Pymetrics Games Effort and Motivation Games Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following traits is most directly assessed by the Pymetrics Key-presses game?

Accepted Answer

Effort and persistence

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Risk Tolerance

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Short-Term Memory

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Altruism

Question 2

A candidate in the Pymetrics Easy or Hard Task game consistently selects the hard task, which offers a larger potential reward but a higher chance of failure, even after experiencing several failures. How would Pymetrics most likely interpret this pattern of behavior?

Accepted Answer

As a demonstration of high motivation and preference for challenge

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As a sign of poor learning from feedback

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As an indicator of low risk tolerance

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As evidence of strong attention to detail

Question 3

Which of the following Pymetrics games is specifically designed to measure a candidate's motivation to exert effort for the benefit of another person?

Accepted Answer

Money Exchange Game #2

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Money Exchange Game #1

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Key-presses Game

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Easy or Hard Task Game

Question 4

A hiring manager is looking for a candidate for a research and development role that involves long-term projects with uncertain outcomes. A candidate's Pymetrics results show a strong tendency to choose the 'Hard Task' in the Easy or Hard Task game. Why would this result be a positive indicator for the role?

Accepted Answer

It suggests the candidate is comfortable with ambiguity and motivated by challenging problems.

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It shows the candidate is primarily financially motivated.

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It indicates the candidate can perform repetitive tasks without losing focus.

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It proves the candidate has excellent short-term memory for complex instructions.

Question 5

The design of the Pymetrics Key-presses game, where a candidate must repeatedly tap a key as fast as possible, is a behavioral marker for what underlying trait category?

Accepted Answer

Effort

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Generosity

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Learning

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Focus

Question 6

A candidate's Pymetrics profile indicates high levels of 'Effort' but a 'Strategic' approach to applying it. Which combination of behaviors would most likely produce this result?

Accepted Answer

Playing the Key-presses game for an extended period but also strategically choosing the 'Easy Task' when the probability of reward for the 'Hard Task' is low.

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Consistently choosing the 'Hard Task' in the Easy or Hard Task game and stopping early in the Balloons game.

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Exerting significant effort in the Money Exchange Game #2 but being rated as 'unfair' in the Money Exchange Game #1.

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Quickly and accurately solving the Towers game but performing poorly on the Digits game.