Updated April 2026 · 9 min read · Talogy / Cubiks · Combined cognitive screen
| Provider | Talogy (formerly Cubiks) |
|---|---|
| Test name | Logiks General Reasoning |
| Format | 50 questions · 12 minutes · combined verbal, numerical, abstract |
| Used by | EY, KPMG (some pipelines), Allianz, BNP Paribas, Volvo, Atos, Pirelli |
| Defining feature | Mixed-mode test — questions switch between verbal, numerical, abstract without warning |
Logiks General is Talogy's flagship combined-mode cognitive assessment. Where most tests dedicate a full section to one cognitive domain, Logiks General mixes verbal, numerical, and abstract questions in a single 12-minute window. The challenge is mental switching speed — moving from a percentage calculation straight into a True/False/Cannot Say verbal item, then immediately to a shape sequence. Candidates who score well are those who context-switch fast.
50 questions in 12 minutes works out to roughly 14.4 seconds per question — extremely tight. The question mix is approximately:
| Question type | Proportion | Skills tested |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal reasoning | ~30% | Synonyms, antonyms, sentence completion, short comprehension |
| Numerical reasoning | ~30% | Basic arithmetic, percentage, ratio, simple data interpretation |
| Abstract / inductive | ~30% | Sequence completion, odd-one-out, pattern recognition |
| Mixed / spatial | ~10% | Letter sequences, simple spatial puzzles |
Order is randomised. You won't know whether question #15 is numerical or abstract until you read it. This means strategies like "do all numerical first" don't work. You take questions as they come.
Raw score (correct answers) converted to percentile against a graduate norm group. Most graduate roles cut at the 50th-65th percentile for Logiks General; competitive roles at 70th+. Because of the mixed format and tight timer, the average raw score in graduate populations is around 28-32 out of 50.
EY uses Logiks General in some non-Big-Four-cognitive pipelines. Allianz, BNP Paribas, Volvo Group, Pirelli, Atos, and several European public sector recruitments use Logiks General as a fast first-stage screen.
Switching drills. The hardest part isn't any single question type — it's the cognitive switching. Practice by alternating numerical, verbal, and abstract questions in 30-second blocks. Build a mental "context reset" routine.
Skip without hesitation. If a question takes more than 20 seconds, mark it and move on. Returning saves time only if you have spare time at the end (rare on Logiks General).
Read the question type indicator if any. Some Talogy interfaces flag the question type with a small icon — verbal, numerical, abstract. Use that 0.5 second cue to switch context faster.
Practise the three sections separately before combining them. Before attempting a full timed Logiks General simulation, build individual speed on each of the three question types in isolation — 24 word analogies in under 4 minutes, 16 numerical items in under 4 minutes, 10 abstract patterns in under 4 minutes. Trying to build all three skills simultaneously from day one tends to produce slower overall progress than mastering each type's specific pace requirement first, then combining them once each individually feels comfortable.
Simulate the actual switching cost. Once each section feels individually comfortable, the final and most important preparation step is timed practice with all three types genuinely mixed together, exactly as they'll appear in the real test — not three separate blocks. This is the only way to build real tolerance for the specific cognitive cost of switching from a word analogy to a numerical calculation to a shape pattern within seconds, which is consistently the part of Logiks General that catches well-prepared candidates off guard if they've only ever practised each section type in isolation.
Don't neglect the abstract section in favour of numerical and verbal. Many candidates instinctively spend more practice time on numerical and verbal questions, since those feel more like traditional "aptitude test" content, and under-practise the abstract section as a result. With only 10 questions worth roughly 20% of the total score in a fifth of the total time, under-preparing for abstract reasoning specifically is a common, avoidable way to lose points that a slightly more balanced practice schedule would have prevented. Treat all three sections as equally worth your practice time, in proportion to their share of the total questions, rather than following instinct alone — the abstract section's smaller question count doesn't make it a smaller priority, since every correct answer contributes equally to your overall raw score regardless of which section it comes from.
Numerical reasoning on Logiks General tests is almost always table-based: two or three small tables of financial, sales, or operational data, followed by a question that requires a multi-step calculation and a unit conversion.
Q. A retail chain sells three product lines. Units sold last quarter were 660 (Line A), 1,140 (Line B) and 310 (Line C). Average selling price was £1.00, £1.00 and £1.00 respectively. Total revenue to the nearest £ was:
A) £1,780 B) £1,950 C) £2,048 D) £2,110
A. Sum the units: 660 + 1,140 + 310 = 2,110. Answer: D.
The actual Logiks General question adds distractors: prices in pence rather than pounds, mixed currencies, unit ambiguity (per pack vs per item). Candidates who rush the unit check pick C or B despite nailing the arithmetic.
Logiks General gives you 50 questions in 12 minutes across all three sections combined — about 14 seconds per question on average. That's dramatically tighter than most standalone aptitude tests, and it's the single biggest factor candidates underestimate: there simply isn't time for the multi-step "read, calculate, check" approach that works on a 60-second-per-question test.
If you're past 20 seconds on any single question, flag and move on — you can't recover four lost minutes from one stubborn question.
Logiks General's verbal section (24 questions in 4 minutes — about 10 seconds each) leans heavily on word analogies, odd-one-out, and quick word-meaning judgements rather than long comprehension passages, since there simply isn't time to read a paragraph and answer at that pace. Analogies typically follow a small set of recurring relationship types — part-to-whole (page:book), functional (knife:cut), cause-and-effect (spark:fire), and category membership (rose:flower) — and recognising the relationship type instantly, rather than puzzling it out fresh each time, is what separates candidates who finish the section from those who don't.
The abstract section (10 questions in 4 minutes — about 24 seconds each) presents a sequence or matrix of shapes and asks you to identify the missing or next item, following one or two transformation rules — rotation, reflection, a changing count of elements, or a shifting pattern of shading. Unlike Logiks Advanced's abstract section, which layers multiple simultaneous rules, Logiks General's abstract items are typically built around a single, identifiable rule, which is exactly why the 24-second budget, while tight, is workable once you've built the habit of scanning for one transformation at a time rather than trying to hold several possibilities in mind simultaneously.
Because all three sections — verbal, numerical, and abstract — sit inside one continuous 12-minute test rather than three separately-timed tests, the biggest practical challenge candidates report isn't any single section's difficulty but the mental gear-change required moving from one section to the next with no pause in between. A candidate who's built genuine speed on word analogies still has to immediately switch into number-sequence mode, then immediately switch again into shape-pattern mode, all inside the same sitting. Practising the three question types back to back, in the same 12-minute block, rather than only drilling each type in isolation, is what actually rehearses this switching cost — isolated section practice builds the individual skills but not the specific fatigue of moving between them without a break.
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