How do you prepare for a Cappfinity assessment?

Cappfinity treats a strength as a skill you perform well, use often and enjoy, and it measures both your capability and your motivation.¹ You cannot cram for that, but you can get clear on it before the clock starts.

Cappfinity suggests reflecting on a few questions: what friends and family know you for, what you truly enjoy and what you are like at your best, which achievements you are proudest of and how you got there, and which tasks sit on your to-do list for a long time and why.¹ Write two or three lines for each. They become the raw material for strengths questions and for any written or video answers.

On the day, behavioral questions are untimed apart from video and written responses. Read each scenario and every option, answer the way you would naturally act, and do not try to guess what the employer wants.¹ Cappfinity's free Starter Profile gives you a quick outside view of your own strengths if you want one.¹

Cappfinity typically assesses critical, numerical, verbal and diagrammatic reasoning. Numerical questions are job-related calculations, so keep a calculator, pen and paper at hand. Some cognitive sections are time-recorded, meaning the time you take may count, and in that case Cappfinity advises working quickly and accurately.¹ Use the practice questions on the hub to see the formats first.

If your assessment includes video answers, you get a chance to test your microphone and webcam before any assessed question. Find somewhere quiet, check what is visible behind you, and treat it like an in-person interview.¹ Strengths-based interviews focus on your potential and what motivates you rather than only on past experience.¹

Scenario-based assessments are where firm research helps. Credera's Cappfinity assessment for its US intern and graduate hiring uses challenges drawn from real Credera workplace situations, giving applicants a preview of the job.² Read the firm's description of the role before you start, so the scenarios feel familiar.

Cappfinity recommends a desktop where possible, the latest version of Google Chrome and a stable, quiet connection. You are told in advance if a camera or microphone is needed. Most untimed assessments let you leave and come back, but one sitting per assessment is the recommendation.¹

If you need an adjustment, such as extra time, try the practice section first to see which formats affect you, then contact the employer; Cappfinity lists additional time and question provision among possible adjustments.¹

Cappfinity has a US office in Houston.³ Among the US firms Intervyo covers, Latham & Watkins points law students to an interview preparation site run by Cappfinity, where you can register to get feedback; Latham itself does not see your personal data there. It is optional practice, not a scored step.^4,5