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Cut-e Test
The scales tests on the mapTQ portal, numerical, verbal, mechanical, inductive and deductive, with their task counts and time limits, current Aon personality guidance, the pilot-selection tests, and what changed when Aon bought cut-e.
- 13 practice tests in the Cut-e pack
- 130 questions, all solved
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What is a Cut-e test?
A cut-e test is an online assessment from the range now branded Aon Assessment Solutions; Aon acquired cut-e in 2017 and employers and candidates still use the earlier name. The core scales tests are short, sharply timed measures of numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning, most lasting 5 to 15 minutes, and many adapt their difficulty to your answers. They are delivered through Aon's mapTQ portal, usually unsupervised at home.
Which Cut-e test you sit depends on the employer and the role: an entry-level position will not be given the same assessment as a graduate or managerial one.
How a Cut-e test works
Four things to know before you sit one. Timings and difficulty vary with the level of the role.
- FormatShort single-aptitude tests on mapTQ
- Each test measures one skill and runs on the mapTQ portal, which works on phones and tablets though a computer is recommended. Every test opens with an untimed introduction and example exercises you must complete before the clock starts.
- PaceAs many tasks as you can, in 5 to 15 minutes
- The numerical test offers 37 tasks in 12 minutes and the verbal 49, and nobody is expected to finish. Data sits on separate tabs, so finding the right tab is part of the time.
- DifficultyUnusual layouts, no knowledge
- The tests need no prior knowledge (mechanical reasoning aside), but their layouts and formats differ from SHL or Kenexa, which is why cut-e-specific practice matters. Many tests adapt to your answers.
- ScoringPoints on, points off
- On most tests a correct answer scores a point and a wrong one loses a point, so a guess is not free. Personality tests distribute six points across the statements on each page.
Cut-e: assessment names, formats and timings
Match the name in your invitation to the assessment below. Timings marked “approx.” are completion estimates; other published durations are limits for the named version.
| Assessment | What it measures | Questions | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| scales numerical | True, false or cannot say from data on separate tabs | 37 | 12 min |
| scales verbal | True, false or cannot say from short verbal information across tabs | 49 | 12 min |
| scales mtu mechanical | Technical and mechanical understanding from graphics; industrial roles | 24 | 15 min |
| scales cls inductive | Find the common rule in a pattern, then assign new images to it | 12 | 12 min |
| scales ix inductive | The item in a series of nine that does not fit the pattern | 20 | 5 min |
| gapChallenge (deductive logic) | Fill the empty cell in a grid where each shape appears once per row and column | As many as you can | 6 min |
| ADEPT-15 (current Aon personality guidance) | Work-style preferences | 100 statements | Approx. 30 min; untimed |
| scales ndb | Spatial orientation with a gyrocompass and radio compass; pilots and air traffic controllers | See invitation | See invitation |
Counts and timings vary by role level and by the version an employer licences. Check the instructions on the screen before you start. Facts checked 11 September 2026.
These are Aon’s published task limits. Cut-e assessments are now part of Aon. Follow your invitation for the version and any agreed adjustments.
Official sources for assessment names and timings
What Cut-e assessment formats look like
A visual guide to the skills and response formats covered on this page. Your invitation tells you which assessments to prepare for.
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Which is most like you?
○ I enjoy meeting new people
● I check details carefully
○ I like exploring new ideas
Workplace preferences
Personality questionnaires explore your usual behaviour rather than a correct answer.
View guidanceEmployers who set Cut-e tests
If you know which company invited you, start there: the employer guide tells you which Cut-e assessment sits at which stage of that firm's process.
- LidlCut-e numerical and verbal reasoning in the aptitude test stage
- Procter & GambleThe P&G Interactive Assessment, game-based, through Aon
- SchrodersRecorded video interview on the Aon cut-e platform
Not listed? Browse all employer guides.
Understanding practice scores
These results come from our own practice test in a format covered on this page. They are not official Cut-e results, a benchmark for our entire Cut-e practice pack, or an employer pass mark.
How our test takers score
Results from our numerical reasoning test.
Average score64%
75th-percentile score90%
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Average75th percentile
Source: Practice Aptitude Tests
Based on 1280 completed practice sittings, all time. Checked 14 September 2026.
The 75th percentile marks the boundary of the top quarter of recorded scores; tied scores can share that boundary. These are our practice results, not employer pass marks.
How we calculate these figures
We use all-time completed, scored attempts at this practice test. Repeat attempts count separately, so the sample is sittings rather than unique people.
The average is the mean score across those sittings. The 75th percentile comes from their recorded score distribution. The “checked” date is when we retrieved the figures, not the period when the tests were taken.
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Practise the real thing
One question tells you the style. A pack gives you the pace: Varies by task a question, marked, with the working shown.
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- practice tests
- 130
- questions, all solved
The cut-e scales tests and how they work
Cut-e calls each type of test a “scale”, and separates them by what they assess: skills, knowledge and personality. The formats within each group are alike, and every one opens with an untimed introduction and example exercises before the timed tasks begin.
Cut-e numerical reasoning
12 minutes for as many of 37 tasks as you can. Each asks whether a statement is true, false, or cannot be decided from the numerical data, and the data is spread across separate tabs, so you navigate to the right tab before you analyse. Practise with numerical reasoning tests that use tabbed data.
Cut-e verbal reasoning
The same layout with verbal information: 12 minutes, 49 tasks, no expectation of finishing. There are no long passages, unlike other publishers, but the true, false or cannot say judgement is the same skill verbal reasoning practice trains.
Cut-e mechanical reasoning
A job-specific test for industrial roles: 24 tasks in 15 minutes on mechanical graphics, testing technical and mechanical understanding. Practise on our mechanical reasoning tests.
Cut-e inductive logic
Two formats. In the first, 12 tasks in 12 minutes: find the common rule in a pattern and assign new images to the right patterns. In the second, 20 tasks in 5 minutes: find the item in a series of nine that does not fit. Both are inductive reasoning, the skill of recognising a rule and applying it.
Cut-e deductive logic
6 minutes to read the pattern in a grid and fill the empty cell, with rules like a sudoku: each shape appears only once in any row or column. Practise on our deductive reasoning tests.
Cut-e personality
Aon’s current candidate guidance describes ADEPT-15. The shapes format below is a legacy format; check which name appears in your invitation.
Known as cut-e shapes: three statements a page, and you rate how accurately each describes you. Three versions exist, for sales, graduate and management roles. More on personality tests, including a free one.
Frequently asked questions
What candidates ask us most often
Is a cut-e test the same as an Aon test or a mapTQ test?
Yes. Aon acquired cut-e in 2017 and kept the tests, so an invitation may say cut-e, Aon Assessment or mapTQ, the portal the tests run on, and mean the same thing. The Aon guide lists the same tests under Aon’s current names.
Does cut-e deduct marks for wrong answers?
For most of the Cut-e tests, scoring is simple. Points are awarded for a correct answer and deducted for a wrong answer. Personality tests are a little bit more complicated, with six points on each page distributed among the given statements.
How long is a cut-e test?
Cut-e tests typically range from 5 to 15 minutes, although the personality and integrity tests do not have a time limit. For most of the psychometric and skills-based Cut-e tests, there are a number of tasks that can be completed in the time frame, so the urgency is part of the skills being assessed. In the personality tests, the statements need more consideration so are not timed, but they are generally completed in 15 to 20 minutes.
Are cut-e tests used for pilot assessment?
The Cut-e scales ndb test is specifically aimed at pilots and air traffic controllers, assessing spatial orientation using a gyrocompass and a radio compass. Several airlines use the scales ndb alongside other Cut-e assessments like numerical and verbal reasoning.
Reviews
Rated 4.7 out of 5 across 73 reviews. A selection:
Accurate
Seems to be very close to the actual AON test, and the features given (view options on charts etc) are very useful
I should have used more time on the table/graph before reading the question
The questions were clear, but I was a bit lost in some of them due to the time pressure. I should have invested some time on understanding the graphs/pictures before reading the questions
Challenging
I don't like that the questions and answers don't properly fit the screen and therefore one has to scroll up and down the whole time. But I like that there is an overall timer and not for each question an individual one.
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