Kenexa and Prove It Practice Tests
Kenexa, Prove It and IBM Talent Assessments are three names for one test library. Practise all seven formats with the real item counts, clocks and scoring model.
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Kenexa Numerical Reasoning
Interpret tables and charts to answer 20 five-option questions in 20 minutes. Business finance, percentages and ratios at GCSE level, with a calculator allowed. Mirrors the Kenexa / IBM numerical reasoning test (NRT).
Kenexa Logical Reasoning
Work out the rule governing a sequence of shape frames and pick the frame that continues it. 24 questions on one 20-minute clock, no words and no numbers. Mirrors the Kenexa / IBM logical reasoning test (LRT).
Kenexa Computer Adaptive Test
One adaptive sitting mixing verbal, numerical and logical items. Answer correctly and the next item gets harder; answer wrongly and it gets easier. You cannot go back, and your result reflects the difficulty you reached rather than the raw count you got right.
Kenexa Situational Judgement
Rate how effective each response to a workplace scenario would be, on a five-point scale, against an expert key. Full credit for matching the key and partial credit for being one position off. Mirrors the IBM Kenexa Custom Situational Judgment Test.
Basic Office Skills (Prove It)
Workplace literacy and numeracy: spelling, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, office arithmetic and filing. Untimed with a stopwatch, exactly as IBM delivers it, because the real test records how long you took without capping it.
Rapid Personality Questionnaire
Rate 80 short statements on a five-point scale to produce a profile across five workplace factors: Extraversion, Confidence, Structure, Tough-Mindedness and Conformity. Untimed, and there are no right answers.
Are these tests still used? Yes, but not under the name you were sent
Verified September 2026The platforms are gone. Prove It was retired from 2017, and IBM ended IBM Kenexa Talent Assessments in 2020 and shut the IBM-Kenexa Assess platform on 31 December 2021.
The tests are not. SHL bought the rights and hosts them on TalentCentral, and its transition guidance states there are no changes to the tests: same names, content, format and structure.
So a 2026 invitation naming Prove It, Kenexa or IBM Talent Assessments points at live content with a dead platform's name attached. That is why this page exists under all three names.
If your invitation says TalentCentral, read the SHL hub as well. You are sitting Kenexa content on SHL's platform, so both pages apply.
The formats, and what each one actually does
Verbal Reasoning (VRT)
24 questions in 20 minutes: a short business passage, one statement, judged True, False or Cannot Say. One clock for the whole test rather than a countdown per question. Some employers configure other forms, reported between 20 and 30 questions and 18 to 25 minutes.
Numerical Reasoning (NRT)
20 questions in 20 minutes on tables and charts, five options each, calculator and rough paper permitted. Drawn from a pool reported at 174 items, so every candidate sees a different comparable version. Some forms include a "None of these" option.
Logical Reasoning (LRT)
Shape sequences with a rule to work out and a next frame to pick. No words and no numbers, which is why employers use it across languages. Sources give 24 questions in 20 minutes and 26 in 25; both are prep sites and neither is first-party. We build 24 in 20.
Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)
One 20-question sitting mixing verbal, numerical and logical items. Difficulty follows your answers, you cannot go back, and the score reflects the difficulty you reached rather than the raw count. SHL notes it is not recommended for use alone in the United States, so a US candidate meeting it will usually be meeting something else alongside it.
Situational Judgement
15 to 20 workplace scenarios, each with several responses to rate. Usually no strict clock, but you are expected to work quickly. Full marks for matching the intended answer and partial marks for being one position off. The product is the Custom SJT: employers key it to their own competencies.
Basic Office Skills (Prove It)
Multiple-choice workplace literacy and numeracy: spelling, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, office arithmetic and filing. Untimed, though the time you take is recorded and reported. IBM measured its own candidates at about 40 seconds a question. [No Math] and [No Verbal] variants exist.
Seeing BrassRing tells you who processes your application, not who tests you
A lot of employers run their careers site on BrassRing, so it is easy to spot a brassring.com address and conclude the assessment will be a Kenexa one. It usually will not be, and practising on that assumption is how people end up preparing for the wrong test.
BrassRing is an applicant tracking system. IBM sold it to Infinite Computer Solutions in April 2021, and it is marketed as BrassRing or Infinite Talent. Its owner publishes the list of assessment vendors integrated with the platform, and it runs to more than twenty names. Kenexa's own assessment engine is not among them. The assessment is bolted on by a status change rather than built into the application flow: a recruiter moves you into an assessment stage, BrassRing hands you off to whichever vendor the employer bought, and you land on a differently branded page several days after applying. That gap is exactly why so many candidates cannot name their provider.
If you applied through BrassRing, these are the vendors you are most likely to be routed to, and all of them are on that published list:
- SHL (Verify, OPQ32, TalentCentral)
- Aon / cut-e (scales, smartPredict)
- Korn Ferry / Talent Q (Elements)
- Cubiks / Talogy (Logiks, PAPI)
- Cappfinity (listed as Capp)
- Thomas International, Sova, HireVue and Harver, among others
The reliable move is to wait for the assessment link and read the branding on that page, not on the careers site. Our provider lookup guide turns a product name into a vendor.
How Kenexa tests are scored, and the pass mark nobody publishes
Reasoning tests: a percentile
Your number correct is converted to a percentile against a norm group, for example other graduates or other finance applicants. Employers set their own cut-off, commonly somewhere between the 50th and the 70th percentile depending on the role and the strength of the applicant pool. No source reports stanines or stens for these tests, so treat any claim of one with suspicion.
Skills tests: a raw percentage
The report shows an overall percentage, item-level detail, time spent per item, a proficiency level per item of Basic, Intermediate or Advanced, and your results grouped by topic. IBM states it does not provide cut scores and that companies should set their own, adding that in practice most set them as high as their applicant flow allows.
No penalty for a wrong answer
IBM defines the score as correct questions divided by total questions, so a blank and a wrong answer cost exactly the same. No source anywhere claims negative marking on a Kenexa test. Always guess rather than leaving something empty, and do not carry habits across from Aon cut-e, which does penalise wrong answers.
Other Kenexa products you may be invited to
The catalogue is enormous. SHL's IBM Kenexa listing paginated to about 1,500 products when we counted it in September 2026, and IBM's own figure for its own product was 1,100 to 1,200. Both are true on different bases, and the number is misleading either way: it multiplies a small number of underlying tests across locales and software versions rather than describing 1,500 distinct constructs. Basic Office Skills alone appears in US, UK, Australian and New Zealand, Canadian French, German, Portuguese and Spanish editions, each with [No Math] and [No Verbal] variants. These are the ones worth knowing about that we do not simulate.
Typing and data entry
Reported as words per minute, adjusted words per minute, or keystrokes per hour with a field accuracy percentage. Genuinely high volume and well documented, and deliberately not built here: a typing-speed test on a phone keyboard measures the phone rather than the candidate, and we will not ship a test that is dishonest on the device half our users practise on.
Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
Interactive simulations of the real application, where you perform the task rather than answer a question about it. IBM notes they support the vast majority of shortcut keys and do not penalise using the fastest route. Not simulated here: a half-faithful version of a desktop application teaches the wrong muscle memory. Practise in the real software instead.
Writing, translation and code samples
Worth knowing about precisely because they are different: IBM states these are non-scoring environments and leaves the judgement entirely to the customer. There is no vendor scoring model to reproduce, so we do not simulate them. If you are asked for one, a human is reading it, and there is no algorithm to satisfy.
The Kenexa BMQ
A managerial battery aimed at retail, leisure and hospitality: numerical reasoning, verbal reasoning and a personality questionnaire, about 50 minutes in total at shorter durations than the standalone tests. Sources disagree on what the personality section measures. It is a repackaging of formats you can practise separately here.
The OPI and the role Selectors
The Occupational Personality Inventory runs to 250 items across 25 areas in about 40 minutes, untimed, with built-in consistency and social desirability checks. The Selectors are seventeen composite batteries re-keyed per role, from Bank Teller to Restaurant Manager. Practising the RPQ covers the same self-report format at a workable length.
Job Fit and Organizational Cultural Match
Job Fit identifies alignment with a role using RIASEC work interests as defined by O*NET. It is an interest inventory rather than an ability test, so there is nothing in it to get better at: answer it honestly and quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Kenexa Prove It test still used?
The tests are, the platform is not. The Prove It delivery platform was retired from 2017 and the IBM-Kenexa Assess platform was discontinued on 31 December 2021. SHL bought the rights to the tests and now hosts them on TalentCentral, and states that there are no changes to the tests themselves, including their names, content, format and structure. So a candidate invited to a "Prove It" test in 2026 is sitting the same content on a different platform. Verified September 2026.
What is the difference between Kenexa, Prove It and IBM Talent Assessments?
They are three names for one library. Kenexa was the original vendor, founded in 1987 and bought by IBM in 2012. Prove It was its skills-testing line, covering Basic Office Skills, typing, data entry and the Microsoft Office tests. IBM Talent Assessments was IBM’s branding for the whole portfolio after the acquisition, and it was withdrawn from marketing in February 2020. If your invitation names any of the three, the same practice applies.
Does a BrassRing careers site mean I will sit a Kenexa test?
No, and assuming so is the most expensive mistake available here. BrassRing is an applicant tracking system, now owned by Infinite Computer Solutions rather than IBM. Its published integration list names more than twenty assessment vendors including SHL, Aon cut-e, Korn Ferry, Talogy, Thomas International, HireVue, Sova and Capp, and Kenexa’s own assessment engine is not on it. Seeing BrassRing tells you who processes your application, not who tests you. Wait for the assessment link itself.
How many questions is the Kenexa verbal reasoning test?
The Infinity Series graduate form is reported as 24 questions in 20 minutes, with one clock covering the whole test rather than a countdown per question. Sources disagree on the exact configuration because employers can vary it: some report 20 to 30 questions in 20 to 25 minutes, and 18 to 25 minutes varying by job level. We build 24 in 20 as the most commonly reported form.
Is there a penalty for wrong answers on a Kenexa test?
No source claims one, and IBM’s own definition rules it out: the score is generated from the number of correct questions divided by the total number of questions, so a wrong answer and a blank cost exactly the same. Guessing therefore always beats leaving a question empty. Note this is the opposite of Aon cut-e, which does penalise wrong answers.
Can you use a calculator on the Kenexa numerical test?
Yes. Two independent sources report that a calculator and rough paper are permitted on the numerical reasoning test. There is no evidence of an on-screen calculator widget, so bring your own and check with the employer if the invitation does not say. That also means practising mental arithmetic is preparing for the wrong thing: the constraint is reading the table fast enough.
What is a good score on a Kenexa test?
On the reasoning tests your raw score is converted to a percentile against a norm group, and employers set their own cut-off, commonly somewhere between the 50th and the 70th percentile depending on the role and the strength of the applicant pool. On the skills tests IBM publishes no cut score at all and tells customers to set their own, noting that in practice most companies set them as high as their applicant flow allows.
Is the Kenexa test adaptive?
The CAT versions are. SHL’s catalogue entries for the CAT Verbal, Numerical and Logical Reasoning Tests all describe a cognitive assessment that uses computer adaptive programming to minimise seat time and maximise test security, and you generally cannot return to an earlier question. The fixed-form Infinity Series tests are not adaptive, though the numerical test does draw a randomised sample from a pool reported at 174 items.
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
Shapes, sequences and flowcharts instead of words or numbers. Inductive, deductive, abstract, diagrammatic and spatial in one place.
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.
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