What is the Casper Test?

Casper stands for Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Characteristics.

The Casper test is an online test that aims to test a student in the following: collaboration, communication, empathy, fairness, ethics, motivation, problem solving, resilience and self-awareness.

Casper has two sections: a video section (with up to 4 scenarios) and a typed section (up to 7 scenarios). After watching a video, students are asked two questions. Students must record themselves answering each question and have one minute per question. In the written section, students are asked two questions per scenario. Students must type their answers within three and a half minutes for the two questions.

The test takes 65-85 minutes to complete.

The Casper test is crucial if you’re applying to Curtin medicine (undergraduate), Notre Dame (post graduate) or Wollongong (post graduate) because these universities use the results to choose which applicants to interview. By assessing how you would react to certain situations, the test helps schools find applicants that are best suited to a career in medicine.

Updated on: 17/02/2026