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Arctic Shores Team Sales Practice: High or Low Price Against a Rival

Practise the Arctic Shores Team Sales game: over 12 rounds, choose a high or low price while a rival team prices too, and see how your choices shaped profits.

Practice: 12 rounds, untimedAlso called “team game”Also called “team selling game”

How the practice task works

  1. 01Each round, choose a high or a low price for your team’s product. The rival team chooses at the same time.
  2. 02The table shows what each team earns for every combination of prices.
  3. 03After you choose, you see the rival’s price and both teams’ profits.
  4. 04There are 12 rounds and no right answer. Play the way you naturally would.

Controls

  • Q or the button for a high price
  • P or the button for a low price
  • Tap the buttons on a phone

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Task
Choose a high or low price each round while a rival team does the same
What it reportedly relates to
Decision-making, fairness and responding to others; Arctic Shores says there is no better or worse
Reported length
About 3–5 minutes for 12 rounds
Practice version
12 untimed rounds with a visible profit table
Controls
Q for high, P for low, or the buttons

What the Team Sales task tests

Team Sales, sometimes listed as the team game, is a strategy task. Prep sites describe 12 rounds in which your team and a rival team each set a high or a low price for the same product. Your profit depends on both choices. One source describes the pattern of a classic prisoner’s dilemma: if both teams price high, both do moderately well; if one team undercuts with a low price, it earns more at the other’s expense; if both go low, both earn less.

Arctic Shores does not publish the task, its payoffs or what it measures, and says results describe behaviour with no better or worse end. Prep sites link it to decision-making, fairness and how you respond to the other side. Candidate Falcon’s practice uses its own profit table and a rival that responds to your previous choice, so you can see how your pricing affects both teams.

How the Team Sales practice works

  1. Read the profit table: it shows what each team earns for every combination of prices.
  2. Choose a high or low price with the buttons, Q or P. The rival chooses at the same time.
  3. After each round you see the rival’s price and both teams’ profits.
  4. Play all 12 rounds. There is no timer.
  5. Review both teams’ totals, how often you both priced high, and how you responded when the rival went low.

Team Sales tips

  • There is no right answer. Use the practice to understand how the two choices interact.
  • Notice how the rival responds to what you did in the previous round.
  • Think about both the short term (this round) and the long term (all 12 rounds).
  • Play the way you naturally would in a real team. Arctic Shores compares behaviour with what suits the role.

Common Team Sales mistakes

  • Treating Team Sales as a test with one winning strategy.
  • Copying a strategy from a forum instead of making your own decisions.
  • Ignoring the rival’s responses and choosing at random.
  • Rushing because the task is untimed and feels simple.

A short Team Sales practice routine

  1. Play one run and look at both teams’ totals and the rounds where you both priced high.
  2. Play another run and notice whether you changed how you responded to the rival.
  3. Before the real assessment, read the task instructions carefully; the real payoffs are not published.

Team Sales FAQ

What is the best strategy in the Arctic Shores Team Sales game?

Arctic Shores says its results describe behaviour on a spectrum with no better or worse end, and employers look for what fits the role. Prep sites offer different strategies, but none is confirmed. Candidate Falcon does not recommend one.

How many rounds does Team Sales have?

Prep sites report 12 rounds. Arctic Shores does not publish the number.

Is the rival a real person?

Prep sites describe a computer-controlled rival. In Candidate Falcon’s practice the rival responds to your previous price.

Should you practise for Arctic Shores?

Arctic Shores says you do not need to practise and should respond naturally. Practice can make the format familiar. Candidate Falcon does not claim it changes your Arctic Shores results.

Practise other Arctic Shores tasks

Arctic Shores does not publish its task list, so task names and mechanics on this page come from candidate reports. Candidate Falcon is not affiliated with Arctic Shores, and practice results are not Arctic Shores scores. For the official facts on results, devices and adjustments, read the Arctic Shores assessment guide.