motionChallenge is the Aon test about planning ahead. Learn the published facts, then work an original puzzle with a verified minimum solution.
Aon lists motionChallenge as a Complex Planning Capability test with a 6-minute time limit, where you finish as many puzzles as you can. It measures planning ahead and overcoming barriers between a given state and a desired state. Aon has not published the exact screen design, so the puzzle on this page is our own invention.
Aon's wording is compact: plan ahead and overcome barriers between a given state and a desired state. Each phrase tells you something about the task.
There is no published pass mark. Employers decide how they use the result, and that varies by role and year.
This is an original sliding puzzle, not an Aon item. The goal is to get the ball O out through the exit on the right of row B. A move means sliding one piece, in its own direction, by any number of squares. The blocks X, Y and Z slide only up and down; the ball slides only along its row.
1 2 3 4 A . . Y . B O X Y Z → exit C . X . Z D . . . .
The useful lesson is not the answer but the order of thought. Look first for the piece with the fewest options (Y), because it constrains everything else.
| Mistake | What it looks like | Better habit |
|---|---|---|
| Trial and error | Dragging pieces to see what happens | Spend five seconds planning; random moves rarely beat a short plan. |
| Chasing the shortest route | Optimising to the last move on every puzzle | A slightly longer correct route is fine unless the instructions reward move count. Whether they do is not publicly confirmed. |
| Undoing your own progress | Moving a piece you already cleared | Keep a mental list of what is fixed and leave it alone. |
| Ignoring easy early puzzles | Rushing the opening ones and slipping | Early puzzles buy confidence and banked points, so execute them cleanly. |
| Staring at a stuck puzzle | Spending half the test on one board | If a board stalls for too long, restart your plan from the goal rather than your last move. |
Aon states that you finish as many puzzles as you can, with no fixed task count published. A workable approach is to treat the first minute as a calibration: complete one or two boards at a careful pace, notice how long a typical board takes you, and hold that speed.
Practise with a timer set to six minutes and count completed puzzles, not clock watching. Aon also notes that a timed test cannot be paused once started, so find a quiet slot and silence your phone before you begin. The untimed example exercises that Aon provides at the start are the right place to learn the controls.
Planning puzzles of this kind are closest to ReasonEra's game-based and diagrammatic question types. Take a screenshot of a practice board from a free puzzle source, attempt it yourself, then use Tutor Explanation to compare your route with a step-by-step one. Studying why a plan works helps more than seeing the answer.
You get 3 free trials with a free account, and a 14-Day Pass costs 49 € for unlimited use during 14 days. Combine it with timed practice on structured items like those in the free tests below.
Publishers update their tests and employers swap providers, so double-check the specifics before you plan around them.
This tool is meant for the weeks before an assessment, but conditions for a real test are set by the employer and are often strict, so read your invitation and keep ReasonEra for preparation.
It is a Complex Planning Capability test on Aon's candidate preparation page. You have 6 minutes to finish as many puzzles as you can, and it measures planning ahead and overcoming barriers between a given and a desired state.
Aon lists 6 minutes to complete. The number of puzzles is not fixed in the published description.
Some candidates describe it that way, but Aon has not published the screen design, so that is unconfirmed. Planning backwards from the goal is a sound skill whatever the exact layout.
Aon says that on performance tests points are usually added for correct answers and deducted for incorrect ones. How that applies to this specific test is not publicly confirmed.
Work through sliding-block, route and sequencing puzzles under a six-minute timer, and review your errors afterwards. Free planning puzzles and the structured practice tests on ReasonEra both help build the habit.
Upload it, read the explanation, and try a similar one yourself. The free trials cover your first few.
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