Arctic Shores Practice Test: Timed Simulations of 15 Reported Tasks
Practise Arctic Shores-style tasks before your assessment: learn the controls, the pace and what each screen asks, then review your result after every run. Arctic Shores does not publish its task list, so these simulations are built from what candidates report. Candidate Falcon is independent and not affiliated with Arctic Shores.
Choose a task to practiseAll 15 tasks are included in the HireVue Games Prep plan (from €12.9/month) together with the 11 HireVue games, and in Full Access. See plans
What the assessment is
A task-based psychometric assessment: short interactive tasks instead of questionnaires. Arctic Shores says an assessment includes up to nine tasks, chosen by the employer, ideally completed in one sitting.
How results are reported
If the employer shares feedback, it shows behaviours on a 1 to 10 spectrum against a comparison group, with no better or worse end. There is no published pass mark.
What practice can and cannot do
Arctic Shores says you do not need to practise. Practice helps with familiarity, so unfamiliar controls and timers do not distract you. It cannot tell you a “right” way to play behaviour-style tasks.
Attention and timing tasks
Fast responses where focus and reaction timing matter.
Security
Also called “lock game”
Stop a shaded sector sweeping round a ring of digits on the highlighted target digit to build each lock code; a miss sends you back to the start.
Practice: Untimed, up to 20 stops (warm-up: 10 stops)
Practise SecurityDirection
Also called “arrows game”
Say which way the centre arrow points with Q (left) or P (right) while the arrows around it point other ways and the pace speeds up.
Practice: 80 rounds, about 2.5 minutes (guided: 12 rounds)
Practise DirectionTickets
Also called “ticket game”
A ticket with a number inside a shape appears at the top or bottom; the position decides whether you answer a question about the number or the shape, and the reminders later disappear.
Practice: 8 untimed examples, then 80 tickets (or 20)
Practise Tickets
Memory tasks
Hold and reproduce sequences or locations.
Tiles
Also called “tile sequence game”
Watch tiles light up one by one, then tap them in the same order; sequences grow longer and a distractor icon later appears that you must leave out.
Practice: 2 practice rounds, then until 2 failed rounds in a row
Practise TilesToken Search
Also called “token game”
Open boxes to find hidden tokens one at a time; a token never returns to a box that already held one, and you have three lives.
Practice: Untimed, 3 lives, searches from 3 to 10 boxes
Practise Token SearchFirefly Freedom
Also called “firefly game”
A legacy three-part game: repeat a sequence of coloured jars, throw fruit from a safe or risky basket to free fireflies, and launch fireflies the moment “Ready” turns to “Fire”.
Practice: 3 parts, about 5–7 minutes
Practise Firefly Freedom
Reasoning tasks
Work out the hidden rules behind shapes, weights and patterns.
Balance
Also called “balance game”
Work out how heavy each shape is from scales that already balance, then fill the empty pan of a final scale so it balances too.
Practice: Untimed example, then 10 items at 60 seconds each
Practise BalanceOrder
Also called “order game”
Three frames show shapes changing by hidden rules such as colour, size, rotation and position; you build the fourth frame yourself.
Practice: 12 items, 60 seconds each
Practise OrderPatterns
Also called “pattern game”
Work out the rules in a series of patterned squares and pick the square that comes next.
Practice: 20 series, 17 minutes
Practise Patterns
Learning tasks
Learn how a system behaves from the feedback it gives you.
Predict
Also called “day and night game”
See a pair of abstract icons and predict Night or Day within 3 seconds; the real outcome is then shown, and you learn which pairs usually lead to which outcome.
Practice: 8 practice + 80 rounds, about 10 minutes (training: 8 + 40)
Practise PredictEnergy
Also called “power generator game”
Choose between four generators again and again; each pull adds power but some also drain it, and you learn which ones build power over time.
Practice: 3 rounds, about 130 pulls (5–6 minutes)
Practise Energy
Numerical task
Classic chart and table questions on a clock.
Emotion perception task
Read the emotion on each face.
Behaviour-style tasks
Tasks with no right answer, where how you choose is what is recorded.
Balloon
Also called “balloons game”
Pump a balloon to add money and collect it before it bursts; a burst loses that balloon’s money, and different balloon types behave differently.
Practice: 45 balloons, untimed (warm-up: 9)
Practise BalloonTeam Sales
Also called “team game”
Over 12 rounds your team and a rival team each choose a high or low price; what you earn depends on both choices.
Practice: 12 rounds, untimed
Practise Team Sales
Arctic Shores practice FAQ
What is the Arctic Shores assessment?
Arctic Shores is a task-based psychometric assessment used by employers in graduate and early-careers hiring. Instead of answering questions about yourself, you complete short interactive tasks while the platform records how you approach them. Its candidate guidance says an assessment can include up to nine tasks, chosen by the employer.
Does Arctic Shores publish a list of its tasks?
No. Arctic Shores does not publish task names or mechanics, so every task description here comes from candidate reports. Your invitation and the official practice task are the only reliable guide to which tasks you will get.
Can you practise for Arctic Shores?
Arctic Shores says you do not need to practise and should respond naturally. What practice can change is familiarity: knowing the controls, the pace and what each screen asks, so nerves and surprises take less of your attention. It cannot reveal a right answer for behaviour-style tasks such as Balloon, and Candidate Falcon does not claim it raises your Arctic Shores results.
How are Arctic Shores results reported?
According to Arctic Shores, feedback is shared only if the employer chooses. It shows behaviours on a 1 to 10 spectrum compared with a norm group, and Arctic Shores stresses there is no better or worse end. There is no published pass mark.
How long does the Arctic Shores assessment take?
Arctic Shores asks candidates to complete the tasks in one sitting if possible but does not publish a total time. Candidates commonly report a few minutes per task, so the total depends on how many tasks your employer selected.
Which Candidate Falcon plan includes Arctic Shores practice?
All 15 Arctic Shores-style tasks are included in the HireVue Games Prep plan, together with the 11 HireVue games, and in Full Access. The task guides on these pages are free to read.
Is Candidate Falcon affiliated with Arctic Shores?
No. Candidate Falcon is independent. The practice tasks are original simulations built from public candidate reports, and their results are Candidate Falcon practice results, not Arctic Shores scores.
Sources: Arctic Shores candidate guidance and official demo task. Task names and mechanics are candidate-reported. For what to expect on the day, including results, devices and adjustments, read the Arctic Shores assessment guide.
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