Cognitive
Flashback
The HireVue Flashback game is a memory-based assessment where you are presented with a sequence of shapes. Your task is to determine if the shape currently on the screen matches a shape that appeared a specific number of steps earlier in the sequence (an 'n-back' task).
3 minutes
Unlimited Levels
How to Play
01
Shapes appear one at a time in a continuous stream.
02
Decide whether the current shape matches the one shown N steps back — you start at 1 back.
03
Answer while the shape is on screen; no answer counts as a miss.
04
Keep succeeding and the game escalates: 2 back, then 3 back, with color joining the matching rule.
Skills Assessed
Working MemoryVisual RecallConcentration
Pro Tip!
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