UK Civil Service Practice Tests: All 8 Online Tests in One Place

What you practise in each test

Each paragraph says where its facts come from: GOV.UK is GOV.UK's guidance for the real test, and Candidate Falcon is how our practice works.

The Judgement and Management Judgement tests

GOV.UKThe Judgement Test starts with a self-assessment, then gives workplace scenarios on the behaviours chosen for the job, three per behaviour, and you rate four actions each from Counterproductive to Effective; you can give the same rating twice. The Management Judgement Test has 15 management scenarios where you pick the action you would be most and least likely to take.

Candidate FalconJudgement Test: 6 self-assessment statements, then 9 scenarios (3 for each of 3 behaviours), untimed, at two grade bands. Management Judgement Test: 15 scenarios, three for each of the five aspects, untimed. Our own key explains why each action earns its rating; it is not GOV.UK's, which is not public.

The Verbal and Numerical tests

GOV.UKBoth are adaptive and untimed: a right answer can lead to a harder question. In the Verbal Test you decide whether a statement is true, false or cannot say from a passage; in the Numerical Test you read a table or chart and choose the answer.

Candidate FalconVerbal: 20 adaptive questions at three levels, untimed. Numerical: 20 adaptive questions at three levels, 5 options each, untimed. Every answer comes with a worked explanation after the run.

The Work Strengths Test and the Styles Assessment

GOV.UKThe Work Strengths Test has three parts: statements about how you work, 10 scenarios to rate and 5 to answer with most and least likely; the strengths depend on the grade. The Styles Assessment shows pairs of statements and asks which is more like you, and by how much.

Candidate FalconWork Strengths: 30 statements, then 10 scenarios to rate and 5 most/least scenarios, untimed. Styles: 36 pairs (each behaviour against every other once), untimed, about 10 minutes. You get an estimated profile; for the Styles Assessment there are no right answers, so we flag overuse of the middle option instead, as GOV.UK warns about it.

The Customer Service Skills and Casework Skills tests

GOV.UKBoth have three parts, and only the third is timed, at 10 minutes. Customer Service: reply to customer messages, rate actions in six scenarios, then numerical and data checks. Casework: judge statements about case papers, rate actions in six scenarios, then check or enter case details.

Candidate FalconCustomer Service: 6 customer queries, 6 scenarios, then 10 timed minutes. Casework: One case file with 8 statements, 6 scenarios, then 10 timed minutes. The third part runs on a real 10-minute clock.

What practice can and cannot do

Candidate FalconPractice helps you learn each format, judge scenarios at the right level for your grade and keep accurate under the 10-minute clock. It cannot reveal GOV.UK's scoring key or your percentile, and a Candidate Falcon result is not a Civil Service score. For the interview stage, read our guide to the Civil Service Behaviours.

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