Clevry Tests (Criterion): Free Practice Tests
Clevry, formerly Criterion Partnership, sells ten ability tests at three levels, and your invitation tells you which in brackets. Practise each one at its real length and its real clock, on pages you must finish before you can move on.
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Clevry Verbal Reasoning (Expert)
The graduate and managerial level, once sold as Utopia: four pages of one article and four True, False or Cannot Say statements, 11 minutes on one clock. Every statement on a page must be answered before Next, and there is no way back.
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Clevry Numerical Reasoning (Expert)
The graduate level, once sold as Utopia: four data sets from a magazine publisher, four questions each, five options with Cannot say on some. 20 minutes, and you bring your own calculator.
Clevry Abstract Reasoning (Expert)
Sixteen shape sequences with two or three rules moving at once, and 45 minutes to find them: the most generous clock Clevry sets, because the items need it.
Clevry Verbal Reasoning (Enhanced)
The level for customer service, sales and admin roles, once sold as B2C: business documents such as policies and applications, four statements a page, and 9 minutes, the tightest verbal clock Clevry sets.
Clevry Abstract Reasoning (Enhanced)
Sixteen shape sequences with one or two rules each, 24 minutes on one clock. Choose the frame that comes next; there is no Skip and no Back.
Clevry Checking Test (Enhanced)
Compare an Original stock list with a Copy and find the copying errors: 16 five-option questions in 10 minutes, four to a page, with no way back.
Clevry Verbal Reasoning (Essential)
The level for production, manufacturing and engineering roles, once part of the Criterion Workforce Series: safety notices and staff notices, four statements a page, 10 minutes.
Clevry Numerical Reasoning (Essential)
Work arithmetic for operatives, apprentices and team leaders: rotas, pay rates, production counts. Four questions a page, five options, 15 minutes.
Clevry Mechanical Reasoning (Essential)
Twenty drawn gears, pulleys, levers, hydraulics and forces in 12 minutes, 36 seconds each, one to a page: the only Clevry ability test that is not 16 questions.
Clevry, Criterion or Psycruit? The same tests
Verified September 2026Clevry is Criterion Partnership. The Brighton company was renamed Clevry UK Ltd in April 2021, according to Companies House. Prep sites still sell its tests under the old names Utopia, B2C and CWS, which are the Expert, Enhanced and Essential levels below.
Your portal may say Psycruit. That is Clevry's candidate platform, and employers often have their own branded version of it: Royal Mail's is the "Royal Mail Group Assessment Portal". If the link in your invitation ends in psycruit.com or clevry.com, this is the right page.
Clevry is not Criteria. Criteria Corp, maker of the CCAT, is a different company. If your invitation mentions the CCAT or Criteria, go to our Criteria practice tests instead.
The word in brackets is the level, and each level is a different test
Clevry sells its verbal and numerical tests at three levels, and each has its own clock and its own comparison group. The report prints the level in the test's name, "Verbal Reasoning Test (Enhanced)", and so does your invitation. We build every level separately, because practising the 9-minute Enhanced verbal test for an 11-minute Expert sitting practises the wrong clock and the wrong material.
Essential
Formerly Criterion Workforce Series (CWS)
Operatives, apprentices, team leaders and first-line supervisors in production, manufacturing and engineering.
- Verbal Reasoning: 16 questions, 10 minutes
- Numerical Reasoning: 16 questions, 15 minutes
- Mechanical Reasoning: 20 questions, 12 minutes
Enhanced
Formerly B2C
Customer service, call centre, sales and administrative staff, and junior managers.
- Verbal Reasoning: 16 questions, 9 minutes
- Numerical Reasoning: 16 questions, 18 minutes
- Abstract Reasoning: 16 questions, 24 minutes
- Checking: 16 questions, 10 minutes
Expert
Formerly Utopia
Graduates, managers, professionals and specialists: Clevry’s "high level critical reasoning tests".
- Verbal Reasoning: 16 questions, 11 minutes
- Numerical Reasoning: 16 questions, 20 minutes
- Abstract Reasoning: 16 questions, 45 minutes
Answer every question on the page, because you cannot come back
A Clevry test is a set of pages, not a stream of questions. Clevry's own practice pages put one passage or table on the left and a group of four questions on the right. Its candidate FAQ spells out the rule: you can change your answers while you are on a page, "but once you proceed you will be unable to go back to any previous pages", and "the system requires that you complete all of the questions on the page before moving on."
That rules out the two habits most practice sites teach: skipping a hard question to come back later, and a final review. The habit that works is checking all four answers against the passage before you press Next, because Next is final. Our verbal, numerical and checking games are built as pages of four with exactly this rule, and the mechanical test as pages of one.
The four-per-page figure is read from Clevry's practice pages rather than published as a number. The rule itself is Clevry's.
How Clevry scores you, and why your time is on the report
A sten from 1 to 10, in five bands
Every result is a sten against a comparison group for your exact test and level, drawn as ten dots under five labels: low overall performance, below average, average, above average and outstanding performance. A 5 or 6 is the average band, where most people land, and is not a fail. The employer adds a red, amber or green flag at thresholds they choose, and no pass mark is published.
Your time is printed, not scored
Clevry scores correct answers only. But each result on the employer's report states the time limit, your time and the average, for example "The time limit for this test is 9 minutes and Olivia took 3 minutes 39 seconds. The average completion time for this test is 7 minutes", followed by the note that completion time "is not an indication of ability". Our scoring ignores time too, and our feedback shows where yours sat.
Strong results can be verified
The online tests are unsupervised, so Clevry's report tells employers the result "can be verified online using the Clevry ability verification facility": a shorter version of the same test with different questions, often at a later stage. The score worth having is one you can repeat.
Personality, situational judgement and Message Me
The Clevry Personality Questionnaire (CPQ)
Statements rated on a five-point agreement scale, built from Clevry’s library of scales, six statements to a scale. Core measures 20 traits plus a Social Desirability scale in about 20 minutes, and is what we simulate at its full 126 statements; Enhanced measures 30 in about 30 minutes. In 2026 Clevry launched CPQ Nova, a redeveloped library of 48 scales, but has not yet published the scale list of any off-the-shelf Nova questionnaire. The format is the same five-point scale either way. Clevry says there are no rights or wrongs; employers compare your profile with one written for the role.
The Graduate/Managerial SJT
Fifteen scenarios drawn from a bank of 28, in 30 minutes. For each you choose the most effective and the least effective response, and Clevry reports a sten for each of five competencies: Thinking, Achieving, Influencing, Collaboration and Teamwork, and Commercial Awareness. Clevry also sells Leadership, Contact Centre and Warehouse Operatives SJTs and builds bespoke ones, such as Travelodge’s. We simulate the graduate test; the answering method is the same across all of them.
Message Me
A chat-style situational judgement test: a conversation laid out like a messaging app, where you reply by choosing one of several messages. It is untimed and comes in Sales, Recruiter and Retail versions. Clevry has not published how many replies each turn offers, whether the conversation branches, or how replies are keyed, so we do not simulate it rather than guess. If you meet it, treat each reply as an SJT answer: what would actually work with this person.
What else Clevry runs
Recorded video interviews, virtual assessment centres, development centres and 360 feedback. None is a scored candidate test we can simulate honestly. Shorter verification re-tests of the ability tests exist and use different questions. Some prep sites also list older paper-only Criterion tests, such as fault detection and proof reading, that are no longer in Clevry’s catalogue.
Where our version is a reconstruction
- The Checking Test's questions. Clevry publishes the task (find errors between two pieces of reference material) and the format (five options) but no question. Ours compare an Original stock list with a Copy and ask how many lines are wrong, which line is wrong, or which field was copied wrongly. The wording is ours.
- Options on abstract and mechanical items. Clevry does not publish them. We use five on abstract items, matching the numerical and checking tests, and four on mechanical items.
- The practice round. The real tests open with a few practice questions before the clock starts. Ours go straight to the scored questions, as every game on CogniPrep does, and say so in the instructions.
- The sten in our feedback. We work it out from where you placed against other CogniPrep candidates on the same game, not against Clevry's own comparison group, and we say so on every result.
Phone or laptop?
Clevry's answer: most of its assessments can be completed on a phone, but timed tests "are better suited to larger screen devices", because a test with reference material is hard to do when you cannot see the material and the questions together. Its personality questionnaire is optimised for phones.
Every test here works properly on a phone, with buttons to jump between the passage and the questions. But sit the real ability tests on a laptop, with your calculator beside you for the numerical one, and treat a phone result here as practice rather than a comparison with Clevry's norms.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Clevry the same as Criterion Partnership?
Yes. Criterion Partnership Limited was renamed Clevry UK Ltd on 9 April 2021 (Companies House, company 03443538), and its tests carry on under the Clevry name. The candidate platform is still called Psycruit, and many employers have their own branded portal on it, so the page you land on may carry your employer’s name rather than Clevry’s.
Which Clevry test will I sit?
Your invitation names the test and a level in brackets, such as "Verbal Reasoning Test (Enhanced)". Essential is for production, manufacturing and apprentice roles, Enhanced for customer service, sales and administration, and Expert for graduates, managers and professionals. Abstract reasoning exists only at Enhanced and Expert, checking only at Enhanced and mechanical reasoning only at Essential.
How many questions are there, and how long do I get?
Sixteen questions on every Clevry ability test except mechanical, which has 20. Verbal takes 10, 9 or 11 minutes at Essential, Enhanced and Expert; numerical 15, 18 or 20; abstract 24 at Enhanced and 45 at Expert; checking 10; mechanical 12. The instruction page states the limit and the number of questions before the clock starts.
Can I go back or skip a question on a Clevry test?
No. Clevry’s candidate FAQ says you can change your answers while you are on a page, but you must answer every question on it before moving on, and once you proceed you cannot return to earlier pages. There is no Skip and no review screen.
Can I use a calculator on the Clevry numerical test?
Yes, unless your instructions say otherwise. It is your own calculator: Clevry does not build one into the test. Have it ready before you start, and practise with the same one.
Is there a pass mark for Clevry tests?
Clevry does not publish one, and its candidate FAQ tells candidates it cannot give information about how assessments are scored. Employers see a sten from 1 to 10 against a comparison group for your exact test and level, with a red, amber or green flag at thresholds they set for the role.
Does finishing quickly help on a Clevry test?
No. Clevry says its tests are "measures of power, rather than speed", and reports that 98% of candidates attempt every question in time. Your completion time does appear on the employer’s report beside the average, with the note that it "is not an indication of ability", so the useful aim is accuracy.
Can I take Clevry tests on my phone?
Yes, but Clevry recommends a laptop, desktop or tablet for timed tests, because it is hard to see the reference material and the questions together on a small screen. The personality questionnaire is designed for phones.
Companies That Use Clevry (formerly Criterion Partnership)
Clevry runs its tests on the Psycruit platform, and many employers have their own branded portal there, so the page you land on often carries the employer’s name rather than Clevry’s. Its customers cluster in UK retail, hospitality, logistics, utilities and graduate schemes, usually at the first sift straight after an application.
Royal Mail
Logistics & Postal ServicesRuns a "Royal Mail Group Assessment Portal" on Clevry’s Psycruit platform. Which tests a role sets varies and is not published by Royal Mail.
View Royal Mail guide →Next
RetailClevry case study: bespoke cognitive ability tests and personality questionnaires used to sift sales consultant and stockroom applicants, including 150,000 candidates in one Christmas recruitment drive.
View Next guide →ASDA
RetailClevry case study from around 2008: a personality questionnaire and a cognitive ability test simulating the role, for graduate and management recruitment. ASDA’s current process names no vendor, so treat this as historical.
Travelodge
HospitalityClevry case study: a bespoke situational judgement test and personality questionnaire for receptionist, cleaner and bar café roles.
View Travelodge guide →British Gas
Energy & UtilitiesClevry case study: a bespoke online problem-solving challenge plus personality for call centre roles.
View British Gas guide →Co-op
RetailA branded Psycruit portal built for its graduate schemes, which Co-op no longer runs. Its current store assessment names no vendor, so treat this as historical.
Every entry below comes from Clevry’s own case studies or from an employer-branded Psycruit portal that was live when checked in September 2026. Several of these employers use tests Clevry built for them alone, so our games practise the Clevry format rather than that employer’s own questions. Confirm the current process for your role before preparing.
Guides and Tips
Read up before you practise: what the tests reward, what catches candidates out, and why shortcuts do not work.
Clevry Verbal Reasoning test: how it works
Clevry’s verbal reasoning test gives you 16 statements to mark True, False or Cannot Say against short passages, at one of three levels with its own clock: Essential 10 minutes, Enhanced 9 and Expert 11.
Can You Cheat Clevry Tests? Your Time Is Shown
The employer sees your time next to the average. Why Clevry’s report gives away borrowed answers.
Clevry Numerical Reasoning test: how it works
Clevry’s numerical reasoning test is 16 multiple-choice questions on tables and charts, answered with your own calculator, at one of three levels: Essential 15 minutes, Enhanced 18 and Expert 20.
Clevry Test Tips: The Page You Cannot Come Back To
The word in brackets on a Clevry invitation is the level, and each level is a different test with a different clock. Then comes the page rule, which quietly rules out the two habits most practice teaches.
Clevry Abstract Reasoning test: how it works
Clevry’s abstract reasoning test shows a series of shapes and asks what comes next: 16 questions in 24 minutes at Enhanced level, or 16 in 45 minutes at Expert.
Clevry Checking test: how it works
Clevry’s Checking Test gives you 10 minutes for 16 five-option questions about where one set of information differs from another, and it is sold only at the Enhanced level.
Clevry Mechanical Reasoning test: how it works
Clevry’s Mechanical Reasoning Test is 20 illustrated questions on gears, pulleys, levers and hydraulics in 12 minutes, part of the Essential level for production, manufacturing and engineering roles.
Clevry situational judgement test: how it works
Clevry’s Graduate/Managerial SJT gives you 15 workplace scenarios in 30 minutes, and for each one you pick the most effective and the least effective way to handle it.
Clevry personality test: how it works
The Clevry Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) asks how far you agree with statements about how you work, on a five-point scale, with no time limit and no right answers.
Practice by Test Type
Compare the same format across every provider that uses it, and see what each one is really measuring.
Numerical Reasoning Test Practice
Tables, charts, percentages and ratios against the clock. The most common screening test on graduate schemes and analyst roles.
Verbal Reasoning Test Practice
Short dense passages and true, false or cannot say answers. Judged on what the text supports, never on what you already know.
Logical Reasoning Test Practice
The umbrella name on many invitations. Covers the four rule-based formats and how to tell which one you have actually been sent.
Abstract Reasoning Test Practice
Matrices, figure series and odd-one-out sets sold under the abstract or non-verbal label. No words, no numbers, one missing piece.
Mechanical Reasoning Test Practice
Drawn gears, pulleys, levers and fluids. Predict which way things turn, what balances and what moves fastest.
Error Checking Test Practice
Compare an original with a copy and find what changed. Short, fast and scored on accuracy as much as speed.
Situational Judgement Test Practice
Realistic workplace scenarios scored against an employer competency framework. No maths, no time pressure, and a scoring key you can reason about.
Personality Test Practice for Job Applications
No right answers, which is exactly why they unsettle people. Learn the traits, the consistency checks and the formats before you sit one for real.
About CogniPrep Clevry Practice
Clevry UK Ltd, of Brighton, was Criterion Partnership Limited until April 2021. The group parent is the Finnish company Clevry International Oy, and Clevry runs norm groups for Finland, Sweden and Norway as well as the UK, so candidates in the Nordics meet these tests too. Candidates sit them on the Psycruit platform, often on a portal branded with the employer, usually at the first sift straight after an application. Verified September 2026.
- 12 practice tests, each named as the level appears on a Clevry report
- Verbal Reasoning: 16 statements, True, False or Cannot Say, in 10, 9 or 11 minutes at Essential, Enhanced and Expert
- Numerical Reasoning: 16 questions with five options and Cannot say on some, in 15, 18 or 20 minutes; your own calculator
- Abstract Reasoning: 16 sequences in 24 minutes (Enhanced) or 45 (Expert)
- Checking: 16 questions in 10 minutes, Enhanced only
- Mechanical Reasoning: 20 questions in 12 minutes, Essential only
- Graduate/Managerial SJT: 15 scenarios in 30 minutes, most and least effective
- CPQ Core: 126 statements on a five-point scale, untimed
- Every question on a page must be answered before moving on, with no way back; no negative marking; time printed on the report but not scored
- Results as a sten from 1 to 10 in five bands; no published pass mark
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