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The Response Method Framework™

Your complete preparation guide — The Response Method Framework™, the nine aspects, and optional sentence starters. Use the menu below to jump to the section you need.

Response Framework

There are three question types in CASPer. Identifying the question type is your first step: it tells you what kind of thinking the question calls for and where to focus your effort.

Situational
"What would I do?"
Focus on validating perspectives, deciding how you'd handle the situation, and explaining your reasoning.

Consider everyone's perspectives, then explain what you would do and why.

Examples
  • "What would you do in this situation?"
  • "What steps would you take to address this?"
  • "How would you respond to your teammate?"
  1. 1
    Validate Perspectives
    Acknowledge how each person in the situation might feel or think, and why.
  2. 2
    Actions
    Explain what you would do and your reasoning.
  3. 3
    Why It Matters
    Connect your actions to a value, for example fairness.
Judgment
"What's the fairest approach, and why?"
Focus on weighing options and explaining your reasoning to land on the fairest approach.

Acknowledge the dilemma, weigh the options, then ground your conclusion in a clear principle.

Examples
  • "What are the pros and cons of each approach?"
  • "In your opinion, is it ever acceptable to...?"
  • "How would you prioritize the competing demands in this situation?"
  • "Would you change your point of view? Why or why not?"
  1. 1
    Acknowledge the Dilemma
    Identify what makes this decision genuinely difficult — the competing options, values, or perspectives at stake.
  2. 2
    Analyze
    Weigh the options and consider the impact on everyone involved.
  3. 3
    Conclude
    Land your position with a value, for example fairness or integrity. You can come down on one side, or land on a balanced approach — both work.
    Optional — if you run out of time, don't force it.
Reflective
"What did I feel and learn?"
Focus on personal insight, growth, and how an experience shaped you.

Describe the situation and how you felt (or would feel), reflect on what you learned (or might learn) about yourself, and explain what you carry forward.

Examples
  • "Tell me about a time when you had to deliver difficult news to someone."
  • "Describe a situation where you made a mistake. What did you learn?"
  • "Given your own tendencies, how would you feel about this?"
  1. 1
    Situation & Feelings
    Describe what happened and how you felt (or would feel).
  2. 2
    Learn & Reflect
    Share what this reveals about you, and how it connects to your development over time.
  3. 3
    Takeaway
    Your key takeaway — explain what you took away from an experience, or how it changed your thinking or behavior.
    For hypothetical questions, this step is less important — focus your depth on Steps 1 and 2.

The Nine CASPer Aspects

Every CASPer scenario is built around one of these aspects. Knowing them helps you recognise what is being tested and focus your response accordingly.

Collaboration
Working well with others, contributing to a shared goal, and respecting different perspectives within a team.
Communication
Expressing yourself clearly and appropriately, while also listening carefully to what others are saying.
Empathy
Genuinely understanding and valuing how someone else feels, not just acknowledging that they feel something.
Fairness
Recognizing unequal treatment or disadvantage and working to address it equitably.
Ethics
Reasoning through moral dilemmas thoughtfully, especially when there's no clean or obvious right answer.
Motivation
Showing genuine drive, commitment, and a sense of purpose behind your actions or choices.
Problem-Solving
Working through a complex situation logically to reach a practical, workable solution.
Resilience
Staying composed and effective under pressure, setbacks, or difficulty.
Self-Awareness
Understanding your own limits, biases, and impact on the people around you.

Sentence Starters

A few sentence starters, if they help

These sentence starters give you a few example openers for Situational, Judgment, and Reflective questions. They're not rules. Think of them as scaffolding: useful if you want an extra layer of order, especially if you're earlier in your practice or find that a clear structure helps you think under time pressure.

If you benefit from having a framework to anchor your thinking — whether because of neurodivergence, the test is not in your native language, or simply preferring more structure — use these as much or as little as you need.

Optional guide. These sentence starters work best as a starting point, not a script. Your responses will sound most natural when the structure supports your thinking rather than replacing it.

Situational
What would you do?
Focus on action, judgment, and how you'd handle the situation in the moment.
  • 1
    Validate everyone's perspectives
    "[Person A] feels [X] and [person B] feels [Y] because [reason]."
  • 2
    Actions
    "I would [action], because [reason]."
  • 3
    Why it matters
    "This matters because [outcome]."
Judgment
What's the fairest approach, and why?
Focus on weighing options and explaining your reasoning with ethical clarity.
  • 1
    Acknowledge the Dilemma
    "This is difficult because [competing values]."
  • 2
    Analyze
    "On one hand, [Option A] because [reason]. On the other hand, [Option B] because [reason]."
  • 3
    Conclude Optional
    "I believe [option] is fairest because [principle]."
    Optional if your position is already clear.
Reflective
What did you feel and learn?
Focus on personal insight, growth, and how an experience shaped you.
  • 1
    What happened and how you felt
    "I felt [emotion] because [reason]."
  • 2
    What you learned
    "This taught me [insight]."
  • 3
    How you changed
    "Now, I [change] which helps me [outcome]."
Reflective — Hypothetical
How do you think you would feel?
For questions that ask you to imagine or project — "Given your own tendencies...", "How do you think you would feel...", "What aspect would be most challenging for you personally..."
  • 1
    How you would feel
    "I would feel [emotion] because [reason]."
  • 2
    What this reveals about me
    "This reveals [insight]."
  • 3
    How you would change Optional
    "Going forward, I would [change]."
    Optional if you're short on time.

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