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.

Full assessment Link Align Capture Engage

Adaptive

Link

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Game 1 of the 4 games. It measures cognitive control. Press quickly for the target shapes. Do not press for the other shapes. The rule changes frequently.

Focus

Whole gameThe complete game, with all its stages, as it runs in the session.Single ruleThe rule stays the same for the full drill. This drill measures only impulse control. Maximum 1 minutes. The drill is adaptive.SwitchingThe rule changes almost every time. You must read each cue word. Maximum 1 minutes. The drill is adaptive.

Play Link

Play on a laptop or desktop computer with a keyboard. The system saves each single game result to your practice history. Your skill report comes from the full session.

Performance

Link

Practice runs of Link on its own. Full sessions are scored in your skill report.

Track your best scores and watch your accuracy climb across every session.

How to play Link

Controls: Spacebar

One key, SPACE. Press SPACE for a target shape. Do not press SPACE for the other shapes.

Shapes appear one at a time. Most shapes need a quick press of SPACE. Some shapes need no press. A cue word before each shape tells you if the colour or the form gives the rule.

What it shows to firms

This game measures impulse control and mental flexibility. It records your speed, your control when you must not press, and your cost when the rule changes.

How to approach it

Read the cue word before each shape. If you do not read it, you will press SPACE after a rule change.
A wrong press costs more than a slow press. Press quickly, but keep control.
The game becomes faster when you answer correctly. This is the correct behaviour of the game.

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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.