Reviewed 15 August 2026 by the Cognivy editorial team
Aon's current assessment family includes the products many candidates and employers still call cut-e. Useful preparation starts with the exact scales or challenge name in your invitation, because each short module uses a different task and interaction.
Current and legacy names
What is an Aon cut-e assessment test?
Aon acquired cut-e in 2017 and now refers to the candidate platform as Aon's Assessment Solutions, formerly cut-e. Employers and invitations may still use cut-e, Aon, scales or a challenge name for tests from the same wider assessment family.
An Aon assessment test is not one universal exam. Employers select the modules that fit a role, so two candidates can receive different combinations of numerical, verbal, logical, abstract or mechanical tasks.
The assessment category
Is the Aon cut-e test an aptitude test or psychometric assessment?
Psychometric assessment is the broad category. Aon aptitude tests measure abilities such as numerical reasoning, text comprehension, concentration and logical conclusions. Aon also publishes personality and situational products, so not every Aon online assessment is an aptitude test.
Cognivy's launch route covers 13 scored cognitive and ability tracks. ADEPT-15, chatAssess, gridChallenge, motionChallenge, language skills and concentration are outside the locked launch practice set.
Start with the invitation
How do I identify the Aon online test in my invitation?
Record the most specific product name before choosing practice. A label such as scales numerical, scales ix, gapChallenge or switchChallenge tells you more than the general phrase Aon assessment.
- The exact scales, challenge or assessment name
- The ability being measured and the example interaction
- The stated time limit and whether you can return to earlier tasks
- Any calculator, pen-and-paper, device or browser guidance
- Your completion deadline and any employer-specific instructions
Treat cut-e as the legacy family name and look for a more specific scales or challenge label. Cognivy keeps both Aon and cut-e wording visible so older invitations and current assessment names reach the same preparation route.
The distinctive product structure
What are cut-e scales tests and Aon challenge tests?
Scales tests are short modules focused on a named ability. For example, scales numerical uses data sheets, scales verbal uses written information, scales ix asks you to find the one object in nine that does not comply with the governing rule, and scales clx shows two example grids that follow a rule and asks which further grids follow the same one.
Challenge tests package a specific skill inside a more interactive task. gapChallenge asks you to fill the marked cell in a grid where no shape repeats in any row or column, switchChallenge asks you to find the code that turns a given input into a given output, and digitChallenge applies mental arithmetic. Learn the underlying method first, then rehearse the exact interaction named in your invitation.
Written information
How do Aon verbal reasoning and reading tests work?
Aon's scales verbal assessment presents written data sheets and asks whether statements are true, false or cannot be determined from the information. It measures careful reading and evidence-based verbal reasoning rather than general knowledge.
Candidates may use Aon reading test as a broad description, but scales verbal instruct is a distinct format: it asks whether statements follow written instructions. Match your practice to the named module instead of treating every verbal comprehension test as identical.
Visual and rule-based tasks
What abstract and logical reasoning questions appear in Aon cut-e tests?
Aon cut-e reasoning questions span several different formats. scales ix uses an odd-one-out rule; scales cls classifies new images against learned patterns; scales clx matches further grids to a rule shown by two examples; gapChallenge completes a visual grid; switchChallenge applies ordered transformation codes; and AP Reasoning presents written premises with a conclusion that must follow.
These are related abstract and logical reasoning skills, but they are not interchangeable tests. A diagnostic entered from a named track should sample that format rather than mixing every visual question family together.
Aon labels switchChallenge Deductive Reasoning, and the published task is an input, a code and an output, so Cognivy teaches it on the diagrammatic reasoning guide. Aon labels AP Reasoning Logical Reasoning, and its published practice tasks are must-be-true premises and an ordering problem, so Cognivy teaches it on the deductive reasoning guide. Each track below links to the guide that teaches the task, not the guide that repeats the label.
A provider-specific route
How should you use practice questions and an Aon mock test?
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Copy the exact scales or challenge name and deadline from your invitation.
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Take the matching diagnostic so unrelated Aon formats do not distort your plan.
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Learn the underlying numerical, verbal, abstract or logical method without time pressure.
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Use focused practice questions and review errors by rule, reading, calculation or interaction.
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Rehearse the named interface and build pace with short timed drills.
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Finish with an Aon cut-e-style mock test that matches your assigned module combination.
Aon says candidates receive an untimed introduction and examples before a timed ability test. Use that familiarisation carefully, then follow the timing and aid rules shown for your module.
Direct answers
Aon cut-e assessment FAQs
Candidates often use aptitude test, aptitude exam and assessment test for the same recruitment stage. Aon describes these products as online assessments, ability tests or aptitude tests; the exact scales or challenge name in your invitation is the best preparation guide.
Many Aon ability tests are timed, and it is normal not to answer every question. The untimed introduction and examples explain the task before the scored test begins. Use the timing shown in your own invitation because modules differ.
Aon's current numerical reasoning practice material tells candidates to have a calculator, pen and paper available, but aids depend on the assigned module. Follow the instructions shown before your assessment rather than assuming one rule applies to every numerical test.
No. Cognivy is independent and uses original Aon / cut-e-style practice questions to teach the relevant method, interaction and pace. It does not reproduce live or confidential assessment content.
No. The launch Aon route covers the 13 cognitive and ability tracks listed on this page. ADEPT-15, chatAssess, gridChallenge, motionChallenge, language skills and concentration are outside the locked launch practice set.