You just gave me a justification to get the new xbox. I'm telling my girlfriend it is job training.

I honestly haven't studied for either Compass' or Comair's cog tests (both exactly the same, by the way). You have enough to study for the job knowledge exam and HR interview. Just be accurate and as quick as you can. You will mess up. The key I tell people is don't let that frustrate you. Go right back to being accurate and quick.

I had to do these for the 2 day ASA interview a few years ago... I didn't prepare for them at all, and don't play video games. I had no issues, at least I don't think I did since I received an offer. The biggest issue from what I remember was the time constraint, so you had to just keep going if a problem slowed you down.

One of the hiring people at Compass said they lose half of their applicants during the computer testing phase, so I would say it's fairly important.

I did the free Lumosity.com exercises for a couple of weeks before I had my Compass interview.

I felt it helped on the cog portion. The actual exercises between the two are different (although a few are very similar, particularly the pattern matching ones) but it was more a matter of getting used to the concepts and dusting off the cobwebs.

I'm an old fart, so I need all the practice I can get.

For sure, I don't think hitting Lumosity, or something similar, for a bit would hurt at all.

And as has already been pointed out, just keep plugging away and don't get frustrated. It's a weird set of tests, but doable.

I agree with @woutlaw. Luminosity helps for flexing your mental muscle even if the tests are nothing alike. It's helps you get used to making quick decisions with a timer running in the background.

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I didn't prepare for the Cog test at all for Compass. Found it quite interesting and not difficult. If you can keep yourself from getting stressed out and view the thing as a challenging game it's not bad at all.

I'd spend time studying for technical portions of whatever interview you have.

As always - you can find differing opinions on whether you can actually **study** for cognitive tests:

You CAN study -
Cognitive Training, Brain Test - The IMPACT Study - Posit ScienceYou CAN'T study -
Study: Brain Games Don't Boost Overall Mental Function - TIMEPlacebo? Makes you feel better about your chances?
Some on here have said that it helped?
I'm wondering if those that took the test and scored XXX, then 'studied' and took it again and scored any better?
If so - WHY do you think 'studying' helped?

I didn't say the computer testing wasn't important. What I said is IMO the cog test isn't something I'd worry about. The cog test is only a portion of the computer testing.

Those people who perceive the correct name of the website LUMOSITY.com will do great on a cog test. Those who glance over the name and call it LUMINOSITY.com won't do as well and should pay closer attention to detail :)