Arctic Shores assessment: every task explained

Task-based behavioural assessment; there are no right answers to learn, so practise staying calm and consistent.

Tasks

Balloon

Measures: Risk tolerance and learning. Length: 45 rounds.

P pumps the balloon and adds money; Q banks it. A pop loses what is not banked.

Direction

Measures: Focus and control. Length: 80 rounds.

Answer the direction of the centre arrow with Q (left) or P (right). When the sides are X's, do not press.

Tickets

Measures: Task switching. Length: 80 rounds.

Ticket at the top: is the number even? At the bottom: does the shape have corners? Q = no, P = yes.

Tiles

Measures: Sequence memory. Length: set by the employer.

Repeat the blue tiles in the order they lit; ignore the orange flashes.

Security

Measures: Timing and persistence. Length: 10 rounds.

Energy

Measures: Learning under shifting odds. Length: 50 rounds.

Activate generators to gain energy. Each colour has hidden odds, and positions shuffle: follow the colour.

Predict

Measures: Probabilistic learning. Length: 60 rounds.

Each card makes sun or rain more likely; forecast the weather and learn from the outcomes which cards to trust.

Team Sales

Measures: Cooperation versus competition. Length: 12 rounds.

Each round, set a High or Low price against a rival who reacts to what you did; aim for the most points over all rounds.

Expressions

Measures: Emotion recognition. Length: 50 rounds.

Pick which of the seven basic emotions the face shows.

Balance

Measures: Deductive reasoning. Length: 20 rounds.

Use the balanced scales to work out how heavy each shape is, then add shapes to balance the last scale.

Order

Measures: Inductive reasoning. Length: 20 rounds.

Shape, colour, size, turn and position each follow a rule across the frames; work out the next frame.

Patterns

Measures: Abstract reasoning. Length: 17 min, 20 rounds.

Choose which of five squares comes next in the sequence.

Token Search

Measures: Spatial working memory. Length: set by the employer.

Open boxes to find each hidden token. A box never holds a token twice, so remember where you have found them and where you have looked.

Not confirmed in the current battery.

Practise

Practise these in Agisse — invite-only beta.