How the Predict game works
Each round shows a pair of abstract symbols and you choose day or night. The correct outcome then appears briefly before the next round. The link between symbols and outcomes is hidden, and one account describes it as a probability, so even a well-learned pair can occasionally go the other way.
One report gives 8 pairs repeating across 88 rounds, with 3 seconds to answer. At the end you are reported to rate how confident you are in your own performance.
How to learn the pairs
Treat it as building a lookup table:
- In early rounds, guess quickly. You cannot know the answer yet, and the feedback is what matters.
- After each round, link the pair to the outcome you saw, for example “circle and heart, day”.
- Notice whether one symbol drives the answer on its own. That halves what you need to remember.
- Once a pair has gone the same way several times, keep choosing that outcome even after a surprise.
- Rate your confidence at the end on how sure you actually felt, not how you hoped to do.
Tips for the real Predict task
- Answer every round before the timer ends, even if it is a guess.
- Do not chase streaks. If a pair usually means day, one night result does not change that.
- Give the symbols names and say the pairs in words. Words stick better than shapes.
- Expect your accuracy to climb over the run rather than from the start. The early rounds are for learning.
What your score means
Predict matches a task type in Arctic Shores’ 2026 candidate guide: using information and feedback from the task to make a series of predictions. Arctic Shores does not say which dimensions it feeds, and you will not get a tally of right guesses. One emailed report covers the whole assessment, with each “dimension” placed on a four-point scale against similar candidates.
Its candidate guidance page describes a 1 to 10 spectrum for each behaviour instead, and says the report comes only if the employer opts in. The employer gets one number from 1 to 100 for your fit with the profile it agreed for the role. Arctic Shores says there is no single way to pass.
Practise Prediction on CogniPrep
Our Prediction game runs 60 rounds. Each pairs one of three left symbols with one of three right symbols, giving 9 pairs, and each pair leans to its outcome 70% of the time. You have 5 seconds to press day or night, then the outcome shows for 1.5 seconds. Pairings change every session and there is no confidence rating. The score out of 100 rewards improvement from the first third to the last, accuracy in the last third and consistency late in the run. The round count and the 70% lean are ours.