Updated October 2026 · Format researched 4 October 2026 · Mercer | Mettl
Mercer | Mettl sells an abstract reasoning test as part of its cognitive catalogue, used heavily in Indian and Asian campus hiring. Each item shows geometric shapes in eight cells of a 3×3 matrix and asks for the ninth; the rules run horizontally or vertically and there can be more than one. The catalogue lists a 30-minute duration.
Mettl's own catalogue gives two different question counts for the same product (20 and 23) and lets employers choose easy, medium or hard content, so this page does not state a count. The number of answer choices is not published either.
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| Questions | Not published |
| Time | 30 minutes (reported by the publisher, not independently confirmed) |
| Adaptive | Not published |
| Answer choices | Not published |
| Clock | Catalogue lists a 30-minute duration. Whole-test versus per-item clock mechanics not explicitly established. |
Eight populated cells, one empty, a row of candidate figures. Infer the horizontal rule, infer the vertical rule, find the one option that satisfies both. The eight filled cells are not eight answer choices — a confusion that appears on some prep sites.
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Mettl does not publish a raw-to-scale conversion, norms, negative marking or a pass threshold for this product. Reports go to the employer, who sets the bar. Treat any "good score" figure you find elsewhere as that site's guess.
The free test below gives ten 3×3 matrices with six choices and 90 seconds each. Six is our choice — Mettl does not publish the count — and the pace matches 20 items in 30 minutes.
Mettl's catalogue lists both 20 and 23 for the English Global version, and other counts for regional variants. Your invitation is the only reliable source.
The catalogue lists 30 minutes.
The product is listed as the Mettl abstract reasoning test; the MTAR acronym appears on prep sites, not in Mettl's own naming that we could find.
Where a value above is marked as reported or inferred, the publisher has not confirmed it. Nothing on this page reproduces a test item.
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