Civil Service Fast Stream online tests

Prepare for the Civil Service Fast Stream online assessment with our practice tests. Timed tests, step-by-step solutions and detailed score reports.

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Civil Service Fast Stream online aptitude tests

About the Civil Service Fast Stream

The Civil Service Fast Stream is the UK government's graduate leadership programme. Fast streamers are permanent civil servants. Over three to four years they move between postings in different government departments, usually spending about a year in each, and many schemes include a professional qualification.

The programme is run by the Cabinet Office. It has 18 schemes, and applicants can choose up to three. Most schemes accept graduates with a 2:2 or above in any subject. For the 2026 intake the Fast Stream received 69,046 applications and recommended 703 people for appointment, and it was ranked first in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers for 2026-27.

Programme profile

  • Run by: Cabinet Office
  • Schemes: 18, with up to three choices per applicant
  • Starting salary: £31,554 (2027 entry)
  • Applications: 69,046 (2026 intake)
  • Recommended for appointment: 703 (2026 intake)

Profile figures as last updated in October 2026. The company's own reports have the current ones.

Civil Service Fast Stream practice tests

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  • Dan Morgan, Bristol

    Revolut

    Revolut ops role had a logical test. Did the inductive and diagrammatic ones here for a week. Passed first go. Decent price too.

  • Chiara

    Good. Sometimes the explanation is a bit short for the harder questions but you can usually work it out from the steps given.

  • William Hartley

    DB numerical

    Deutsche Bank numerical test passed. The practice tests here are a close match in difficulty and the timer got me used to the pace. Reports after each test are detailed.

  • Sana

    Best numerical practice ive found and I tried 3 sites. The solutions show the quickest method not just the correct one.

  • Felix Baumann, Berlin

    BMW

    Good preparation for the BMW online assessment, the numerical and inductive parts in particular. The real one had an English language section which obviously this doesn't cover. Still good.

  • Ravi Chandran, Coventry

    Philips graduate programme. Inductive reasoning section is what I came for. Six inductive and six diagrammatic tests here, did each twice. Real test was the same flavour of pattern questions. Through to the next round.

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What to expect from the Civil Service Fast Stream assessment

How the company hires, which tests to expect, how they are scored and how to prepare for them.

How does the Civil Service Fast Stream hire?

The Civil Service Fast Stream hires in five stages, and the online tests are the second, straight after your application. Three more stages follow for the people who get through.

The tests are the one stage with nobody on the other side: a score decides who goes through. They are also the one stage you can rehearse beforehand, which is what the rest of this page is for.

What happens at each stage, the interviews and the assessment centre included, is on our page about the Civil Service Fast Stream recruitment process.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the Civil Service Fast Stream, and our practice tests are not its own.

Which tests does the Civil Service Fast Stream use?

Expect a numerical and a verbal reasoning test: they are the pair most large employers set. Many add a logical test, a situational judgement test or a personality questionnaire, and technical roles often bring a mechanical test.

We do not know the exact set the Civil Service Fast Stream will send you: it changes with the role you applied for, and from one intake to the next. Your invitation email names each test and its publisher, so read it before you start practising. Our six packages cover every one of these kinds, and our page about the Civil Service Fast Stream psychometric tests goes through each, the personality questionnaire included.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the Civil Service Fast Stream, and our practice tests are not its own.

How are Civil Service Fast Stream tests scored?

Your raw score is turned into a percentile: your place among everyone who has taken that test. A percentile of 80 means you did better than 80 in every 100 candidates in the comparison group. Employers rarely publish the percentile they cut at, and we do not know the one the Civil Service Fast Stream uses.

Because the scale is relative, a couple more right answers near the middle of the group move you a long way up it. Our report gives you a percentile after every practice test, so you can watch yours climb.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with the Civil Service Fast Stream, and our practice tests are not its own.

How do you prepare for Civil Service Fast Stream tests?

Take as many practice tests as you can, and change the settings as you go. Start with the solutions showing, so every question you miss is explained on the spot.

Then switch the timer on, take away the option to skip, and add negative marking, so a wrong guess costs you a mark. After a few tests like that, the real Civil Service Fast Stream test is one more run of something you have already done.

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Most likely a numerical and a verbal reasoning test, the pair most large employers set. Some roles add a logical test, a situational judgement test or a personality questionnaire. We do not know the exact set at the Civil Service Fast Stream, so go by your invitation email, which names each test and its publisher.

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