How do you pass cut-e / Aon tests?

Aon explains its scoring plainly: on performance tests, points are usually added for each correct answer and taken away for each incorrect one.¹ That changes the usual test advice. Leaving a question you cannot work out is often better than clicking an answer at random in the last seconds.

Aon also says it is normal not to answer every question in the time, because a test with no limit would give everyone the same score. Its advice is to answer quickly but carefully, and not faster than you worked at school or in college, since wrong answers pull the result down.¹

For tests with an open-ended stream of questions, such as switchChallenge and gapChallenge, the same logic holds: there is no last question to reach, so the score comes from how many you get right in the time.^5,6

Numerical and verbal reasoning use fixed data sheets with true, false or cannot say statements. Answer only from the sheet the statement refers to, and expect to get faster as you learn the sheets during the test. Keep a calculator, pen and paper beside you for numerical.^2,3

Inductive-logical (scales ix) asks which of nine objects breaks the rule the others follow, over 20 items that get harder. Aon suggests number sequences, brain puzzles and strategy games to build the skill.⁴

switchChallenge asks for the code that turns an input row of shapes into an output row. Aon's tip is to check how the output would change with each wrong code, which trains you to spot the right one faster.⁵ For gapChallenge, you can fill in the empty squares of the grid to help, but the task is only the square with the question mark, so stop once you have it.⁶

The Logical Reasoning test gives 2 minutes 30 seconds for each of 10 adaptive questions. Look for the one conclusion that must follow, or cross out the ones that do not.⁷

Take each test when you feel alert, not after a long day or a workout, and on a laptop or desktop rather than a phone, with a current browser and stable internet. Once a test has started it cannot be paused, so turn your phone off and tell roommates you need 15 minutes.¹

Do the untimed instructions and examples carefully. You can repeat the examples as often as you like, and the introduction tells you whether a calculator or paper will help.^1,2

Do the tests yourself. Aon notes that employers often rerun part of the online assessment at the interview stage, where someone else's work comes to light.¹

At UBS you have seven days from the invite, the assessments cannot be completed after the deadline or retaken, and UBS asks that only the applicant complete them. Use the first days for Aon's practice tasks, then sit each test once you are ready.⁸