WHAT IS THE CASPER TEST? IT IS A COMPUTER BASED SAMPLING OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
AS PART OF THE ALTUS SUITE ASSESSMENT, ALONG WITH THE SNAPSHOT AND THE DUET, CASPER IS
SOMETIMES USED BY PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS TO EVALUATE APPLICANTS' NON-COGNITIVE ABILITIES.
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH MULTIPLE MINI INTERVIEWS, IT IS EASIER TO IMAGINE THE CASPER TEST AS
AN ONLINE, WRITTEN MMI. CASPER QUESTIONS CONSIST OF WRITTEN OR VIDEO
PROMPTS OR SCENARIOS, AND THEN YOU ARE TYPICALLY ASKED ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CASE, HOW
YOU MIGHT RESOLVE THE SITUATION, OR EVEN HOW YOUR PERSPECTIVE WOULD CHANGE IF ONE OF THE
VARIABLES WAS DIFFERENT. OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE TYPED IN A LIMITED NUMBER OF
CHARACTERS AND IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. IN THIS VIDEO, WE’LL SHARE OUR TIPS TO HELP
YOU ACE THE CASPER TEST! HI! I’M NATALIE STOBERMAN AND I’M AN ADMISSIONS
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WHAT WE ARE GOING TO COVER: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CASPER TEST
HOW TO PREPARE: READING UP ON HEADLINES, DEBATES, AND HOT TOPICS
UNDERSTAND CASPER TEST TIMING LEARN HOW THE CASPER TEST IS EVALUATED
HOW TO ANSWER CASPER QUESTIONS HOW IS THE CASPER TEST SCORED?
REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND EXPERT RESPONSES PRACTICING WITH REALISTIC SIMULATIONS
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THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CASPER TEST AT ITS CORE, THE CASPER TEST IS AN ONLINE
SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT TEST CLAIMED TO EVALUATE AN APPLICANT’S QUALITATIVE OR “SOFT”
SKILLS, SUCH AS PROFESSIONALISM, MATURITY, AND COMMUNICATION. OFTENTIMES, CASPER IS USED
AS AN INTERMEDIARY OR ADDITIONAL STEP BETWEEN APPLICATION AND LATER IN-PERSON INTERVIEWS,
ALLOWING THE ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE A CANDIDATE’S LIKELY SUITABILITY FOR THE
COURSE OF STUDY AND PROFESSION… EVALUATIONS LIKE THE CASPER TEST ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW
STUDENTS TO PROVIDE CRUCIAL INSIGHTS INTO THEIR OWN PRIORITIES, VALUES, AND INTERPERSONAL
SKILLS, SO THAT THESE CAN BE CONSIDERED ALONGSIDE THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS. IN FACT, CASPER
HAS BEEN SHOWN TO COUNT FOR UP TO 1/3 OF AN APPLICANT'S PRE-INTERVIEW SCORE, MEANING THAT
EFFECTIVE CASPER TEST PREP IS ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL FOR PERFORMING WELL AND GETTING AN INTERVIEW!
IN TAKING THE CASPER TEST, YOU WILL BE PRESENTED WITH 12 PROMPTS, ONE AT A TIME, AND YOU WILL
HAVE TO RESPOND TO A SET OF THREE QUESTIONS RELATED TO EACH PROMPT. THE PROMPTS ARE PRESENTED
IN EITHER VIDEO OR TEXT FORMAT, AND ARE OFTEN BASED ON THOUGHT-PROVOKING, REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS,
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, AND HOT TOPICS IN YOUR FIELD, AND THE ASSOCIATED QUESTIONS OFFER
YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE KEY QUALITIES SOUGHT IN PROFESSIONALS IN YOUR DISCIPLINE.
NOTE THAT, WHILE THE CASPER TEST IS INTENDED TO GAUGE CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS IN EVALUATING
APPLICANTS IN SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES, THE PROMPTS THEMSELVES ARE NOT NECESSARILY BASED EXCLUSIVELY
ON INFORMATION IN THOSE DISCIPLINES. RATHER, THE PROMPTS AND QUESTIONS COULD BE RELATED
TO ANY REAL-LIFE ACTIVITY, SUCH AS INCIDENTS WITNESSED OR EXPERIENCED IN EVERYDAY LIFE...
EVEN IF YOU DO GET A QUESTION RELATED TO YOUR FIELD, IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU YOURSELF
ARE NOT YET A PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL, SO SPECIALIZED OR ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIELD
ARE NOT REQUIRED. THEY SIMPLY WANT TO SEE YOUR PRIORITIES, INITIAL REACTIONS, AND TENDENCIES
IN RESPONDING TO CHALLENGING SCENARIOS. HOW TO PREPARE: READ UP ON HEADLINES, DEBATES,
AND HOT TOPICS AS AN INITIAL STEP, YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR CASPER
PREP BY READING NEWS ARTICLES, SO YOU ARE UP-TO-DATE WITH CURRENT EVENTS, OR BY PAYING
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO PATIENT CASES, COURT RULINGS, OR OTHER HEADLINES THAT ARE RELATED
TO YOUR FUTURE PROFESSION... YOU CAN ALSO, AS PART OF YOUR EARLY PREPARATION, BEGIN REVIEWING
ETHICS. AND, OF COURSE, SINCE CASPER IS A TEST OF YOUR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, SPEND
SOME TIME REFLECTING ON YOUR OWN PAST EXPERIENCES AND HOW THEY HAVE HELPED YOU DEVELOP CERTAIN
NON-COGNITIVE SKILLS SUCH AS HAVING THE CAPACITY TO PROBLEM-SOLVE, RESOLVE CONFLICTS, OR COLLABORATE
WITH OTHERS. CASPER WILL NOT USE PROMPTS THAT EXACTLY MIRROR YOUR PAST PERSONAL EXPERIENCES,
BUT BY GOING THROUGH THE REFLECTING PROCESS OF CONTEMPLATING YOUR PAST EXPERIENCES, YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND THE PROMPTS YOU
ARE GIVEN, AND THUS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FORMULATE A RESPONSE QUICKLY AND APPROPRIATELY.
UNDERSTAND CASPER TEST TIMING ONE KEY AREA WHERE THE CASPER TEST DIFFERS
FROM THE MMI IS IN THE TIMING. IT IS LIKE AN MMI WITHOUT BEING GIVEN TIME TO PREPARE
YOUR RESPONSES AND WITH LESS TIME TO STATE YOUR ANSWER. YOU WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES TO TYPE
ANSWERS FOR THE THREE QUESTIONS PRESENTED IN EACH STATION. SO THE TIME PRESSURE IS PRETTY
BIG, BUT THERE ARE STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THIS… PREPARE YOURSELF AS BEST YOU CAN.
MANAGE YOUR ANXIETIES ON TEST DAY AND KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU. FOCUS ON THE QUALITY
– NOT QUANTITY – OF YOUR RESPONSE. BONUS TIP: FEELING UNSURE ABOUT YOUR ABILITY
TO TYPE QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY? SEARCH ONLINE FOR FREE PROGRAMS TO HELP IMPROVE YOUR TYPING
SPEED! LEARN HOW THE CASPER TEST IS EVALUATED
YOU MIGHT HEAR THAT THERE ARE NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS ON A CASPER TEST. IS IT REALLY
THAT AMBIGUOUS? NOT REALLY. CASPER RATERS DO NOT HAVE AN ANSWER KEY, SO THERE IS TECHNICALLY
NO SINGLE “RIGHT” ANSWER. INSTEAD, RESPONSES ARE ANALYZED TO SEE IF THEY REFLECT THE QUALITIES
OF A GOOD, MORAL PROFESSIONAL. THERE ARE OFTEN A FEW REASONABLE RESPONSES TO A GIVEN SCENARIO.
NO ANSWER IS TRULY WRONG, EITHER. HOWEVER, THERE ARE RESPONSES THAT EITHER DO NOT REFLECT
GOOD PERSONAL OR PROFESSIONAL QUALITIES OR ARE INAPPROPRIATE. SO IF YOU WOULD NOT SHARE
YOUR ANSWER IN A FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW, YOU ARE ON THE WRONG TRACK WITH YOUR RESPONSE;
IF YOU CANNOT IMAGINE A PROFESSIONAL SAYING IT, DON’T SAY IT. ANSWERS THAT ARE POORLY
COMPOSED OR DEMONSTRATE LIMITED UNDERSTANDING AND REASONING WILL SCORE POORLY. ANSWERS THAT
ARE UNPROFESSIONAL CAN RESULT IN A RED FLAG FOR AN ENTIRE TEST.
THE CASPER TEST IS MARKED ON A NUMERICAL SCALE THAT REFLECTS HOW WELL YOUR RESPONSE EITHER
MEETS, DOES NOT MEET THE ASSESSORS’ EXPECTATIONS, AND EACH STATION HAS 3 QUESTIONS AND IS RATED
ON A SCALE OF 9. SIMPLY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS IS LIKELY ENOUGH TO RECEIVE AN AVERAGE SCORE.
HOWEVER, AVERAGE SCORES FOR ALL YOUR RESPONSES ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SUCCEED. TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS,
YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT REASONING FOR HOW AND WHY YOU FORMULATED YOUR DECISION
THROUGH AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STYLE. IT’S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO SCORE WELL, AND THIS
CAN BE DONE WITH PREPARATION AND PRACTICE. HOW TO ANSWER CASPER QUESTIONS
LET’S EXPLORE SOME OF THE THINGS THE CASPER TEST RATERS ARE LOOKING FOR IN REVIEWING YOUR
ANSWERS... IN EACH RESPONSE TO THE PROMPT, EVALUATORS ARE TRAINED TO MARK BASED ON THE
FOLLOWING: HOW MANY OF THE KEY IDEAS IN THE PROMPT YOU
HAVE IDENTIFIED WHETHER YOU HAVE ISOLATED THE KEY PRESSING
ISSUES AND ADDRESSED THIS MATURELY AND PROFESSIONALLY WHETHER YOU ARE OBJECTIVE, NON-JUDGMENTAL,
PROFESSIONAL, MINDFUL, COMPASSIONATE, AND DIPLOMATIC, AND WHETHER YOU’VE CARRIED OVER
ANY ASSUMPTIONS FROM THE PROMPT… OR, BETTER YET, WHETHER YOU HAVE QUESTIONED SUCH ASSUMPTIONS
AND APPLIED CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN EXPLORING THE SCENARIO...
YOUR ABILITY TO AVOID A BIASED, ONE-SIDED RESPONSE AND TO CONSIDER MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES
WHETHER YOU DEMONSTRATE CONSISTENT MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES, AND WHETHER YOUR ADHERENCE
TO SUCH VALUES IS MAINTAINED UNDER PRESSURE... YOUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE CLEAR, CONCISE ANSWERS,
DEMONSTRATING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS WHETHER YOUR RESPONSE FEELS SCRIPTED, INSINCERE,
OR “CANNED”... OR WHETHER IT IS AUTHENTIC AND GENUINE
WHETHER YOU PURSUE POSITIVE RESOLUTION TO CONFLICT, OR WHETHER YOU BACK AWAY FROM CONFLICT
OR ACT AS A BYSTANDER..V AND IF YOUR RESPONSE MANAGES TO DO ALL OF
THESE THINGS IT WILL LIKELY RECEIVE STRONG MARKS IN THE EVALUATION…
HOW IS THE CASPER TEST SCORED? AT THIS POINT THAT MANY STUDENTS GET NERVOUS.
BECAUSE NOW THAT YOU’VE SEEN HOW THE CASPER TEST IS SCORED, YOU’VE SEEN A LONG LIST
OF THINGS TO CONSIDER AND ALSO KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES OR LESS TO PUT AN ANSWER
TOGETHER THAT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR EACH STATION... IF YOU’VE BEEN A STUDENT FOR A WHILE AND
HAVE TAKEN MANY TESTS, IT WOULD SEEM LOGICAL THAT, WITH EACH STATION HAVING 3 QUESTIONS
AND A TOTAL OF 9 POSSIBLE POINTS FOR THE STATION, EACH OF THOSE 3 QUESTIONS WOULD BE WORTH 3
POINTS... HOWEVER, IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED, THAT THIS IS NOT HOW THE CASPER TEST IS SCORED...
RATHER, EACH STATION IS EVALUATED AS A WHOLE OUT OF 9... REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY QUESTIONS
ARE ANSWERED. SO EVEN IF YOU LEAVE A QUESTION COMPLETELY BLANK, YOU WILL NOT NECESSARILY
LOSE POINTS… IT IS ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EXCELLENT SCORE EVEN IF ONLY TWO
QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED… REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND EXPERT RESPONSES
NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT QUESTIONS THEY WILL RECEIVE ON THE ACTUAL CASPER TEST, BUT REVIEWING
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND EXPERT RESPONSES WILL HELP YOU INTERNALIZE THE WORKINGS OF STRONG,
EFFECTIVE RESPONSES. EVEN IF YOU DON’T ACTUALLY GET QUESTIONS ON THE CASPER TEST SIMILAR TO
YOUR PRACTICE TEST YOU WILL STILL HAVE THE QUALITIES AND THE STRUCTURES TO MAKE YOUR
ANSWERS YOUR OWN... WHILE IT’S HIGHLY UNLIKELY YOU WILL ACTUALLY
GET THE QUESTIONS YOU REVIEW ON THE TEST ITSELF, YOU WILL BE FORTIFIED BY STRUCTURES, TENDENCIES,
QUALITIES, AND APPROACHES FOR STRONG ANSWERS, AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO MAKE THOSE STRUCTURES,
TENDENCIES, QUALITIES, AND APPROACHES YOUR OWN.
REMEMBER, THE POINT IS NOT TO MEMORIZE CONTENT IN REVIEWING SUCH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; THE
POINT IS TO DEVELOP A PARTICULAR SET OF TOOLS FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN A WAY THAT IS MEANINGFUL
FOR, AND REFLECTIVE OF, YOU AND YOUR OWN UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS.
PRACTICE WITH REALISTIC SIMULATIONS IT’S ONE THING TO REVIEW PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND EXPERT RESPONSES; IT’S QUITE ANOTHER TO ACTUALLY PRACTICE IN TEST-LIKE CONDITIONS.
SO, WHILE YOU’LL WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH QUESTION AND ANSWER
TYPES, YOU’LL NEED TO MOVE FROM THAT TO REALISTIC SIMULATIONS THAT ARE TIMED, AND
THAT HAVE BOTH VIDEO- AND TEXT-BASED STATIONS, SO THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO DEVELOP FAMILIARITY
WITH THE ACTUAL TEST-TAKING CONDITIONS. AT BEMO, OUR CASPER TEST PREP PROGRAMS PROVIDE
EXACTLY THAT: REALISTIC SIMULATIONS THAT MIMIC ACTUAL TEST CONDITIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE,
SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO PREPARE FOR CASPER. THIS REALISTIC CASPER TEST PREP IS ABOUT MORE
THAN JUST GETTING THE METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES DOWN… IT’S ALSO ABOUT KNOWING WHAT TO
EXPECT. FEELING COMFORTABLE IN THE TEST ENVIRONMENT WILL HELP MITIGATE NERVOUSNESS, STRESS, AND
ANXIETY THAT COMES WITH TAKING TESTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE, LIKE THE CASPER
TEST. GET EXPERT, ONE-ON-ONE FEEDBACK
ANYONE CAN TRY TO WATCH AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE AND TRY TO MIMIC THEIR MOVEMENTS TO MAKE THEIR
PRACTICE BETTER… BUT WITHOUT HAVING AN EXPERT WATCHING WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND IDENTIFYING
THINGS YOU MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE YOU’RE DOING… YOU CAN ONLY GO SO FAR...
THIS IS APPLICABLE IN NEARLY ANY CONTEXT WHERE MASTERY IS PURSUED. IF WE’RE NOT CONSULTING
WITH PROFESSIONALS, WHO CAN GIVE US AN OBJECTIVE EVALUATION OF OUR WORK, WE’RE LIKELY TO
PRACTICE IMPERFECTLY, AND ONLY PERFECT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. THIS IS WHY OUR ONE-ON-ONE
CASPER TEST PREP CONSULTATIONS ARE SO HIGHLY SOUGHT, HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, AND HIGHLY RATED!
OUR EXPERTS ARE DEDICATED TO YOUR SUCCESS – IT’S LITERALLY OUR JOB! WE ARE ALL PASSIONATE,
PRACTICING PROFESSIONALS IN RELEVANT FIELDS, AND WE WANT YOU TO DO WELL. OUR CASPER TEST
PREP FEEDBACK SESSIONS SHOW YOU HOW TO PREPARE FOR CASPER, BY ALLOWING OUR EXPERTS TO REVIEW
YOUR ANSWERS, HIGHLIGHT EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE DOING WELL AND WHAT STILL NEEDS WORK, AND
HELP YOU IDENTIFY ERRORS OR WEAKNESSES YOU MAY NOT SEE YOURSELF, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE
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