HireVue games / Pathfinder
HireVue Pathfinder practice
Slide the blocks into the empty spaces until one unbroken path joins the two fixed ends.
One full free game, then a pass for unlimited practice. Built from recordings that candidates made of the real test (NATO, PwC and Shell, 2021 to 2025). Screens, colours and wording are ours.
How Pathfinder works
- The two end blocks and any grey blocks do not move.
- Tap a block next to an empty space to slide it in. If it has two empty neighbours, tap the block, then the space.
- The level is done as soon as the path joins both ends.
- Boards start at 3 by 3 and grow to 4 by 4 with fixed blocks.
Time and scoring
5 minutes. In recordings of the real test, a right answer moves you up two levels and a miss or a timeout drops you one. Practice uses the same rule, so a run of right answers quickly reaches hard levels. Levels are long, about a minute each.
Tips
- Trace the path backwards from the far end to see which pieces you need where.
- Park pieces you do not need in corners away from the route.
- Count moves: on small boards the answer is rarely more than a handful of slides.
Questions
Is every board solvable?
Yes. Ours are made by scrambling a solved board with legal slides, so a solution always exists.
Why 5 minutes?
The research paper and recordings both give Pathfinder five minutes, longer than the other games.
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