Well-informed HR decisions rather than gut feelings
The quality of your recruitment decisions is one of the key factors in your company’s success.
The CAPTain Test® provides you with a scientifically sound, objective basis for selecting the right employees, developing them in a targeted manner and retaining them in the long term.
Making behaviour measurable – rather than just hoping.
What makes CAPTain unique
The CAPTain Test® does not measure personality, but rather what really matters in day-to-day working life:
Specific behaviour in the workplace
- How does a person make decisions?
- How do they lead others?
- How do they work as part of a team?
- How do they handle responsibility?
- What are their strengths, and where is there room for development?
The analysis is based on 38 scientifically defined behavioural dimensions and provides a clear, nuanced picture of the individual’s actual working and performance style.
👉 The result: no interpretations – just a solid basis for decision-making.
Scientifically sound and tried and tested in practice for decades
The CAPTain Test® was developed by psychologists and is based on recognised scientific models.
It is based on Henry A. Murray’s theory:
- Behaviour arises from the interplay of internal motives (‘needs’)
- and external requirements (‘presses’)
CAPTain highlights precisely this interplay – and thus behaviour – in a professional context.
The key difference: criteria-based diagnosis
Most personnel tests compare specific groups of people with one another (norm-referenced testing).
The CAPTain Test®, however, is based on the principle of criteria-referenced assessment.
This means:
A person’s behaviour is not compared with that of others, but is assessed directly against the specific requirements of a role.
👉 The decisive benchmark is therefore not a reference group,
but the question: How well does the person’s behaviour fit the role, job and working environment?
For you, this means:
You will receive clear guidance on suitability, rather than relative comparisons with no direct practical relevance.
For you, this means:
- clear insights into suitability
- no ‘average scores’
- direct assessment of suitability and development potential
This is why CAPTain is an extremely popular tool for decision-makers, HR managers and consultants.
Realistic & difficult to distort
The CAPTain Test® uses the scientifically proven forced-choice method:
- 183 specific decision-making scenarios
- Two equally appealing response options
- Focus on intuitive behaviour
Benefits for you:
✔ significantly lower social desirability bias
✔ high validity
✔ realistic results
People show how they actually behave – not how they want to appear.
Quality you can rely on
The CAPTain Test® meets key scientific quality criteria:
✔ Objectivity: standardised, computer-based assessment
✔ Reliability: consistent and reliable results (r ≈ .70)
✔ Validity: demonstrable predictive power for career success
Additionally:
✔ Compliant with DIN 33430
✔ GDPR-compliant (data processing in Germany)
Tangible benefits for your business
With CAPTain:
- 🔹 you’ll make better recruitment decisions
- 🔹 you’ll reduce costly hiring mistakes
- 🔹 you’ll identify potential at an early stage
- 🔹 you’ll develop staff in a targeted rather than a generic way
- 🔹 you’ll build high-performing and agile teams
This gives you clarity on:
Recruitment, staff development, mental health, stress management, retention management, organisational development and coaching.
Tailor-made requirement profiles: The crucial step from analysis to decision
The CAPTain Test® not only reveals how people behave in the workplace, but also enables a direct comparison with the specific requirements of a particular role within the organisation, along with the people and culture associated with it.
To this end, individual requirement profiles can be defined that describe precisely which behaviours are truly crucial to success in a particular role.
What makes it special:
It is not a question of ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – but rather how well the candidate fits the role.
This allows you to see at a glance:
- whether a person is suited to the role
- in which areas there is room for development
- how far they deviate from the ideal profile and where there is room for development
The result:
clear, objective and immediately actionable assessments.
What's your next step?
Would you like to know how the CAPTain Test® can be used in your organisation?
👉 Let’s have a chat.