pymetrics Games Practice — All 12 Games
You get one real attempt every 330 days. Rehearse all 12 games — Balloons, Towers, Digits, Money Exchange and the rest — in realistic simulations with transparent feedback, before pymetrics (Harver) sees you play.
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- 1,400+
- candidates trained
- 31,000+
- practice sessions
- +12%
- median pymetrics score improvement
Production practice data — methodology
Practice All 12 pymetrics Games
Shown in the most commonly reported real assessment order. Review our pymetrics preparation guides before you begin, or read what game-based assessments are if the format is new.
Choose how much of $10 to trust to a partner, then reflect on the exchange.
Tap from GO to STOP as quickly as possible without starting early or continuing late.
Pump recurring colored balloons, then collect before each hidden pop point.
Observe one allocation, then make and rate your own give-or-take decision.
Recall forward digit sequences as an adaptive staircase tests your working-memory span.
Choose a low-effort sure reward or work harder for a larger reward with changing odds.
Press for red circles and withhold for green in a fast, accessible go/no-go stream.
Draw from four hidden schedules and learn which positions help your balance over time.
Follow middle or side arrows as an accessible color cue switches the active rule.
Judge subtly short or long cartoon mouths while rewards quietly favor one response.
Move five labeled discs to a solvable target while an exact BFS measures efficiency.
Distinguish subtle facial expressions while short situations resolve closely related emotions.
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You get one attemptevery 330 days
Most candidates meet the pymetrics games for the first time with their one real attempt on the line — and the same behavioral profile can be reused by other employers for nearly a year. The mechanics are trainable; the format is what catches people out.
Unfamiliar mechanics
Reaction-time games measure from the first round — learning controls live costs signal
One profile, many employers
Your battery result can follow you to other pymetrics employers inside the 330-day window
Why it works
Practice moves pymetrics scores too. Measured on pymetrics data.
On the pymetrics battery specifically, the median candidate improves their score by +12% between their first and fifth practice attempt on a game — with no employer ever seeing practice data. Measured on the 10 skill-scored games only: preference games like Money Exchange have no good/bad score by design, so they are not part of any lift claim.
Median pymetrics score lift by practice attempt
Median paired change vs. first attempt on scored pymetrics practice games. Observed practice association — not a hiring-outcome guarantee.
What is the pymetrics assessment?
The pymetrics (Harver) assessment is an invite-only battery used after you apply to a partner employer. The core version contains 12 short games, takes about 25 minutes, and is designed to describe behavioral and cognitive traits rather than produce a conventional candidate score. You normally complete the games in a fixed employer-configured order and cannot replay them for 330 days.
The real platform reveals very little about individual performance. Our practice simulations are reconstructed from pymetrics patents, published research, and carefully qualified candidate reports; we show what happened in your round and explain what each behavior can signal without pretending to know a secret scoring formula.
Every pymetrics game at a glance
The full reference: all 12 games in the battery, each linking to a realistic simulation and a strategy guide.
| Game | Category | Time | What it measures | Prepare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money Exchange 1 | Social Preference | 2 min | Trust, Fairness Reflection | PracticeGuide |
| Keypresses | Motor Speed | 20 sec | Motor Speed, Impulse Control | PracticeGuide |
| Balloons | Risk & Learning | 3–4 min | Risk Calibration, Outcome Learning | PracticeGuide |
| Money Exchange 2 | Social Preference | 2 min | Fairness, Generosity | PracticeGuide |
| Digits | Working Memory | 2–3 min | Working Memory, Ordered Recall | PracticeGuide |
| Easy or Hard | Effort & Decisions | 2 min | Effort Allocation, Expected Value | PracticeGuide |
| Stop | Attention & Control | 2 min | Response Inhibition, Attention | PracticeGuide |
| Cards | Risk & Learning | 3–4 min | Outcome Learning, Decision-Making | PracticeGuide |
| Arrows | Cognitive Flexibility | 3 min | Selective Attention, Rule Switching | PracticeGuide |
| Lengths | Attention & Reward | 2–3 min | Perceptual Accuracy, Reward Responsiveness | PracticeGuide |
| Towers | Planning | 2 min | Planning, Move Efficiency | PracticeGuide |
| Faces | Emotional Intelligence | 3 min | Emotion Recognition, Context Integration | PracticeGuide |
How pymetrics scoring works
There is no single “pymetrics score.” Different games produce different behavioral signals, and employers compare a combined profile with a role-specific model. The exact production formulas and thresholds are not public.
Skill games
The skill-style games have observable accuracy, speed, memory, learning, earnings, or efficiency outcomes: Digits, Keypresses, Balloons, Easy or Hard, Stop, Cards, Arrows, Lengths, Towers, and Faces. Their completion screens show an honest practice metric and, once enough sessions exist, a practice percentile. Practice them under real timing until the controls are automatic.
Preference games
Money Exchange 1 and 2 describe trust, fairness, and generosity signals. There is no universally correct choice, so those games should never show a good/bad score or percentile. Know the format, then answer honestly and consistently on the real day — inconsistent gaming of trust signals is detectable.
Which employers use pymetrics?
Sourced, office-by-office guides to the highest-profile pymetrics employers — including where the popular claims are folklore.
Historically the US default — now office- and channel-dependent
Now office- and channel-dependent: BCG’s archived campus pages describe 12 pymetrics games in ~25 minutes with 48 hours to finish. Practice all 12.
Historically yes — 2026 candidates report video only
What JPMorgan’s 12-game pymetrics stage was, why 2026 candidates no longer report it, and what to prepare for instead.
Yes — analyst & associate pipelines
First gate before video, per consistent reports: learn Blackstone’s 12-game pymetrics process, reported ~0.3% analyst acceptance, and practice every game.
Historically yes — current vendor unconfirmed
Current vendor unconfirmed: Unilever’s 2026 process names no provider and disclaims AI screening. See what changed, what may appear, and practice free.
Limited — Germany (reported); Sova is the default
Sova and TestGorilla are Bain’s official platforms; pymetrics reports are limited to older German-office accounts. Compare formats and practice free.
The other half of your invitation: the video interview
Employers can pair the pymetrics games with a separate Harver video interview. The employer chooses the questions, so our preparation is based on your company and role — not a made-up universal list of “pymetrics questions.” Your first mock question is free, AI-scored.
pymetrics FAQ
What is the pymetrics assessment?
pymetrics (now part of Harver) is a game-based behavioral assessment used by employers such as BCG, JPMorgan, and Blackstone. Instead of a question-and-answer test, it measures traits like risk tolerance, attention, memory, and fairness through 12 short neuroscience-based games played in about 25 minutes.
Can I practice pymetrics games for free?
Yes — right now everything is free: the guides, and all 12 playable simulations. They reproduce the real game mechanics (pumping balloons, digit recall, tower moves) so the formats feel familiar before your invitation deadline. Create a free account and play.
Is pymetrics the same as Harver?
Harver acquired pymetrics in 2022. Employers and recruiters use both names for the same 12-game behavioral battery, and invitations may come from either brand. The games themselves are unchanged.
Can I retake the pymetrics assessment?
Candidates can normally replay once every 330 days. Inside that window, an existing behavioral profile can be re-scored for another employer rather than replayed.
Which employers use pymetrics?
Reported users include BCG, JPMorgan, Blackstone, Unilever, and Bain. McKinsey and Goldman Sachs do not use pymetrics, so do not assume every large employer uses the same vendor.
Is there a pass mark?
No public universal pass mark exists. Employers compare a behavioral profile with the model configured for a role; pymetrics does not publish a candidate score or threshold.
Can you fail pymetrics?
An employer can decide that a profile is not a match for a role, but that is not the same as failing a conventional test. Preference signals are not universally good or bad, while skill games can still benefit from familiarity and practice.
What device should I use?
Use a desktop or laptop with a physical keyboard when possible. Mobile and tablet practice is supported here, but several real games rely on fast spacebar or arrow-key input.
Walk in having already played every game
All 12 pymetrics games, realistic mechanics, transparent feedback — and the median candidate improves +12% by their fifth practice attempt.
GameAssessmentPrep is an independent practice platform. We are not affiliated with pymetrics, Harver, or any employer. Our simulations are reconstructions for practice purposes.