HireVue assessment: every task explained

Mostly recorded video interviews; some employers add short games.

Used by: JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Unilever (and many more).

Tasks

Numerosity

Measures: Mental arithmetic. Length: 3 min.

Select the number tiles that make the target with the operator shown; solve as many as you can before time runs out.

Flashback

Measures: Working memory. Length: 3 min.

Does this shape match the one N steps back? N rises from 1 to 3; at 3-back the colour must match too.

Digitspan

Measures: Short-term memory. Length: 3 min.

Letters and digits flash one at a time. Type them back in order, or backwards when told.

Disconumbers

Measures: Working memory and arithmetic. Length: 3 min.

Numbered circles light up one by one: tap them back in the same order, then pick what the lit numbers add up to.

Pathfinder

Measures: Spatial planning. Length: 5 min.

Swap pairs of pipe tiles until one unbroken route runs from ▶ to ■, in as few swaps as you can.

Puzzle

Measures: Visual memory. Length: 7 min.

Study the picture, then swap its shuffled pieces back into place (or, in Resemble, copy the coloured pattern, turning it when asked).

Shapedance

Measures: Attention to detail. Length: 3 min.

Select every figure that is exactly identical to another; the rest differ in a small detail.

Singularity

Measures: Visual scanning. Length: 3 min.

Click the one image that is different from all the others.

E-Motions

Measures: Emotion recognition. Length: 4 min.

Read the face (and the situation, when there is one) and pick the emotion it shows, or the face that shows the same emotion.

Pulse

Measures: Impulse control. Length: 2 min.

Press Space only when the object shows a red dot. The pace speeds up as you get it right.

Portrait / PortraitXT

Picture pairs or agree/disagree statements about your preferences. Answer honestly and consistently; there is no right answer.

Teamchat

A chat scenario where you choose replies. Pick what you would really say to a colleague: clear, respectful, solution-focused.

Practise

Practise these in Agisse — invite-only beta.