Prepare for your employer's psychometric test — free practice and honest guidance
Practice tests, employer assessment guides, and career preparation tools built on established psychological frameworks. No signup, instant results.
Not sure where to start? Try the Assessment Finder →
Four tests to know yourself better
Cognitive aptitude and personality — choose any test to start. Each takes between 10 and 20 minutes and produces a clear, shareable report.
Abstract Reasoning
Spot patterns and logical relationships in shapes and sequences — a pure measure of fluid intelligence.
Numerical Reasoning
Interpret data, charts and percentages under time pressure — the gold standard for analytical roles.
Verbal Reasoning
Evaluate written arguments, draw conclusions and detect inference — essential for communication-heavy roles.
Personality Assessment
A 50-item Big Five questionnaire revealing your trait profile across openness, conscientiousness and more.
Ready for the real thing?
The free tests get you familiar with the format. When you want employer-level practice under realistic time pressure, we offer paid verbal reasoning tests calibrated to three difficulty levels — with more tests added to each so you can come back for a fresh one. (Paid practice is verbal reasoning for now; other subjects are being developed.) One purchase = one full test, 30-day access, unlimited retakes.
Foundation — $7
Entry-level verbal reasoning. The right starting point for your first employer test — accessible difficulty, clean format practice.
Start Foundation →Standard — $9
Graduate-employer difficulty — the level most real assessments draw from. Denser passages, subtler distinctions, realistic time pressure.
Start Standard →Advanced — $14
The hardest level, calibrated for the most competitive assessments where only top-percentile performance gets through.
Start Advanced →Prepare for your assessment
Four free tools to help you identify the right test, find out what your employer uses, understand which provider you're facing, and explore career paths.
Assessment Finder
Not sure which test you need? Answer four questions and get a tailored recommendation — for candidates and HR professionals.
Open the finder →Employer Database
Find out which psychometric tests your target employer uses. Browse our database of employers across the US, UK, India, and Australia.
Browse employers →Test Providers
Understand what to expect from SHL, cut-e (Aon), Hudson, Criteria, Arctic Shores, AMCAT, and Cappfinity — what to expect from each and which of our free tests to practise first.
View providers →Career Navigator
An interest inventory that maps your strengths and motivations to career paths. Free, no account required.
Explore careers →Plain-English guides
Understand what psychometric tests actually measure, how they're scored, and how to read your results.
Big Five personality, explained
What the five traits measure, where the model came from, and how to read your profile.
Career aptitude tests, explained
How interest-based career tests work and how to use your results as a starting point.
Verbal reasoning tests, explained
What comprehension and logic items measure and what your score does and doesn't tell you.
Abstract reasoning tests, explained
Sequences, analogies, odd-one-out, and matrices — what each item type measures.
Numerical reasoning tests, explained
How data interpretation items are built and what scores reveal about applied numeracy.
Psychometric test anxiety, explained
What test anxiety actually is, why it happens, and what the evidence says actually helps.
Watson Glaser Critical Thinking test, explained
How the five sections work, the rules that matter most, and how to prepare. Used by Magic Circle law firms and the Civil Service.
Situational judgement tests, explained
The four question formats, how scoring works, and how to prepare. Used by the Big Four, Civil Service, and NHS.
Why this site exists
PsychometricTest.com was built by someone who sat a graduate psychometric test in the 2000s with no way to prepare — not because the tests were unfair, but because there was nowhere to get familiar with the format first. Like being handed the keys to an unfamiliar car and told to drive in traffic before you've found the controls. Everything here exists because that resource didn't. Free to start, no account required.