Bridge Personality persoonlijkheidstest and The Bridge Career loopbaantest. Results come back as a sten from 1 to 10 against a norm group of 500, not as a percentage, and a 5 is the score most people get rather than a fail. The most common personality analysis in Dutch and Belgian organisations, and the tests are normally sat in Dutch because the employer picks the language when ordering.
6 games available for practice including:
- Bridge Verbaal (Verbal): verbal reasoning, business document comprehension, inference accuracy
- Bridge Numeriek (Numerical): numerical reasoning, data interpretation, estimation, answer verification
- Bridge Abstract: abstract reasoning, rule inference, figural transformation, strategic insight
- Bridge Ability Online (korte capaciteitentest): general cognitive ability, verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, abstract reasoning
- The Bridge Personality (persoonlijkheidstest): personality profiling, self-awareness, response consistency
- The Bridge Career (loopbaantest): vocational interests, career anchors, work values, self-insight
NOA (MCT capacity tests) psychometric assessment practice
The Dutch capaciteitentest from NOA, the Amsterdam publisher that grew out of the Vrije Universiteit: the MCT-M (Multiculturele Capaciteiten Test, middle level), the MCT-H (higher level) and the adaptive MCT-A, now also called the Algemene Capaciteitentest, plus the MP-B6 personality test. Eight separately timed subtests, from Exclusie and Componenten to Woordrelaties and Controleren, each with its own short clock. Results come back as a stanine drawn as Lager, Midden or Hoger with no number, and a Midden is not a fail. The test behind hbo 21+ toets admission, mbo intake and Harver’s NOA Cognitive Ability module, sat in the NOA Talent Portal or NOA Online.
10 games available for practice including:
- Exclusion (Logisch nadenken met plaatjes): logical reasoning with figures, classification, attention to detail
- Components (Combineren van vormen): spatial reasoning, part-whole visualisation, mental rotation
- Mirror Images (Omdraaien van plaatjes): spatial visualisation, mental rotation, handedness judgement
- Word Relations (Vergelijken van woorden): vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, verbal speed
- Arithmetic (Rekenen): mental arithmetic, estimation, working with decimals under time pressure
- Number Series (Logisch nadenken met cijfers): numerical reasoning, pattern detection, rule testing
- Word Analogies (Logisch nadenken met woorden): verbal reasoning, relational thinking, word knowledge
- Checking (Controleren): perceptual speed, accuracy, attention to detail
- MCT-A Adaptive Capacity Test: general cognitive ability, verbal, numerical and figural reasoning
- MP-B6 Personality (persoonlijkheidstest): personality profiling, self-awareness, response consistency
Harver psychometric assessment practice
The Harver assessment is a journey of modules the employer chooses, often under its own branding at journey.harver.com: the five NOA Cognitive Ability subtests, the Personality Print questionnaire, the Harver SJT (best and worst response, +1 or -1 a pick), the Live Chat Support Simulation or Chat Proficiency Assessment, and the Harver typing test. Cognitive and chat results are on a 0 to 100% scale where 50% is average. Formerly Outmatch in the US; Harver’s pymetrics games have their own page.
9 games available for practice including:
- Logical Reasoning (Exclusion): logical reasoning with figures, spotting abnormalities, attention to detail
- Verbal Reasoning (Word Analogies): verbal reasoning, word relationships, vocabulary in context
- Perceptual Speed and Accuracy (Checking): perceptual speed, accuracy under pressure, checking detail
- Numerical Reasoning (Number Sequences): numerical reasoning, pattern recognition, rule finding
- Spatial Ability (Components): spatial visualisation, part-whole reasoning, mental rotation
- Situational Judgement Test: situational judgement, customer focus, workplace decision-making
- Live Chat Support Simulation: customer service judgement, multitasking, information lookup
- Typing Test: typing speed, accuracy, attention to detail
- Personality Print (Hourly): work style, self-awareness, response consistency
Predictive Index (PI) psychometric assessment practice
The PI Cognitive Assessment (verbal, numerical, abstract) and the PI Behavioral Assessment. Very common in US hiring across all sectors.
4 games available for practice including:
- Verbal Reasoning: verbal reasoning, word association, vocabulary, processing speed
- Numerical Reasoning: numerical reasoning, mental arithmetic, number series, processing speed
- Abstract Reasoning: abstract reasoning, pattern recognition, fluid intelligence
- Behavioral Assessment: behavioural drives, self-awareness, workplace personality
GITP (PiCompany) psychometric assessment practice
The Dutch assessment firm that sends the tests PiCompany built: GITP bought PiCompany in 2010 and merged it in 2022, so an invitation may say GITP, PiCompany or Pi Company. Connector Ability (Connector Ability+ with Verbal Analogies) is an adaptive capaciteitentest or intelligentietest in three parts, Figuurreeksen, Matrixen and Cijferreeksen, with a clock of minutes on every item and an unanswered item marked wrong. Connector Verbal Analogies is the optional Dutch-only verbal test. The Reflector Big Five Personality and Reflector Drives are the personality and drijfveren questionnaires, and Talent Match is the online selection assessment that bundles them. Results come back as T-scores, where 50 is the average of the education-level norm group your employer chose (MBO, HBO/Bachelor or WO/Master). Netherlands.
7 games available for practice including:
- Connector Ability: Figure Series: abstract reasoning, rule induction, tracking several objects at once
- Connector Ability: Matrices: abstract reasoning, analysing two rules at once, fluid intelligence
- Connector Ability: Number Series: numerical reasoning, sequence detection, working with two operations
- Connector Ability (Full Test): general cognitive ability, abstract and numerical reasoning, concentration
- Connector Verbal Analogies: verbal reasoning, relational analogy, vocabulary
- Reflector Big Five Personality: work-related personality, Big Five factors and facets, self-awareness
- Reflector Drives: work values, motivation, drives hierarchy
Ixly (Test-Toolkit) psychometric assessment practice
The Dutch capaciteitentest you will most likely sit in Dutch. Ixly administers everything through the Test-Toolkit, so an invitation may name the platform rather than the company. The Adaptieve Capaciteiten Test (ACT) is three adaptive blocks, Cijferreeksen, Figurenreeksen and Verbale Analogieën, with 45 seconds on every item and an unanswered item marked wrong; Cognitive Ability Pro is the newer 15-minute flagship that mixes eleven question types in random order. Results come back as a sten from 1 to 10 against your own education level, plus a T-score, a percentile and an IQ score. Common in Dutch selection at DJI, NS, Sogeti and STL. Ixly is not the TMA method, which is a different instrument from a different publisher.
6 games available for practice including:
- Cijferreeksen (Numerical Reasoning): numerical reasoning, sequence detection, pacing under a per-item clock
- Figurenreeksen (Abstract Reasoning): abstract reasoning, rule induction, fluid intelligence
- Verbale Analogieën (Verbal Reasoning): verbal reasoning, relational analogy, vocabulary
- Cognitive Ability Pro: general cognitive ability, task switching, numerical, abstract and verbal reasoning
- Stroomdiagrammen (Procedural Reasoning): procedural reasoning, rule application, working memory
- Werkgerelateerde Persoonlijkheidsvragenlijst (WPV): work-related personality, Big Five traits, self-awareness
Politie (Dutch police) psychometric assessment practice
The politie cognitietest: the cognitieve capaciteitentest (CCT) you are invited to on kombijdepolitie straight after registering for police training. Three adaptive parts, Letterpatronen, Woordrelaties and Cijferpatronen, about 50 minutes at home with a hidden clock on every item. The police had it built by the Belgian publisher Cebir and it runs on Cebir's Tascnet platform, so you may see either name on screen. The legal pass mark is the 16th percentile of your reference group, and a short supervised verificatietoets on the selection day checks your level. Netherlands only.
4 games available for practice including:
- Letterpatronen (Letter Patterns): inductive reasoning, letter series, working memory
- Cijferpatronen (Number Patterns): numerical reasoning, number series, mental arithmetic
- Woordrelaties (Word Relations): verbal reasoning, analogies, vocabulary
- Cognitietest (Full CCT): general reasoning, letter and number patterns, verbal analogies, sustained attention
Revelian (RCAT & Cognify) psychometric assessment practice
Two different products under one Brisbane name. The Revelian Cognitive Ability Test (RCAT) is a timed paper: 51 verbal, numerical and abstract questions in 20 minutes, with nothing deducted for a wrong answer, plus separately sold verbal, numerical and abstract tests. Cognify is a set of game-based mini-games, and Emotify is its emotional-intelligence companion. Revelian traded as Onetest until 2014 and is now owned by Criteria Corp, so an invitation may say any of the three names. Cognify and the RCAT are still separate products from the CCAT - if your invitation names the CCAT, see Criteria. Australia primarily, with some UK and US use.
11 games available for practice including:
- Short Cuts: planning, problem-solving, spatial reasoning, efficiency
- Grid Lock: planning, sequential reasoning, working memory, problem-solving
- Resemble: spatial reasoning, mental rotation, attention to detail
- Numbubbles: numerical reasoning, mental arithmetic, processing speed, attention
- Tally Up: numerical reasoning, mental arithmetic, concentration
- Proof It: verbal knowledge, attention to detail, error detection
- Emotify: emotional recognition, empathy, emotional intelligence
- Revelian Cognitive Ability Test (RCAT): verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, abstract reasoning, pacing, triage under time pressure
- Revelian Verbal Reasoning Test (RVRT): verbal reasoning, vocabulary, deduction, pacing
- Revelian Numerical Reasoning Test (RNRT): numerical reasoning, mental arithmetic, pattern recognition, pacing
- Revelian Abstract Reasoning Test (RART): abstract reasoning, rule finding, attention to detail, pacing
Podium (NZ Police) psychometric assessment practice
The New Zealand publisher Podium (Podium365, Podium Systems) behind the NZ Police online tests. The Ability Assessment is the GCAT, the General Cognitive Ability Test or General Reasoning Ability test: 60 verbal, numerical and abstract questions mixed together in 30 minutes, adaptive, six options each, with rotating shapes and clock faces in the abstract items. The Personality Profile is 100 statements, untimed, on Podium's platform, whose own questionnaire is the PQ10 (sometimes sold as Perspectives). Also reached through Talogy, formerly OPRA, in New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand mainly.
5 games available for practice including:
- GCAT General Reasoning (NZ Police Ability Assessment): verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, abstract reasoning, mental rotation, switching between item types
- GCAT Verbal Drill: vocabulary, word relationships, verbal reasoning
- GCAT Numerical Drill: number series, mental arithmetic, numerical reasoning
- GCAT Abstract Drill: abstract reasoning, mental rotation, pattern recognition
- PQ10 Personality Profile (NZ Police Personality Profile): personality, work style, response consistency
Aon / cut-e psychometric assessment practice
The cut-e "scales" aptitude tests and the gamified smartPredict challenges - verbal, numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning plus spatial memory and mental arithmetic. The standard battery in UK investment banking and at large industrial and consumer employers.
7 games available for practice including:
- scales verbal (Verbal Reasoning): verbal reasoning, information location, working speed under negative marking
- scales numerical (Numerical Reasoning): numerical reasoning, data location, selective speed, judgement under penalty
- scales ix (Inductive Reasoning): inductive reasoning, rule detection, visual discrimination
- switchChallenge (Deductive Logic): deductive reasoning, permutation tracking, sequential processing
- gridChallenge (Spatial Memory): spatial working memory, symmetry perception, resistance to interference
- digitChallenge (Numerical Agility): mental arithmetic, numerical agility, constraint tracking
- scales cls (Inductive Reasoning): inductive reasoning, rule detection, categorisation under negative marking
TMA psychometric assessment practice
The Dutch TMA Method (Talenten Motivatie Analyse) from TMA B.V. in Utrecht. The Talentenanalyse is a 312-statement drives questionnaire placing you on 22 drives with a named talent at both ends; the Capaciteitenanalyse, or CAPA, is up to five short, separately timed subtests: Logisch Cijfermatig Inzicht, Logisch Taal Inzicht, Rekenvaardigheid, Logisch Figuurlijk Inzicht and Technisch Inzicht. Each subtest is scored 1 to 9 against MBO or HBO/WO norms, with no IQ and no total, and a 5 is average rather than a fail. Invitations may come through PRiMAN, the TMA Portal or TMA Performance, and TMA also owns BrainsFirst (NeurOlympics). TMA is not Ixly. Mainly the Netherlands and Belgium.
6 games available for practice including:
- TMA Logisch Cijfermatig Inzicht (Number Series): numerical reasoning, rule finding, working with a single subtest clock
- TMA Logisch Taal Inzicht (Word Analogies): verbal reasoning, relation finding, resisting tempting associations
- TMA Rekenvaardigheid (Arithmetic): mental arithmetic, estimation, speed with accuracy
- TMA Logisch Figuurlijk Inzicht (Figure Series): abstract reasoning, mental rotation, reading the question form
- TMA Technisch Inzicht (Technical Insight): mechanical reasoning, physical principles, speed of recognition
- TMA Talentenanalyse (Drives and Talents): self-awareness, consistency of self-report, forced-choice decisions
Assessio (Matrigma & MAP) psychometric assessment practice
The Stockholm publisher behind Matrigma, a 3x3 matrix reasoning test of general mental ability, and MAP, a Five Factor personality questionnaire, plus the Match-V values instrument. Its Dutch arm is Assessio Bloom, which was eelloo until January 2024 and Meurs HRM before that, and still sells the Q1000 range. Scores come back as a C-score from 0 to 10 rather than as a percentile. Mainly Scandinavia and the Netherlands.
5 games available for practice including:
- Adaptive Matrigma: non-verbal reasoning, rule induction, distractor elimination, pacing against a per-item clock
- Classic Matrigma: non-verbal reasoning, rule induction, sustained concentration, distractor elimination
- MAP (Personality): self-awareness, consistency of self-report, use of the full rating scale
- Match-V (Values): values clarity, self-report consistency, tolerance of trade-offs
- Q1000 Capaciteiten: verbal and logical reasoning, number series, figural reasoning, pacing against a per-item clock
Alva Labs psychometric assessment practice
The Stockholm publisher of the Alva Logic Test (logiktest, logikktest), an adaptive matrix test of 20 tasks with two minutes each, and the Alva Personality Test (personlighetstest), an adaptive five-factor questionnaire of about 120 statements. Both report on a 1 to 10 scale with no norm group. Invitations come from invitation@alvalabs.io to app.alvalabs.io, and the tests are now sold as Alva Psychometrics, Agentic Psychometrics and the Agentic Hiring System. Mainly Sweden, Norway and the rest of the Nordics.
2 games available for practice including:
- Alva Logic Test: abstract reasoning, rule induction along rows and down columns, distractor elimination, pacing against a per-task clock
- Alva Personality Test: self-awareness, consistency of self-report, use of the full rating scale
LTP (G-test) psychometric assessment practice
LTP Business Psychologen, the oldest Dutch assessment bureau, and its own capacity tests: the G-test (50 mixed non-verbal items), the Abstracte Matrix test, the Verbale Relaties test, the Numerieke Vaardigheden test (NIT) and the Cijferreeksen test, plus a Big Five persoonlijkheidsvragenlijst and the WPQ, reported as Werkstijlen. Most sittings start with an online scan in LTP’s portal at ltponline.com, which preparation sites call LTP Online, and many end with a day with an LTP psychologist. Every LTP capaciteitentest counts only correct answers, is built so that few people finish, is judged against the level the job needs (mbo, hbo or wo) rather than your diploma, and cannot be taken on a phone or tablet. The Netherlands.
7 games available for practice including:
- G-test: non-verbal reasoning across six item types, switching between types, pacing at 24 seconds an item
- Abstracte Matrix test: abstract reasoning, rule induction, eliminating eight-option distractors, pacing on one pool clock
- Verbale Relaties test: verbal reasoning, recognising relations between word meanings, checking both halves
- Numerieke Vaardigheden test (NIT): reading tables and graphs, choosing the right base and unit, knowing when the data cannot answer
- Cijferreeksen test: numerical rule finding, mental arithmetic without a calculator, abandoning a stuck item
- Big Five persoonlijkheidsvragenlijst: self-awareness, consistent self-report, use of the full seven-point scale
- WPQ Werkstijlen: self-awareness about working style, consistent self-report
Korn Ferry / Talent Q psychometric assessment practice
The Talent Q Elements ability tests - verbal, numerical and logical reasoning. Adaptive: each question is chosen based on how you answered the last one, and every question carries its own clock rather than the test having one overall time limit. Common in banking, law and professional graduate hiring.
3 games available for practice including:
- Elements Verbal: verbal comprehension, inference under time pressure, reading efficiency
- Elements Numerical: numerical reasoning, data interpretation, calculation under time pressure
- Elements Logical: abstract reasoning, rule induction, sequential pattern recognition
USA Hire psychometric assessment practice
USA Hire, also written USAHire, is the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) assessment battery you are sent after applying for a federal job on USAJOBS or through USA Staffing: the Occupational Reasoning (ORA), Reading (OReA), Math (OMA), Judgment (OJA) and Interaction (OIA) Assessments, plus the Early Career Talent Assessment (ECTA) for student trainee jobs. Which parts you sit depends on the job’s series and grade, OPM never shows a score, and your answers are reused for 12 months. Also searched as USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, the USAJOBS assessment test, the OPM assessment, a federal hiring test or a Pathways assessment. The Federal Supervisor Assessment (FSA) is explained on the hub but not simulated. United States.
7 games available for practice including:
- Occupational Reasoning: deductive reasoning, constraint puzzles, argument evaluation
- Occupational Reading: reading comprehension, applying written rules, reading tables
- Occupational Math: applied arithmetic, percentages and proportions, basic algebra
- Occupational Judgment: situational judgement, workplace decision-making, prioritisation
- Occupational Interaction: work style, integrity, customer service, stress tolerance, teamwork
- ECTA Early Career Judgment: situational judgement, flexibility, problem solving, interpersonal skills
- ECTA Early Career Interaction: work style, attention to detail, learning orientation, self-management
ACER psychometric assessment practice
The Australian Council for Educational Research, and specifically the tests it runs for employers rather than for schools or universities. ACER delivers the Victoria Police entrance examination, the Queensland Police Service Entrance Assessment (QPSea) and the Fire Rescue Victoria Written Selection Test, each built from the same components: literacy, abstract reasoning, numeracy, mechanical reasoning and a typed report. It also sells ACER Select, the Test of Abstract Reasoning (TAR) and the Mechanical Reasoning Test (MRT-2) off the shelf. If you are sitting GAMSAT, HPAT, ISAT, STAT, HAST or a school scholarship test, those are also ACER but they are education admissions and are not covered here. Australia.
5 games available for practice including:
- ACER Literacy Skills: reading comprehension, interpreting tables and charts, following procedures
- ACER Abstract Reasoning (TAR): abstract reasoning, rule induction, sequence ordering
- ACER Numeracy: applied numeracy, measurement, data interpretation, estimation
- ACER Mechanical Reasoning (MRT-2): mechanical reasoning, applied physics, three-dimensional visualisation
- ACER Select Verbal: verbal reasoning, vocabulary, analogical reasoning, deductive sufficiency
Police Scotland (PSET) psychometric assessment practice
The Police Scotland Entrance Test (PSET), the written entrance exam for police constables and special constables in Scotland: one handwritten paper of 49 questions in 60 minutes across language (literacy), numbers (numeracy) and information handling, and you must pass all three elements. It replaced the three-paper Standard Entrance Test (SET, S.E.T.) in June 2020, and some pages still use that name. Also searched as the Police Scotland entrance exam, Scottish police entrance test, PSET practice paper or PSET mock. Scotland. Applying in England or Wales is a different test.
4 games available for practice including:
- PSET Language: reading comprehension, separating stated from unstated, extracting short written answers
- PSET Numbers: mental and written arithmetic, unit conversion, percentages and ratios
- PSET Information Handling: table and chart reading, data extraction, simple calculation from data
- PSET Full Mock Paper: reading comprehension, numeracy, data interpretation, pacing across a full paper
PELLETB (California POST) psychometric assessment practice
The POST Entry-Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB, also written PELLET B or PELLET-B), the reading and writing test California POST sets for entry-level peace officers and the written exam behind most California police and sheriff applications. Four multiple-choice sub-tests, clarity, vocabulary, spelling and reading comprehension, in 1 hour 45 minutes, scored as writing, reading and total T-scores. Also called the POST test, the California POST exam, the POST written exam or reading and writing test, and the CHP written test at the California Highway Patrol. Taken in person, online on Assess.ai since 2026. California.
5 games available for practice including:
- PELLETB Clarity: written expression, sentence structure, spotting ambiguity
- PELLETB Vocabulary: word knowledge, meaning from context, precise definition
- PELLETB Spelling: spelling rules, visual discrimination of near-identical words
- PELLETB Reading Comprehension: reading comprehension, inference, applying definitions and codes
- PELLETB Full Test (online format): reading comprehension, written expression, vocabulary, spelling, pacing across a full sitting
Criteria (CCAT) psychometric assessment practice
The CCAT - 50 questions in 15 minutes with verbal, math and logic, and spatial items - practised here as its three sections, plus the language-independent UCAT, the CBST basic skills test and the EPP personality profile. No penalty for a wrong answer, so guessing is always correct and a blank is the only avoidable zero. Widely used in US hiring, especially across private equity portfolio companies and tech and sales roles.
7 games available for practice including:
- CCAT Verbal: vocabulary, verbal reasoning, word relationships, processing speed
- CCAT Math & Logic: numerical reasoning, mental arithmetic, algebraic manipulation, logical deduction
- CCAT Spatial Reasoning: spatial reasoning, mental rotation, pattern recognition, outlier detection
- Criteria UCAT (Universal Cognitive Aptitude Test): non-verbal problem solving, numerical reasoning, spatial reasoning, learning speed
- CBST (Criteria Basic Skills Test): workplace literacy, numeracy, attention to detail, written accuracy
- EPP (Employee Personality Profile): workplace personality, self-awareness, response consistency
- SalesAP (Sales Achievement Predictor): sales aptitude, cold-calling initiative, closing, resilience, response validity
EEI psychometric assessment practice
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) employment tests US electric utilities use to hire: CAST and CAST-R (Construction and Skilled Trades Selection System, the lineman and lineworker aptitude test), POSS (Plant Operator Selection System, the power plant operator test), MASS (Power Plant Maintenance Positions Selection System), POSS/MASS, TECH (Technician or Technical Occupations Selection System) and SO/PD II (System Operator and Power Dispatcher). Practised here as their subtests: Mechanical Concepts, Reading Comprehension, Mathematical Usage, Graphic Arithmetic, Assembling Objects, Figural Reasoning, Analytic Thinking Skills, Reasoning from Rules and Interpreting Diagrams. Also searched as the EEI test, EEI exam, utility aptitude test, 5108 CAST or 5107 TECH. United States.
9 games available for practice including:
- EEI Mechanical Concepts: mechanical reasoning, reading technical drawings, applying physical principles
- EEI Reading Comprehension: reading comprehension, locating detail, separating stated from unstated
- EEI Mathematical Usage: arithmetic speed, unit conversion, formula substitution, basic algebra
- EEI Graphic Arithmetic: arithmetic from drawings, dimension chains, area and ratio
- EEI Assembling Objects: spatial visualisation, mental rotation, part-to-whole assembly
- EEI Figural Reasoning: abstract reasoning, rule induction, figural analogies
- EEI Analytic Thinking Skills: critical reasoning, deduction, evaluating arguments
- EEI Reasoning from Rules: rule application, attention to conditions and thresholds
- EEI Interpreting Diagrams: map and legend reading, counting under time pressure, symbol discrimination
Wonderlic psychometric assessment practice
The 50-question, 12-minute cognitive test, plus the personality and motivation halves of Wonderlic Select.
3 games available for practice including:
- Wonderlic Cognitive Ability: general mental ability, processing speed, numerical reasoning, verbal comprehension, pattern recognition
- Wonderlic Personality: workplace personality, dependability, stress tolerance, self-awareness
- Wonderlic Motivation: work interests, task preference, forced-choice prioritisation
CritiCall psychometric assessment practice
CritiCall, the 911 dispatcher and calltaker test from Biddle Consulting Group, delivered through TestGenius (and in Canada through OneTest). Also searched as the CritiCall 3D test, the Biddle dispatcher test, the 911 dispatcher test, emergency dispatcher test or public safety telecommunicator test. Practised here as nine modules: decision making, data entry with interruptions, keyboarding, phone number memory, spelling, map reading, sentence clarity, memory recall and cross referencing. Each agency sets its own pass marks, and the real test runs on a laptop or desktop only.
9 games available for practice including:
- CritiCall Decision Making: rule application, decision speed, reading for the key fact, sustained attention
- CritiCall Keyboarding: typing speed, copy accuracy, capitalisation and punctuation, sustained focus
- CritiCall Data Entry: data entry speed, character accuracy, multi-tasking, recovery after interruption
- CritiCall Memory Recall: Phone Numbers: auditory working memory, chunking, digit order, attention between items
- CritiCall Spelling: spelling, homophone discrimination, listening for context
- CritiCall Map Reading: spatial orientation, rule compliance, route planning, left-right discrimination
- CritiCall Sentence Clarity: written clarity, ambiguity detection, reading precision
- CritiCall Memory Recall: short-term visual memory, associative binding, description recall
- CritiCall Cross Referencing: visual search, detail checking, alphabetic and numeric scanning, copy accuracy
Hogan psychometric assessment practice
HPI, HDS and MVPI personality inventories plus the HBRI reasoning test, from the Tulsa publisher used across US leadership hiring.
4 games available for practice including:
- Hogan HPI (Personality Inventory): workplace personality, leadership potential, self-presentation
- Hogan HDS (Development Survey): derailment risk, behaviour under pressure, self-awareness
- Hogan MVPI (Motives & Values): work values, motives, culture fit, environmental preference
- Hogan HBRI (Business Reasoning): critical thinking, data inference, numerical reasoning, business judgement
Master International (ACE, CORE, MPA, OPTO) psychometric assessment practice
Master International, also trading as Master Value People and Metis, is a Danish publisher whose tests run on the Master People Platform (MPP). ACE, the Adjustable Competence Evaluation, is an adaptive reasoning test (12 questions in 30 minutes, calculator allowed, skips count as wrong) that can be checked later by a supervised ACE Confirm re-test; MCA is its older name. CORE, the Cognitive Resource Evaluation, is a 19-item matrix screen with skip and return. MPA, the Master Person Analysis, is a best-and-least personality questionnaire, and OPTO is a seven-point personality questionnaire with a Spotlight re-ranking step. BRIGHT screens service roles and EASI is a team typology. Results come back as STEN scores from 1 to 10 against a band the employer set. Mainly Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, on a laptop or desktop.
4 games available for practice including:
- Master CORE (Matrices): abstract reasoning, pattern recognition, general mental ability
- Master ACE (Adaptive Reasoning): numerical, spatial and verbal reasoning, adaptive problem solving
- Master MPA (Person Analysis): working style, behavioural preference, forced-choice self-description
- Master OPTO (Personality): workplace personality, people, operations and exploration behaviour
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