IMC Online Assessment practice

IMC tests candidates with 4 short browser games in one session. The games measure working memory, anticipation, cognitive control and attention. Practise the full format here, from start to end.

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Game 4 of the 4 games. It measures anticipation. Fire before the ball arrives. The shot and the ball must reach the same point together.

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How to play Engage

Balls fall along 4 lines, and 4 cannons fire along fixed lines that cross the field. A and L are in the bottom corners and fire diagonally. Q and P are above them and fire horizontally. A shot moves along its full line. You can hit a ball at any point where the two lines cross. At the higher levels a barrier hides the ball near the bottom.

What it shows to firms

This game measures anticipation. It records the accuracy of your timing, and if you usually fire early or late. It also records if your timing stays good when you cannot see the ball.

How to approach it
  • Do not wait until the ball is at the crossing point. Watch the speed of the ball, and press the key before the ball arrives.
  • Select your crossing point before the ball falls to the middle of the field. The nearest crossing point gives you the most time.
  • When the barrier hides the ball, continue the movement of the ball in your memory at the same speed. The barrier does not change the speed.
  • A small and regular error gives a better score than a mixture of perfect and bad shots. In the practice round, use the early and late messages to correct your timing.

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Questions and answers

What is the IMC Online Assessment practice?
IMC Trading tests candidates with 4 short browser games in one session. The games measure working memory, anticipation, cognitive control and attention. This practice product is specifically designed to train those skills, with 4 games we designed ourselves: Link, Align, Capture and Engage. You can practise the full session from start to end.
How long does a full session take?
A full session takes 25 to 30 minutes without a break. Each game has a short practice round with feedback. Then the main round starts. The main round adapts to you and stops when the measurement is precise. Therefore the exact length is a little different for each person.
Why does the difficulty change?
The games are adaptive. Two correct answers increase the difficulty by one step, and one error decreases it by one step. Therefore the game finds the level where you are correct approximately 70 percent of the time. A difficult game is the correct behaviour of the assessment, not a failure.
Can I stop and continue later?
You can stop between games and continue at the next game. If you stop during a game, the system deletes that game and starts it again when you return. A break during a game makes the measurements incorrect. Use one quiet session, and a desktop or laptop computer with a keyboard.
How do I read my report?
The report puts the measurements for each game into 4 skill phases. Each phase shows your relative strength in that session. The games make a compromise between speed and accuracy. Therefore a low score in one phase and a high score in another phase is usual. The real assessment behaves in the same way.