Employer test guides
Employer Test Guides: Pre-Employment Tests Explained
The tests employers send job seekers, one by one: the format, timing and scoring, what each measures, and how to prepare.
Cognitive & aptitude tests
What the Caliper Profile, now Talogy Caliper, involves: 98 untimed questions, the forced-choice and abstract reasoning items, the 1–99 job-fit score, and how to approach it.
What the Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT) looks like: 50 questions in 15 minutes, the three question types, what employers see, retakes and proctoring, and how to prepare.
The PI Cognitive Assessment explained: 50 questions in 12 minutes, verbal, numerical and abstract examples, a pacing plan, and what a 250 score means.
What the Predictive Index (PI) cognitive and behavioral assessments involve: 50 questions in 12 minutes, the 100–450 score scale, the adjective checklist, retakes, and how to prepare.
SHL numerical reasoning in 2026: Verify Interactive (18 minutes, up to 10 adaptive tasks), Numerical Calculation, Numerical Ability, examples and tips.
What SHL’s aptitude tests look like now: Verify Interactive numerical, inductive and deductive reasoning, Verify G+ and Verbal Ability, the timings, how they’re scored, and how to practise.
SHL Verify Interactive explained: numerical, inductive, deductive, calculation and G+ tests, timings, question limits, drag-and-drop tasks, practice.
What the Wonderlic test looks like today: the three parts of Wonderlic Select, the 50 questions in 12 minutes, what employers see instead of a score out of 50, the rules, and how to prepare.
Coding tests
What a Coderbyte assessment involves: coding, spreadsheet and written questions, a timer you can’t pause, test-case scoring out of 10, the rules, and prep.
What the CodeSignal General Coding Assessment involves: four questions in 70 minutes, the 200–600 score, the rules on search and AI, sharing results, retakes and cooldowns, and how to prepare.
What a Codility test involves: 30 minutes to 2 hours, short tasks scored for correctness and performance on hidden tests, why examples aren’t enough.
What a HackerRank test from an employer involves: the question types, how coding answers are scored against hidden test cases, the rules on tabs and AI, results and retakes, and how to prepare.
What a HireVue coding assessment (CodeVue) involves: who picks the language, devices, practice mode, due dates, retakes, video follow-ups, prep.
Skills tests & job simulations
What a Canditech assessment asks: Excel, Google Sheets, SQL, code, video and written tasks, how each is scored, what’s monitored, examples, prep.
What a situational judgement test (SJT) is, the answer formats you’ll meet, how answers are scored, who uses them, from the UK Civil Service to Amazon, and how to prepare.
A candidate’s guide to TestGorilla: up to five tests plus custom questions, 60–90 minutes typical, no going back, AI rules, results, retakes, prep.
Company assessments & games
What Amazon’s online assessment involves for software engineers, interns, SDE II and non-tech roles: the coding questions, Work Style survey, Work Simulation, the rules, and how to prepare.
What the pymetrics games (now part of Harver) involve: how long they take, what they measure, how results are matched to a role, the retake rule, accommodations, and how to approach them.
Video interviews
What a one-way video interview is, how it works (think time, time limits, retakes), how to prepare, and what to do if something goes wrong.
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