Aon Assessment Practice: Free cut-e Tests

Several data sheets of workplace text stay the same for the whole test, and a long run of statements (Aon lists 49) each relates to just one of them. You judge each as True, False or Cannot Say, so learning what each sheet covers, and opening the right one quickly, is part of the test. Cannot Say means the sheet settles it neither way. It is the verdict candidates most often get wrong, and under negative marking that mistake is expensive. A candidate reported a recent sitting with six icon-only tabs and 6 minutes rather than 12, so our version uses six tabs and lets you pick either clock.

The same format, with sheets of tables and charts and 37 statements listed by Aon. You judge a statement about the data rather than picking a value from a list, which is what makes this test different from the SHL and Saville numerical papers. Aon advises having a calculator to hand. Watch for statements that look calculable until you go looking for a second figure that is not there. A candidate reported this test running on 6 minutes too, so our version offers both clocks.

Nine black and white objects are shown and eight follow a hidden rule; you click the one that breaks it. Some rules run along the row, such as a figure turning by the same angle each step, and others hold within each object, such as every figure having four sides. At about 15 seconds per item this is the fastest test in the suite. Scanning one property at a time across all nine objects beats studying each object in turn. Aon’s examples are geometric, but a candidate reported drawings and pen strokes such as swooshes as well, and our version includes both.

A row of symbols passes through a chain of operators, each a 4-digit code that reorders the row, and one code is hidden. You pick the code that turns the input row into the output row. A code says where each symbol comes from, not where it goes, and reading it the wrong way round is the classic mistake. Work through the chain in order and write the positions down rather than holding them in your head.

A 4x4 or 5x5 grid holds a few coloured shapes and one question mark, and every row and column of the finished grid holds each shape exactly once. You pick the shape that must go in the question mark. Some grids fall to one glance along a row and a column; others need a chain, where you first pin down another empty square and only then can rule out the last candidate. The items never run out, and the trap is answering a shape that is merely possible rather than forced.

Cells of a grid light up briefly and you reproduce them, but between seeing them and recalling them you must judge whether a separate pattern is symmetrical. The symmetry task is not a second test, it is interference designed to occupy the same working memory you are using to hold the cells. Aon describes nine tasks of varying difficulty.

Equations are shown with missing digits, which you fill from 1 to 9 using each digit at most once per equation. That uniqueness rule turns each item into a small constraint problem rather than plain arithmetic: committing a digit to one gap removes it from the others. Filling the most constrained gap first is more reliable than working left to right. Many equations have more than one filling that works.

A personality questionnaire built from pairs of statements: you say which of the two you agree with more and how strongly. Aon chooses each pair from your earlier answers and matches the two statements on how good they sound, so there is rarely an obviously flattering option. The result describes you on 15 aspects in six work styles, which the employer compares with the role. Answering consistently as yourself works better than trying to guess the ideal profile.

A situational judgement test dressed as a messaging app. Colleagues message you with requests, problems and questions, you choose one of several prepared replies, and they answer back, so a weak reply leads to a different conversation. You are asked for what you would do first, not what you would eventually do. The strongest replies act early, communicate openly, own the problem and never trade away safety or honesty.