How the Puzzle Picture game works
Each level shows a picture to memorise. The picture is then hidden, split into pieces and mixed up, and you move the pieces back to where they belong.
It is reported to last seven minutes, longer than most HireVue games, and it tests two things at once: holding the picture in memory, and working out an efficient way to put it back.
How to memorise and rebuild the picture
Split the job into a study phase and a build phase:
- While the picture is shown, do not try to memorise every detail. Fix the corners and one or two landmarks.
- Describe the picture to yourself in a short sentence, such as “red top left, blue band across the middle”.
- Rebuild the corners first, then the edges, then the middle.
- Aim to move each piece once. Moving the same piece twice wastes time.
Tips for the real Puzzle Picture game
- Look at the picture for the whole time it is shown. A few seconds more of looking saves several wrong moves.
- Pace yourself. Seven minutes is long for a game, so do not burn your focus on the first few puzzles.
- Take a breath between games. HireVue suggests relaxing after each one.
- If your connection drops, reopen your link. HireVue says your progress is saved.
Practise Puzzle Picture on CogniPrep
Our Puzzle Picture runs for seven minutes on a ladder capped at 100, up two levels for a win and down one for a loss. You study a picture for six seconds at first, falling to three, then rebuild it by tapping two pieces to swap them. Grids grow from two by two to four by four, each piece is a coloured symbol, and from midway up the ladder the symbols are drawn at different angles. Each level allows as many swaps as there are pieces, plus the grid width. Your score out of 100 is three quarters how you do on the ladder and one quarter how often a piece goes to the right place the first time you move it.