What to look for in a free CASPer practice test

A useful CASPer practice test needs to reflect the current format and timings, cover the right types of scenarios, and give you meaningful feedback on your responses. Without those three things, you can put in a lot of practice time and still not know whether you are improving. This article covers what to look for and what is actually available for free.

What the current CASPer format looks like

As of the 2025-2026 cycle, CASPer has 11 scenarios, 4 video and 7 typed, each with 2 questions. Typed responses give you 3 minutes 30 seconds for both questions combined. Video responses give you 1 minute per question. Any practice resource that uses different timings, a different number of scenarios, or an older question format is not giving you an accurate simulation of the real test.

The questions themselves matter too. CASPer scenarios are designed to assess nine specific aspects: collaboration, communication, empathy, ethics, fairness, motivation, problem-solving, resilience, and self-awareness. Good practice scenarios should cover these aspects and present the kind of realistic interpersonal and ethical situations that CASPer actually uses. Generic scenarios that do not reflect these qualities are less useful, because the test is specifically probing how you think and respond in situations that involve these characteristics.

What Acuity Insights offers for free

Acuity Insights, the company that runs CASPer, provides a free full-length practice test through their platform. It reflects the current format and gives you a realistic feel for the interface, timing, and test conditions. The significant limitation is that it comes with no feedback. You can complete the full test and walk away with no information about how your responses actually performed. For familiarizing yourself with the format before test day, it is worth doing. As a preparation tool on its own, it is not enough.

The Response Method practice test

The Response Method full CASPer practice test is also free to take. It mirrors the real test structure, 11 scenarios, both video and typed sections, timed to match actual test conditions, and no account is required. The difference from the Acuity test is that one response is scored and evaluated with evaluator-style feedback so you can see how you are actually performing, not just what the test feels like.

After completing the full test, you also have the option to purchase a full feedback report for $29, which covers all 22 responses with written feedback and scores. But the test itself is free, and even without the report, going through a complete timed sitting tells you a lot about your pacing and how you hold up across eleven back-to-back scenarios.

What to look for if you use other resources

There are other CASPer prep resources online, some free, some paid. When evaluating them, the most important questions are whether the timings match the current format, whether the scenarios cover the nine CASPer aspects, and whether there is any feedback mechanism. A list of sample scenarios with no feedback will tell you very little about whether your approach is working. Reading model answers is useful for understanding what a strong response looks like, but it does not build the habit of producing one under time pressure.

Also be cautious of resources that present CASPer as a test with correct answers. There is almost never a single correct response. What evaluators are assessing is how you think, not whether you arrived at a specific conclusion.

How to use free practice well

Free practice is most useful when you treat it as a diagnostic rather than a completion exercise. Pay attention to what your responses consistently do and consistently miss. Do you jump to action before acknowledging the people involved? Do your video responses lose structure halfway through? Do you explain what you would do but not why? These patterns are what determine your quartile, and identifying them early makes every subsequent practice scenario more targeted and more useful.