Graduates First vs HireVueGames: Named-Game Practice or Broader Assessment Prep?

Short answer: choose HireVueGames when your invitation names a specific HireVue-style game and you want direct format practice. Consider Graduates First when you want broader game-based assessment training across providers, value lifetime access, or already receive the platform through your university.

These products overlap, but they are not interchangeable. One is organized around named HireVue-style formats; the other teaches transferable skills through its own general game-based assessments.

Public product information was verified on 4 August 2026. Prices, promotions and institutional packages can change.

At a Glance

What HireVueGames Includes

HireVueGames offers independent practice for 13 named formats. A candidate can open the exact game page, read the rule, try one sample for free and then use full timed sessions or mixed mock tests on a paid plan.

This is useful when the invitation is specific. If it names Numerosity or Shapedance, the preparation route is visible without translating a generic skills exercise into the expected interaction.

The limitation is equally clear: it is not a broad graduate-test library. Candidates who also need numerical reasoning, situational judgement, verbal tests or several non-HireVue providers may need another product.

Browse the named games or review current pricing.

What Graduates First Includes

Graduates First's current Game-Based Assessments Practice product lists eight unique assessments:

• BART;
• Cognition-A;
• Cognition-M;
• i-EQ;
• MTA-Tray;
• MathBubbles;
• Flanker; and
• PassCode.

The product describes interactive assessments, worked solutions, timed practice, progress tracking, benchmarking and tips. It states that the practice is useful for HireVue and other providers, but also explains that it is not provider-specific and may not reflect the exact appearance of a particular test.

That disclosure defines the product's real strength: transferable game-assessment familiarity rather than a claim to reproduce every named HireVue format.

The public page displayed £26.95 with lifetime access when reviewed. Because it also showed a crossed-out higher price, treat £26.95 as a current promotion rather than a permanent price.

Direct Format Match Versus Transferable Skills

Choose direct format practice when you know the game name. A candidate expecting Digitspan benefits from practising the recall direction, sequence entry and timing rather than only doing a general memory task.

Choose broad skill practice when the provider or task is uncertain, several assessment vendors appear across your applications, or you want to work on attention, inhibition, memory and decision-making through varied mechanics.

This distinction prevents a common buying mistake: treating every game-based assessment as the same product because two tasks use colours, shapes or timers.

Access and Price

HireVueGames uses time-based Premium plans and provides one free sample for every supported format. The shortest paid period is currently one month at $9.99.

Graduates First advertises lifetime access to its game-based assessment product at a displayed promotional price of £26.95. Lifetime access may be attractive for candidates applying across several recruitment cycles.

Students should first check their university careers portal. Graduates First promotes institutional access, and an existing university licence may remove the need for a direct purchase. Confirm which modules your institution provides because package contents can vary.

Feedback and Benchmarking

HireVueGames feedback focuses on practice accuracy, response time, levels, session history and mixed mock-test reports. Graduates First describes progress tracking, benchmarking and worked solutions across its own assessments.

Benchmarking can provide context, but it still does not reveal an employer's official HireVue decision rule. A percentile or practice score belongs to the practice provider's own users, tasks and conditions.

Use the report to find an action, not to predict a hiring result. See what HireVue game practice scores can and cannot tell you.

Which One Should You Choose?

Choose HireVueGames if:

• your invitation names one of the 13 supported game formats;
• you want a free playable sample before purchasing;
• you want repeated practice on the same interaction; or
• you want to combine named games into a timed sequence.

Consider Graduates First if:

• you are preparing for game-based assessments from several providers;
• you value broad transferable skills over exact named-format matching;
• lifetime access is more useful than a short preparation period; or
• your university already provides access.

Use both selectively if:

• institutional access makes Graduates First available at no extra cost; and
• you still need a focused sample for a named HireVue-style game.

Do not duplicate hours without a purpose. Broad practice should identify a skill weakness; focused practice should then address the actual task mechanics.

Evidence Limits

This comparison uses public product descriptions and does not claim complete access to every private dashboard or institutional package. Verify the live offer before paying.

Neither product is official HireVue preparation. Similar mechanics can build familiarity, but they do not disclose proprietary HireVue items, employer settings, official scoring or hiring decisions.

Sources and Verification

• HireVueGames supported practice games
• HireVueGames pricing
• Graduates First Game-Based Assessments Practice
• Graduates First HireVue practice overview

Disclosure: HireVueGames publishes this page and competes with Graduates First for some assessment-preparation searches. We distinguish named-format practice from broad game training, link to Graduates First's own product pages, and do not declare an overall winner. HireVueGames is not affiliated with or endorsed by HireVue or Graduates First.