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PI (format family)Aptitude

Predictive Index style practice

Two very different tests share the PI name: a 12-minute, 50-question cognitive sprint and a two-page behavioral adjective checklist. Both are trainable — the cognitive one through timed pace work, the behavioral one through knowing your own profile before the employer does. Persona Prep is an independent platform, not affiliated with The Predictive Index; we train the format families, never the original items.

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Free to start. Every item is generated fresh, marked with a full worked solution, and ranked on a 1–9 stanine band that recalibrates as more candidates practise.

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per cognitive item

2

assessments in one name

1–9

stanine rank

A real item

Two questions from the exercise itself

Not a mock-up. The items below were produced by the same generator that runs inside the app, with the solution derived from the same model that built the question — which is why the answer key cannot drift from the item.

Motors produced by production team

Motors
Team A4,000
Team B2,500
Team C2,000
Team D3,500
Team E3,500

24% of motors from Team A had defects.

5% of motors from Team B had defects.

16% of motors from Team C had defects.

9% of motors from Team D had defects.

26% of motors from Team E had defects.

Which production team produced the most motors without defects?

  1. ATeam A
  2. BTeam B
  3. CTeam C
  4. DTeam DAnswer
  5. ETeam E

How it is solved

  • 1.The tallest bar is not the answer: each team's output has to be reduced by its own defect rate first.
  • 2.Calculation: A: 4,000 × 0.76 = 3,040 · B: 2,500 × 0.95 = 2,375 · C: 2,000 × 0.84 = 1,680 · D: 3,500 × 0.91 = 3,185 · E: 3,500 × 0.74 = 2,590

Revenue by division (€ thousands)

202120222023
Division A120149156
Division B220120100

By what percentage did the revenue of Division A grow between 2021 and 2023?

  1. A40 %
  2. B30 %Answer
  3. C20 %
  4. D36 %
  5. E23 %

How it is solved

  • 1.Percentage growth is measured against the starting year: (end − start) ÷ start.
  • 2.Calculation: (156 − 120) ÷ 120 = 36 ÷ 120 = 30%

What it measures

What Predictive Index style (PI) is actually testing

The PI Cognitive Assessment reads processing speed across numerical, verbal and abstract items — 50 questions, 12 minutes, average candidates answer about 20. The PI Behavioral Assessment is different in kind: two adjective checklists (how others expect you to be, then how you see yourself) that map you onto drive factors like dominance, extraversion, patience and formality. The cognitive side rewards pace training; the behavioral side rewards knowing your real profile and keeping it consistent.

The format

How the real assessment runs

Cognitive format
50 mixed items — numerical, verbal, abstract — in 12 minutes, about 14 seconds each, no going back.
Behavioral format
Two free-choice adjective pages, no time limit, no right answers — but a coherent shape matters.
Marking
Cognitive: raw correct, rescaled. Behavioral: a pattern profile matched against the role's target.
Retake
Cognitive retests are common on site; behavioral profiles are compared across sittings — consistency is read.

Where marks are lost

The trap that costs the most marks

Treating the behavioral checklist as a test to beat. Ticking every flattering adjective produces a profile that is simultaneously dominant, patient, formal and spontaneous — a shape the scoring reads as self-presentation rather than self-report. The candidates who interview well afterwards are the ones whose profile matches how they actually behave in the room.

Why practise here

What this practice gives you

01

The abstract-series family as a timed module — the item type most PI candidates have never met

02

Numerical and verbal pace work at the real 14-second rhythm

03

A full forced-choice personality run with a consistency indicator, the discipline the behavioral side reads

04

Worked solutions on every cognitive item

05

Two full exercises free, no card

Where you will meet it

Who uses this format

US and international sales hiringOperations and management screeningFinance and insurance pipelinesHigh-volume graduate screening

Hiring stages where this format is commonly used. Persona Prep is not affiliated with PI (format family) and does not reproduce their questions — we build practice in the same format, from our own generators.

With Persona Prep Pro

Everything you need to walk in ready

One subscription covers the whole assessment library, not just this exercise — because almost nobody is invited to sit only one module.

The full aptitude library

SHL Verify, Aon cut-e, Hogan and Saville formats — numerical, verbal, inductive, deductive, mechanical, checking and the interactive modules.

A rank, not just a score

Every run is placed on a 1–9 stanine band that recalibrates as the candidate pool grows, so you know your position.

A course per exercise

What it measures, the trap that costs marks, and worked items from every format — then the exercise itself.

Unlimited fresh items

Everything is generated, so you never run out and never memorise a bank.

Written + voice AI coach

Reads your results across exercises and tells you which two to fix first.

Personality practice too

SHL OPQ32, Hogan HPI/HDS/MVPI, Saville Wave, ADEPT-15 and 16PF, with full profile reports.

Start your Predictive Index style (PI) practice

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Verify Numerical Reasoning

Timed data interpretation in the Verify format: a table or chart, one question, four options, and a clock that does not wait. Every item here is generated fresh and marked with a full worked solution.

Criteria (format family)

CCAT-style Cognitive Aptitude

Fifty questions, fifteen minutes — the CCAT's whole difficulty is pace. Train the three item families it mixes (math and logic, verbal, spatial series) as timed modules with a full worked solution on every item. Persona Prep is an independent platform, not affiliated with Criteria Corp; our items reproduce the FORMAT families, never the original questions.

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