Cognify practice
Practice all six Cognify game formats. A Cognify pass unlocks replays.
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Which games will you actually get?
Criteria’s current materials describe a three-game default — Grid Lock, Numbubbles, Proof It — taking about 10 minutes plus tutorials, with the full six-game version (about 20 minutes) available to any employer on request; Criteria’s earlier Asia-Pacific materials documented the six-game version as the regional default, and Australian candidates still report it. Your invitation is authoritative; practicing all six covers you either way.
Practice games
All six Cognify game formats are playable below — problem solving (Short Cuts, Grid Lock, Resemble), numerical reasoning (Numbubbles, Tally Up), and verbal knowledge (Proof It).
Short Cuts
Route the marble to the star in the fewest track-units — 7 puzzles, one 4-minute clock.
Grid Lock
Rotate and pack every piece into the grid — up to 9 puzzles in 3 minutes.
Resemble
Rebuild the pattern — rotated when told — up to 9 rounds in 3 minutes.
Numbubbles
Pop the bubbles whose equations hit the target — 10 rounds of 20 seconds, streak scoring.
Tally Up
Which side is worth more? 35 rounds, 4 seconds each, doublers and voids.
Proof It
Click every error in five documents — one minute each, three strikes and you’re out.
New to the format? Read our Cognify test guide first — which games you get, how it is scored, and what is trainable. Wondering whether practice helps? See what our practice data shows.
Employer-specific guides
Where Criteria assessments sit in specific employers’ processes — which product (Cognify, CCAT, Emotify), which stage, retake rules, and evidence labels on every claim.
About these practice games
- Independent reconstructions from Criteria’s published documentation and candidate reports — original visuals, mechanics-faithful pacing, original content.
- Evidence-labeled: each game page says what is confirmed by Criteria’s own materials versus reported by candidates and preparation sources.
- The real assessment reports percentiles to the employer only; our practice shows you transparent objective results so you can see yourself improve.
- Employers configure the battery and timing; your invitation is authoritative.
Cognify practice games
All six Cognify game formats — try each once free. A Cognify pass unlocks replays.
Cognify FAQ
What is the Cognify assessment?
Cognify is Criteria Corp’s game-based cognitive aptitude assessment: a set of short mini-games measuring problem solving, numerical reasoning, and verbal knowledge. The US default battery runs three games (Grid Lock, Numbubbles, Proof It) in about 10 minutes plus tutorials; the full six-game version runs about 20 minutes and is available to employers on request — Criteria’s earlier APAC materials documented it as the regional default.
Which games are in Cognify?
Criteria’s own materials name six: Short Cuts, Grid Lock and Resemble (problem solving), Numbubbles and Tally Up (numerical reasoning), and Proof It (verbal knowledge). Your invitation decides whether you get the three-game or six-game battery — practice all six and you are covered either way.
Do I get my Cognify score?
Usually not. Results go to the employer as percentiles against a global norming group — an overall score plus problem-solving, numerical and verbal subscores. Candidates see in-game star feedback while playing but do not automatically receive results, and Criteria support cannot share them.
Are these the real Cognify games?
No — they are independent reconstructions of the game formats built from Criteria’s published documentation and candidate reports, with original visuals and content. We label the evidence behind every game’s mechanics, and we are not affiliated with or endorsed by Criteria Corp.
Is there an official Cognify practice test?
Criteria offers official practice for several of its tests, but not for Cognify. That is exactly why unfamiliarity is the biggest handicap here — most candidates meet these game formats for the first time inside the real assessment.
Cognify is one of the Criteria assessments we cover — see the Criteria assessments hub for Emotify, the CCAT guide, and every Criteria employer page.
Also facing Emotify? Practice all three Emotify games free.
Invited to the CCAT instead? Take the free 50-question CCAT practice test — plus the confirmed format and scoring facts.
Facing a different game-based assessment? Arctic Shores tasks and pymetrics games are also playable free.
Independent Cognify-style practice. GameAssessmentPrep is not affiliated with or endorsed by Criteria Corp. Employers configure the battery (the US default runs three games; the full suite runs six); timing and scoring vary — your invitation is authoritative.