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Graduate application guides

Free, practical guides from the Capply team. Updated for 2026.

Everything a student needs to understand the graduate application process: how the tests work, how they are scored, and how to prepare for each stage properly.

The application

The application process, step by step

Every stage of a UK graduate application, from online form to offer, and how to prepare for each.

Graduate CV guide

The one-page structure recruiters expect, achievement-led bullets, and the mistakes that get CVs skipped.

How to write a cover letter

The paragraph-by-paragraph structure, what recruiters check, and the clichés to cut.

Psychometric tests

How to prepare for psychometric tests

The flagship guide: what the tests are, why pattern recognition beats cramming, and a two-week plan.

Numerical reasoning

Tables, charts, percentages and ratios: the question types, the traps, and how to practise.

Verbal reasoning

True, False or Cannot Say: the exact rules, and the errors that cost the most marks.

Logical reasoning

The small rule library behind every abstract pattern question, and a method for any of them.

Situational judgement tests

How SJTs are scored, the competencies behind the scenarios, and whether you can prepare (yes).

Choosing tools

Best psychometric test prep compared

JobTestPrep, AssessmentDay, Practice Aptitude Tests and Capply, compared honestly by use case.

Capply FAQ

What Capply includes, what it costs, and how the adaptive tests and document tools work.

Put the guides into practice

Capply covers the whole graduate application: adaptive test practice, AI CV rewrites, tailored cover letters and live graduate jobs.

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