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The aim of this study is to investigate the problems posed by elementary school mathematics teacher candidates in the context of cognitive demand levels. The research was conducted using document analysis, the qualitative research methods. The sample consists of 44 teacher candidates who are taking an undergraduate course on problem posing. The data consists of the problems posed by the pre-service teachers in a four-week period. As a result of the research, pre-service teachers posed problems mostly at the 8th grade level, in the field of learning numbers and operations and at the 3rd cognitive demand level. In 23 of these 87 problems, the cognitive demand levels determined by the teacher candidates and the researcher were inconsistent. Suggestions were given to the pre-service teachers to provide training on determining the cognitive levels of the problems and writing problems with a high cognitive level so that they could examine the problems they posed according to their cognitive demand levels.