Prepare for the Macquarie Psychometric Test (2026)
Updated: February 10, 2026
The Macquarie Psychometric Assessment is a pre-employment testing battery conducted to every Macquarie candidate. It includes 4 separate tests: Talent Q Elements Numerical, Elements Verbal, Elements Logical, and Dimensions.
These four tests are administered for Macquarie by the test provider Korn Ferry and aim to assess your reasoning, problem-solving skills, and personality traits.
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The Macquarie Assessment Prep includes:
- 3 Elements Numerical practice tests
- 3 Elements Verbal practice tests
- 3 Elements Logical practice tests
- Personality profiling preparation
- Dimensions test study guide
- 22 additional practice tests
- Detailed explanations to all questions
The Macquarie Assessment PrepPack includes:
- Accurate & realistic practice tests for Elements Numerical, Elements Verbal, and Elements Logical tests.
- Personality profiling preparation
- Dimensions test study guide
- Additional practice tests with detailed explanations.
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What Is the Macquarie Psychometric Assessment?
The Macquarie Psychometric Assessment is comprised of 4 tests:
- Elements Numerical
- Elements Verbal
- Elements Logical
- Dimensions (Personality Profiling)
The estimated time to complete the entire Macquarie Assessment is around 75 minutes.
All 4 tests of the assessment have a unique structure and formatting you should be familiar with in advance to gain a high score and pass the assessment.
The Elements Numerical test assesses your ability to calculate and draw conclusions from numerical data, namely graphs and tables.
Macquarie Elements Numerical Test - Sample Question
How many BA overseas (OS) students study in the UK?
* OS = Overseas
** Percent out of full tuition fee
Macquarie Elements Numerical Test - Quick Facts
- 12 questions in 16 minutes overall.
- Questions present you with a table, followed by a short question.
- Each table covers 3 consecutive questions.
- The limit per question - 90 seconds for the first question of each table, 75 seconds per question for the next two.
- Up to 40(!) answer choices are arranged in a drop-down menu.
- Only one answer option is correct.
- You are allowed to use a calculator during the Elements Numerical test.
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The Elements Verbal test assesses your ability to interpret and understand short texts.
Macquarie Elements Verbal Test - Sample Question
Read the following passage and answer the question below:
A prolonged labour market recession is in the making as long-term unemployment is on the rise and many workers are becoming excluded from the labour market. The shift to austerity measures has further deteriorated labour market conditions in countries hit by the debt crisis. The depressed employment situation has been accompanied by growing job precariousness for those who have a job. The incidence of part-time work has risen significantly as has that of temporary employment.
Given the significant slowdown in economic growth, job loss can increase severely as businesses tend to decrease expenditure, leading to higher unemployment. At the same time, the crisis has resulted in the contraction of bank credit for small and medium-sized businesses and this, in turn, has reduced the growth in self-employment.
Measures that will increase employment and speed up economic growth should be taken promptly. Given the impossibility of financing expenditures with deficits, one can realistically suggest budget-neutral increases in training programmes and subsidies to businesses. This must be coupled with government programmes to facilitate credit to small and medium-sized businesses, financed with increases in taxes in other areas such as environmental or tourist taxes that will not distort the economy adversely.
Adapted from europa.eu
Macquarie Elements Verbal Test - Quick Facts
- 15 questions in 16 minutes overall.
- Questions present you with a piece of text, followed by a short question.
- Each text covers 3 consecutive questions.
- Time limit per question - 75 seconds for the first question of each text, 60 seconds per question for the next two.
- Questions mostly revolve around drawing correct meanings and conclusions from the text.
- 6-8 answer options per question.
- There are 1-2 correct answers (depending on the question).
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The Elements Logical test assesses your ability to recognize rules and patterns in abstract shapes.
Macquarie Elements Logical Test - Sample Question
Identify the missing symbol:
Macquarie Elements Logical Test - Quick Facts
- 12 questions in 15 minutes overall.
- Each question includes a 3x3 matrix with a missing shape you are requested to find.
- The missing shape completes a logical rule existing both in the rows and the columns of the matrix.
- Time limit per question - 75 seconds.
- 7, 14, or 21 answer options per question.
- Only one answer option is correct.
Learn more about the Elements Logical Test
The Dimensions test is a personality profiling test, designed to assess how well your personality and behavior fit the job.
Macquarie Dimensions Test - Sample Question
| Completely Untrue | Fairly Untrue | Neither true nor false | Fairly true | Completely true | |
| I like having to respond to new challenges. | |||||
| People say that I have a lot of common sense. | |||||
| Sometimes I react too aggressively to people. | |||||
| I find it easy to cope with pressure. |
Macquarie Dimensions Test - Quick Facts
- 40 questions, untimed.
- Although the test is untimed, you are encouraged to give immediate responses.
- Each question includes a “block” of four statements. You need to rate the degree to which these statements describe you, from 1 (completely untrue) to 5 (completely true).
- You cannot give the same rate to multiple statements in the same block. If you do, you will be asked to rank them on the following screen.
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How to Practise and Pass the Macquarie Psychometric Assessment?
Here are the three most crucial guidelines to follow when preparing for the Macquarie Psychometric Test:
Practise with Actual Test Simulations
The Elements tests included in the Macquarie Psychometric Assessment have a very unique structure, the like of which you have probably never seen before.
As such, it usually takes a while to get comfortable around these questions, to know how to approach them, and to make good use of the time you have.
Therefore, to ace the test, it is crucial to already be familiar with the types of questions the Elements Numerical, Verbal, and Logical tests include.
That is exactly what full-length simulations of the actual assessment get you – familiarity with the questions and content world, as well as a firsthand experience with the tests’ rigorous time constraints.
Learn How to Extract Only What’s Relevant
A great portion of the challenge posed by the different tests comprising the Macquarie Psychometric Assessment is the overload of information.
Each question, especially in the Numerical and Verbal Elements tests, is loaded with an abundance of data, most of which is unnecessary for solving the questions.
Remember that each data source (table or text) is relevant for three questions only. So, always start from the question and make your way to the data, not the other way around.
Developing a skill of quickly locating the most relevant information for every question is one of the best techniques you can take to improve your chances of passing the Macquarie Assessment.
Don’t Neglect the Personality Section
Although most candidates are certainly more concerned about the three cognitive Elements tests, the Dimensions personality profiling assessment is not to be overlooked.
Firstly, your personality traits play a major role in your chances of working with Macquarie. And as the years go by, personality profiling is becoming more and more important for recruiters, especially for internships and student positions.
Secondly, many candidates mistakenly believe that they cannot prepare for the personality section of the Psychometric Assessment and that they should just “be themselves”. That misconception is fortified by the test instructions, which state that “there are no right or wrong answers.”
Well, news flash. There are.
The Dimensions personality profiling assessment is, well, an assessment. Some candidates will pass it and others won’t. So, there naturally ARE right and wrong answers, and you can definitely learn how to know them.
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FAQs:
There are 4 tests that make up the Macquarie assessment. These are:
- Elements Numerical
- Elements Verbal
- Elements Logical
- Dimensions (Personality Profiling)
The full Macquarie Assessment takes approximately 75 minutes, covering multiple sections including numerical, verbal, and logical reasoning, along with a personality evaluation.
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