Arctic Shores tasks / Direction
Arctic Shores Direction practice
Arrows flash up; press Q if the middle one points left and P if it points right. A cross means press nothing.
One full free game, then a Arctic Shores pass ($4.99 for 30 days, paid once) for unlimited practice. Built from Arctic Shores' candidate help pages and the account of a candidate who took the real assessment three times (PwC, KPMG and HSBC apprenticeships), checked against what other practice sites report. No recording of the real test is public; screens and wording are ours.
How Direction works
- Arctic Shores' help pages confirm the keys: Q when the arrow in the centre points left, P when it points right. Clicking with the mouse does not count.
- The arrows around the middle one may point the same way, the other way, or be dashes. Ignore them all.
- When a cross appears you press nothing. Candidates describe it either in the middle or all around the arrow; practice uses both.
- Each set shows only briefly and the pace picks up. Some sets show three rows; the middle arrow of the middle row is the one that counts.
Time and scoring
About 2 minutes. Arctic Shores does not publish how tasks are scored and says there is no right way to approach them. Practice shows the raw measures a task like this records, so you can see how you play; it is not your real result.
Tips
- Rest a finger on Q and one on P before you start, so answering is a reflex rather than a decision.
- Fix your eyes on the centre of the screen and leave them there.
- If you miss one, drop it at once. The candidate who took it says recovering on the next set mattered more than a perfect run.
Questions
Which keys does Arctic Shores Direction use?
Q for left and P for right, as Arctic Shores' own help page says. Arrow keys work in our practice too, but use Q and P to get used to the real thing.
How many arrows are there?
Candidates say somewhere between 60 and 100, done in one to two minutes. The exact number is not public; practice uses 80.