How the Teamchat game works
The screen looks like a group chat. Colleagues post messages, and when it is your turn you choose one of three replies. The conversation then moves on.
You choose the reply closest to how you would actually respond. The game is reported to measure your preferred work style and how you work in a team, and to last five minutes.
How to choose a reply
Take each turn in three steps:
- Read the whole thread before you choose, not just the last message.
- Ask what you would really type to these people at work, then pick the closest option.
- Think about what each reply would do next: take the task on, point someone to help, or raise it with someone senior.
- Do not pick the longest or most polished reply by default. Pick the one that sounds like you.
Worked example
A colleague writes: “The stock report is due at 3pm and I still don’t have the sales figures.” Your options are: “I can pull the figures now and send them by 2”, “Can you ask the sales team directly? They should have them”, or “Let’s tell the manager it might be late.”
The first takes the task on yourself, the second points your colleague to the source, and the third flags the risk upwards. None is wrong. Each says something different about how you work, so pick the one you would really send.
Tips for the real Teamchat game
- Answer as yourself all the way through, not as the person you think the employer wants.
- Treat it like a real team chat. Short, practical replies are as valid as detailed ones.
- Do it somewhere quiet, so you take in every message before your turn.
Practise Teamchat on CogniPrep
Our Teamchat is one conversation about a difficult week on a client project, with three colleagues: Priya, Marcus and Dan. It always runs for ten turns with three replies a turn, and the conversation branches on what you pick. You have five minutes. There is no score: you get a profile of how you tend to work with people.