Pymetrics Games Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. Which cognitive process is most closely linked to performing well on flexibility tasks in Pymetrics games? → Inhibitory control and working memory updating
2. A Pymetrics candidate is risk-averse in the gain domain but risk-seeking in the loss domain. This pattern is most consistent with: → Prospect theory as described by Kahneman and Tversky
3. Which of the following is NOT a dimension typically measured by Pymetrics risk and decision-making games? → Typing speed and accuracy
4. In Pymetrics attention tasks, 'sustained attention' refers to which ability? → Maintaining focus on a single task over an extended period
5. In the context of Pymetrics assessments, 'loss aversion' is best described as: → Feeling the pain of a loss more strongly than the pleasure of an equivalent gain
6. Who founded Pymetrics and in which city? → Two Harvard and MIT-trained PhDs in New York
7. In Pymetrics visual pattern matching games, what cognitive skill is being evaluated when you must identify the shape that completes a series? → Visual-spatial reasoning ability
8. In the Pymetrics 'Stop Signal' game, what cognitive ability is primarily being evaluated? → Inhibitory control and impulse suppression
9. In the Pymetrics game that presents a facial expression along with a short text describing a situation, what is the core ability being measured? → Emotion Recognition
10. In Pymetrics emotional assessments tied to fairness, recognizing 'contempt' accurately in a face is important because contempt in negotiation typically signals: → The other party feels morally superior and may disengage
11. Can Pymetrics results be shared by a candidate with multiple companies? → Yes, candidates can share their Pymetrics profile with any employer that uses the platform
12. In a Pymetrics number sequence task, what does quickly identifying the underlying rule of a series demonstrate? → Pattern recognition and abstract reasoning ability
13. A company builds its Pymetrics benchmark from only its top 10% of performers. What risk does this create? → The benchmark may perpetuate existing workforce biases if top performers aren't diverse
14. Which part of the brain is most associated with the cognitive flexibility skills measured in Pymetrics? → The prefrontal cortex controlling executive functions
15. In the context of Pymetrics assessments, 'emotional granularity' refers to: → The ability to make fine-grained distinctions between similar emotions
16. Which pymetrics trait is most directly linked to a candidate's ability to spot errors in detailed data? → Attention to Detail
17. Pymetrics measures 'effort discounting' in fairness contexts. Which scenario shows effort discounting? → Valuing a handmade gift more than a store-bought one of equal price
18. In the Faces Game, which set of emotions are candidates typically asked to identify? → A range of basic emotions including fear, anger, disgust, surprise, happiness, and sadness
19. What does a high 'learning rate' parameter in a Pymetrics reinforcement learning game indicate about a candidate? → They update beliefs strongly after each outcome
20. Pymetrics assesses 'interactional fairness' separately from procedural and distributive fairness. Interactional fairness primarily concerns: → Whether people are treated with dignity and respect during decisions
21. Pymetrics tracks response time in fairness decisions. Faster rejections of unfair offers typically indicate: → Stronger emotional/intuitive fairness reactions
22. In Pymetrics, the concept of 'ambiguity aversion' differs from risk aversion because ambiguity aversion involves: → Preferring known probabilities over unknown probabilities
23. When a Pymetrics game suddenly changes its rules mid-session, this is specifically designed to measure: → Your capacity to update mental strategies quickly
24. In the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) used in Pymetrics, what does repeatedly stopping at very low pump counts most likely indicate? → Extreme risk aversion and overly cautious decision-making
25. In a Pymetrics task where you repeatedly choose between a small immediate reward and a larger delayed reward, always choosing the immediate reward indicates: → High present bias and preference for immediacy over larger future gains
26. The primary traits measured by the Pymetrics 'Attention' and 'Focus' games, such as the Arrows and Stop games, are best described as which type of attributes? → Cognitive and behavioral traits
27. Pymetrics games can only be used for finding the right candidate for a company's culture. → False
28. In pymetrics, 'Effort' as a trait is primarily measured through which game mechanic? → How hard and long the candidate presses a button in the Effort task
29. In Pymetrics number tasks, what does consistently recalling longer digit sequences correctly indicate about a candidate? → A larger working memory capacity
30. What cognitive process does Pymetrics directly measure in an n-back task, where you must detect if a current number matches one shown several steps earlier? → Working memory and continuous information updating