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Cognify-style: explanation and free practice

Three short games: spatial puzzles, quick arithmetic and spotting errors in English text. This is what the standard version of Cognify looks like.

Online test
Criteria Cognify. Used by e.g. Johnson & Johnson.
Language
English
Duration
± 17 minutes

Parts

Grid Lock Problem solving
10 puzzles · 4 minutes

Fill the grid completely using all of the pieces. Drag a piece onto the grid. Tap a piece to rotate it.

Tip: Start with the piece that fits only one way (often the biggest or most irregular) and put it in a corner. Small pieces fill the gaps afterwards. Stuck for more than ±20 seconds? Skip.

Numbubbles Numerical reasoning
10 rounds · 20 seconds per round

Pop every bubble whose equation equals the target number. Wrong pops cost points.

Tip: Do the easy bubbles first (addition/division) and leave doubtful ones. The distractors are deliberately 1, 2 or 10 away from the target: check the last digit before you click.

Proof It Verbal knowledge
10 documents · 1 minute per document · 3 strikes

Click every word that contains a spelling, capitalisation or punctuation error. Three wrong clicks and the document closes.

Tip: Read once, calmly, from left to right and click straight away. Watch words with double letters (committee, accommodation) and ie/ei (receive, believe). Do not click on style or sentence structure: only real errors count.

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Used by

Booking.comCompass graduate programmes (12 months): Software Engineering and Data Science & AnalyticsJohnson & JohnsonGOLD, Global Operations Leadership Development (Class of 2027)PicnicFuture Leaders Graduate Program (2 years) and Graduate Program Product Management Supply Chain (18 months)

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