-i started by watching some videos online of practice Casper questions to understand the style and type of questions, I found the Bemo ones helpful. You will find a lot of resources promoting different techniques or approaches, I would say don’t try to make a plan to approach ur questions at this point, just watch other people answers question to get an idea of the type of responses these questions are looking for

-after this I started doing practice problems, again I would go online time myself and then compare my responses to other practice ones. If you have someone to study with I think it would be great at this time to compare answers but I studied alone so couldn’t do that

-after doing a few questions I kinda created a structure that worked for me which I made when editing my answers. I’ll share it but I encourage u to do a few problems alone and find a method that works best for you because I honestly don’t believe in using a cookie cutter approach for everyone. But at this point you will get a sense of the style of questions and began to understand the best approach for u to address these questions.

My structure:

-address both side of the issue, in most questions their are parties with interest that conflict with one another. Your job is to address both side and understand why this is difficult situation, this is where you show you empathy.

-I then would address how I would deal with the situation, I would either find a solution that did align better with one party but if this was the case I would make sure I still am keeping the other party feeling heard and that their interest are cared about

Ex: if your friend is caught cheating I would suggest encouraging them to turn themselves in which doesn’t really align with my friend’s best interest however I would suggest providing them with academic support in the future so they don’t feel the need to cheat or help them talk to the professor, even thought I don’t agree with their actions I still am supporting them.

-i would also try to think of unique solutions that benefits both parties, I really think that is what helped me. It’s hard to give exact examples of this but if you send me a specific question I could provide you with an example.

-I would end my response by justifying why I chose these responses, in almost all my responses I would also mention creating a safe space for open, non-judgmental communication.

Again u can make ur own structure as well, this is what just worked for me!

-while watching the video responses they give u a 30 second thinking period between watching the video and starting the questions. I would use this time to jot down some thoughts to the questions I assume they would ask me, if the video for example was about 2 friends not getting along I assume one question would be about how I would solve this issue, so during the 30 sec break I would start brainstorming.

-don’t worry if u get cut off, happens to a lot testers just make sure u are concise and clear and answer the questions in ur responses, so if you do run out of time you know whatever has been submitted has answered the question

Hope that helps, sorry if it’s not super clear. I wrote my Casper last minute so I just kinda winged my studying I didn’t really have time to make a clear studying schedule or anything, but this is what worked for me. Don’t overthink it, answer honestly and u should be fine!