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Banking & finance
JPMorgan Pymetrics Games: What to Expect & How to Practice
Applying to JPMorgan's early-career programs? Most candidates hit the pymetrics games before any human sees their CV. What the 12 games measure, which ones decide your fate, and how to practice each skill for free.
Read guideGoldman Sachs Pymetrics Games: What to Expect & How to Practice
A candid, coach's-eye breakdown of the Goldman Sachs pymetrics-style behavioural games — what the analyst and summer internship assessment measures, and the cognitive skills you can actually train before you sit it.
Read guideMorgan Stanley HireVue & Games Assessment: What to Expect
A straight-talking guide to Morgan Stanley's HireVue and pymetrics-style assessment for analyst and internship candidates — the format, what it really measures, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse in advance.
Read guideCiti Pymetrics Games: What to Expect & How to Practice
How Citi's pymetrics-style behavioural games work for analyst and internship applicants — the traits they measure, why there's nothing to memorise, and the cognitive skills worth rehearsing before you play.
Read guideBarclays Online Assessment: SHL, cut-e & How to Practice
Which assessment Barclays actually sends analyst and internship applicants — 2026 reports describe SHL Verify Interactive, earlier cycles used cut-e (Aon) — what each format measures, and the skills that train for either.
Read guideHSBC Online Assessment: What to Expect & How to Practice
A practical guide to HSBC's online assessment for graduate and internship applicants — the HireVue and situational/game-based stages, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse beforehand.
Read guideLloyds Banking Group Assessment: SHL Tests, SJT & How to Practice
Lloyds Banking Group screens graduates with timed reasoning tests — 2026 reports point to the SHL TalentCentral platform — plus a situational judgement test. GamePrep trains the cognitive part — here's what to practise and what you can't.
Read guideNatWest Group Assessment: Cappfinity Strengths, cut-e & How to Practice
NatWest Group screens early-careers applicants with Cappfinity strengths exercises and cut-e numerical reasoning. GamePrep trains the cognitive part — here's what to drill and what you can't.
Read guideStandard Chartered Assessment: Pymetrics-Style Games & How to Practice
Standard Chartered screens graduates and interns with pymetrics-style behavioural games that measure cognition and risk-taking. Here's what the tasks reveal and how to walk in familiar with the format.
Read guideConsulting
McKinsey Solve Game: How It Works + Free Skill Practice
McKinsey's Solve assessment (ecosystem, plant defense, redrock) filters applicants before case interviews. What it measures, plus free skill practice.
Read guideBCG Pymetrics Games: What to Expect & How to Practice
How Boston Consulting Group's pymetrics-style games fit the consulting recruitment funnel — what the behavioural assessment measures for associate and internship candidates, and the cognitive skills you can train first.
Read guideBain Pymetrics Assessment: The Games, What They Measure & How to Practice
Invited to Bain & Company's pymetrics games for an associate consultant or internship role? Here is what the neuroscience-based games measure and the cognitive skills you can rehearse before you play.
Read guideDeloitte Immersive Online Assessment 2026: Every Stage + Free Practice
Deloitte screens most early-career applicants with an online immersive assessment before anyone reads your CV. What the situational and cognitive halves each measure, how member firms differ, the mistakes that cost strong candidates, and free practice for every skill involved.
Read guideEY Online Assessment 2026: The Games, the Strengths Half + Free Practice
EY screens graduate and student applicants with gamified online assessments long before an interviewer appears. What each mini-game measures, how the strengths half is actually scored, the mistakes that quietly sink strong candidates, and a free practice plan.
Read guideKPMG Online Assessment Games: What to Expect & How to Prepare
KPMG's early-career online assessment blends Arctic Shores-style behavioural games with cut-e ability tests. Here is what each stage measures and the cognitive skills you can rehearse first.
Read guidePwC Game Assessment: The Tests, What They Measure & How to Practice
Sitting a PwC online assessment for a graduate scheme, Flying Start or internship? What Career Unlocked — PwC's Arctic Shores game battery — actually measures, and the cognitive skills you can train before test day.
Read guideAccenture Game Assessment 2026: Every Stage, Every Test + Free Practice
Facing Accenture's cut-e based online assessment for a graduate or degree-apprenticeship role? What each module measures, how the adaptive timing really works, the mistakes that cost strong candidates, and free practice for every skill involved.
Read guideCapgemini Game Assessment: What Cappfinity Measures & How to Practice
Capgemini's early-careers digital assessment leans on Cappfinity-style gamified exercises. Here's what the tasks measure, which cognitive skills you can drill, and a realistic 3-day practice plan.
Read guideConsumer & retail
Unilever Game Assessment 2026: Every Stage, Every Game + Free Practice
Unilever screens its Future Leaders Programme with cognitive games before a human reads your CV. What each game measures, how the video interview and Discovery Centre stages work, the mistakes that quietly sink strong candidates, and free practice for every game type.
Read guideP&G PEAK Assessment: What It Measures & How to Practice the Games
Preparing for Procter & Gamble's PEAK Performance Assessment for an internship or full-time role? Here is what P&G's own online assessment measures and the cognitive skills you can sharpen beforehand.
Read guideNestlé Game Assessment 2026: The Tests, the Stages + Free Practice
Sitting a Nestlé online assessment for a graduate programme, internship or Nestlé Needs YOUth role? What each module measures, how the stages differ by function and market, the mistakes that cost candidates, and free practice for every skill involved.
Read guideAldi Online Assessment: The Tests, What They Measure & How to Practice
The Aldi graduate Area Manager online assessment explained — the numerical, verbal and logical aptitude tests plus the video stage, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse first.
Read guideLidl Online Assessment: The Aptitude Tests & How to Practice
The Lidl online assessment explained — the numerical, verbal and logical aptitude tests for graduate and management roles, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse first.
Read guideL'Oréal Game-Based Assessment: What It Measures & How to Practice
L'Oréal's gamified assessment explained — the game-based exercises for internships and graduate programmes, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse before you play.
Read guideDiageo Assessment: The Aptitude Tests, What They Measure & How to Practice
Diageo's graduate assessment explained — the cut-e/Aon aptitude tests and Diageo's own exercises for its Future Leaders programme, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse first.
Read guideMars Assessment: The Aptitude Tests, What They Measure & How to Practice
The Mars graduate assessment explained — the Aon/cut-e aptitude tests for the Mars Leadership Experience, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse before you sit them.
Read guideTech & industry
Amazon Assessment: Work Style, Work Samples & How to Practice
Amazon's online assessment explained — the Amazon Work Style survey and work-sample simulations for early-career roles, what they measure, and the cognitive skills worth rehearsing beforehand.
Read guideIBM Cognitive Assessment: The Games, What They Measure & How to Practice
IBM's cognitive assessment is genuinely game-based — short tasks that measure memory, attention, and processing speed. Here's what each mini-game tests and how to prepare so the format feels familiar.
Read guideRolls-Royce Assessment: cut-e Aptitude Tests & How to Practice
Rolls-Royce screens engineering and graduate applicants with cut-e (Aon) aptitude tests — numerical and mechanical reasoning under tight timers. Here's what they measure and how to build the speed to pass.
Read guideVodafone Assessment: Which Games You Get & How to Practice
Vodafone screens graduate and Discover applicants with gamified assessments measuring cognition and behaviour — reports name Sova for Discover, others a Harver/pymetrics-style battery. Here's what the tasks measure and how to prepare for the format.
Read guidePublic sector & graduate
Civil Service Fast Stream Assessment: The Online Tests & How to Practice
The Civil Service Fast Stream online tests explained — the Judgement Test, behavioural and numerical stages, what each measures, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse before you sit them.
Read guideTeach First Assessment: The Strengths Tests & How to Practice
The Teach First assessment explained — the Cappfinity strengths and competency exercises, the development centre, what they measure, and the cognitive skills you can rehearse beforehand.
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Test providers
Arctic Shores Assessment: What the Games Measure & How to Prepare
Arctic Shores builds the "task-based" assessments used by major UK and European employers — no questions, just behaviour watched over thousands of data points. What each task type measures, what is trainable, and the free games to practice on.
Read guideCappfinity Assessments: Strengths, Situational and Cognitive Tasks Explained
Cappfinity built its name on strengths-based assessment, blended with situational judgement and numerical and verbal reasoning. Here is how each part works and free practice for the cognitive tasks.
Read guideCriteria Cognify: The Three Games, What They Measure & Free Practice
Cognify is Criteria's game-based cognitive aptitude test — three interactive games covering problem solving, numbers and written text, in about ten minutes. What each measures, what is trainable, and how it differs from the trait-based batteries.
Read guideHarver Assessments (and pymetrics): The Modules, Scoring and How to Practice
Harver acquired pymetrics and now runs behavioural, situational and cognitive modules under one platform. Here is how each module works, what is trainable, and free practice for the cognitive parts.
Read guideHarver vs pymetrics: Same Company Now — What That Means for You
Harver acquired pymetrics, so the two are no longer competing products — pymetrics-style games now sit inside Harver's platform. What actually differs, which parts are trainable, and how to prepare for whichever name your invite uses.
Read guideHireVue Games & MindX Assessments: What They Measure and How to Practice
HireVue combines game-based tasks, the MindX cognitive battery and an AI-scored video interview. Here is what each part measures, which pieces you can train, and free practice for the cognitive games.
Read guideMindmetriQ Games (Test Partnership): All Six Explained + Free Practice
MindmetriQ is Test Partnership's six-game gamified assessment — Pipe Puzzle, Shape Spinner, Word Logic, Like Swipe, Link the Numbers and Number Racer. What each one measures, why the adaptive scoring means you will not finish, and free practice for the ones that are trainable.
Read guidePymetrics Games: All 12 Games Explained (and How to Practice Each)
The pymetrics battery (now part of Harver) screens candidates at major banks, consultancies and consumer giants. Every game type explained — what it measures, whether it is trainable, and the free equivalent to practice on.
Read guideSHL Verify Interactive Assessments: The Games, What They Measure & How to Practice
SHL's Verify Interactive range gamifies cognitive ability testing with adaptive, puzzle-style tasks alongside behavioural questionnaires. Here is what each part measures and free practice for the cognitive games.
Read guideTest Partnership Cognitive Ability Tests (GIA-Style): What They Measure & How to Practice
Test Partnership publishes GIA-style general cognitive ability tests such as Concise and Mobile, measuring speed across reasoning, number, memory and perceptual accuracy. Here is what each subtest does and free practice for it.
Read guidecut-e / Aon Assessment Solutions: The Adaptive Ability Tests & How to Practice
cut-e is now Aon's Assessment Solutions, best known for very short adaptive ability tests like scales and switch. Here is how each test type works, why timing is brutal, and free practice for the cognitive skills.
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The games barely differ between companies — start with the 16 free practice games and you'll be covered.