How the Bridge Ability Online works
The BAO is a separate, shorter product from the Bridge Ability Suite. It covers the same three areas, numerical, verbal and abstract, in one 18-minute online test, and is available at mbo, hbo and wo level. Each version is unique, drawn from a built-in item bank, so the questions differ between candidates.
The report carries seven sten scores: Totaalscore, Efficiëntie, Accuraatheid and Snelheid for the whole test, plus a separate score for Verbaal, Numeriek and Abstract. Snelheid counts how many questions you answered in the time, not how quickly. The report is ready for the employer as soon as you finish.
TestGroup’s own sample report says the BAO is taken in an unsupervised setting and recommends the longer, supervised Bridge Ability Suite for important selection decisions. A strong BAO result can therefore be followed by a supervised test later.
TestGroup also says the BAO looks for unusual score patterns, such as strikingly high accuracy, that may point to AI help, even when the test is taken at home.
How to pace the Bridge Ability Online
Eighteen minutes across three areas leaves about six for each. A plan that holds up:
- Note the time each time the question type changes, and check you are roughly on six-minute marks.
- In the numerical questions, find the cell first and estimate before you calculate.
- In the verbal questions, judge each statement against the text only, and use “cannot be judged” when the text is silent.
- In the abstract questions, decode what each key does before looking at the question.
- Skip anything that is eating your time. A blank costs less than a wild guess on the guessing-corrected score.
Tips for the real Bridge Ability Online
- Sit it alone and without tools beyond what the invitation allows. A home result that is far above what you can repeat under supervision is exactly what the score patterns and a later Suite test are there to catch.
- Take it in one go on a stable connection. TestGroup’s ability tests are timed and must be finished in one sitting.
- Do not panic if you do not finish. TestGroup builds its ability tests so that almost nobody does.
- Practise the three Bridge subtests on their own first, then the mixed screener, so switching between formats does not cost you time.
- Ask which language and level the employer has chosen. The level sets the norm group you are compared with.
Practise the Bridge Ability Online on CogniPrep
Our Bridge Ability Online runs 27 questions on one 18-minute clock: nine numerical, then nine verbal, then nine abstract, in the order TestGroup lists them. The count is our choice, because TestGroup does not publish one; it keeps the time per question close to the Suite’s. You can skip, go back and use the overview across all three blocks. At the end you get a score out of 100 with its sten equivalent, our versions of the four Bridge scores, and a separate result for each of the three areas.