Design Thinking Test

User Manual

Account Registration

How to Register for the Test

Intro

Creation Session

Evaluation Session

Scoring

Test Procedure

The Design Thinking Test is an online test that assesses creativity of participants as well as their ability to evaluate ideas based on

the design thinking principles, using a proprietary consensus-building algorithm, as opposed to a majority vote scoring.

The Design Thinking Test consists of two online sessions.

Creation Session Evaluation Session

Generate new ideas by

combining keywords

Mutually evaluate the ideas

generated among participants

What is the Design Thinking Test?https://design-thinking-test.com/

Precautions

• Examinees must complete BOTH the Creation Session and the Evaluation Session within the testing period.

• Examinees who did not participate in the Creation Session or did not submit valid answers in the Creation Session will not be able to

participate in the Evaluation Session. (Testing period deadlines cannot be extended)

• Please refer to the explanations detailed in this manual for specific precautions relating to each session.

• In general, tests results will be disclosed. However, please note that depending on the test, there may be cases where test results will not

be disclosed.

• Examinees must register an account to be able to take a test. You will not be able to register for a test unless your account registration has

been completed.

• To register for an account, examinees will need a valid email address and a phone number that can receive SMS or make voice calls.

• This test requires a Japanese or US phone number.

• Please note that your answers provided in the Creation Session will be evaluated by other participants in the Evaluation Session.

• Any form of harassment and/or the use of socially unacceptable language will not be tolerated. In such cases, those answers will not be

reflected in the scoring and your account may be suspended.

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Account Registration

How to Register for the Test

Intro

Creation Session

Evaluation Session

Scoring

Test Procedure

Account Registration (Mobile Verification)

To take the Design Thinking Test, you will need to register an account.

You will need to complete mobile verification to complete your account registration, so please have your mobile on hand.

Check the confirmation box to agree to the

“Handling of Personal Information” and

“Terms of Service”.

Select your country, enter your phone number

and choose either “Receive via voice call” or

“Receive via SMS” to receive your mobile

verification code.

Enter the verification code sent to your

mobile phone and click “Verify”.

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information.

Note : sections marked with * are

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Please select the appropriate

account type

i.e. “For Students” or “For

Business”.

Please click the URL in your confirmation email to verify

your account.

Account Registration

How to Register for the Test

Intro

Creation Session

Evaluation Session

Scoring

Test Procedure

How to Register for the Test

To take the Design Thinking Test, you must pre-register for the test in advance.

Please note that you will need to login via the specific URL provided to you by the company/organization to register for the

relevant test.

(*Caution : The relevant test will not be displayed if you login via the regular login page URL)

Login to your account via the URL provided by the company/organization.

https://design-thinking-test.com/apply/ (*URL varies for each test) Register for the test you wish to take.

Account Registration

How to Register for the Test

Intro

Creation Session

Evaluation Session

Scoring

Test Procedure

Test Procedure

① Login via the following URL

https://design-thinking-test.com/login

② Click the “Registered Tests” tab to see the appropriate test.

③ The “Start Test” button will become highlighted when the testing session

begins for each Creation Session and Evaluation Session. Click this button to start

the test.

Account Registration

How to Register for the Test

Intro

Creation Session

Evaluation Session

Scoring

Test Procedure

In this session, you will come up with ideas from a combination of keywords.

What is the Creation Session?

1. Start by selecting “Who”, “Where”, and “When”, then

write a description for “Why” i.e. describe the unmet

needs that the “Who” in that scenario would want to solve.

2. Next, select a “What”, and come up with ideas on the “How”

that solves the “Why” i.e. ideas on how to solve the unmet

needs of the “Who” in the scenario.

① Select Who,Where,When and describe

Why, then move onto ②.

② Select “What” and describe

“How” to complete this answer

section.

Move onto the next answer and

repeat from ①.

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Creation Session Answer Example

① If I were a Lazy Stay-at-home Husband/Wife (“Who”) A room where you can't relax (“Where”)

Shopping Alone (“When”) unmet needs (“Why”)

Data / Technology that visualises pricing

(“What”)ideas to solve the unmet needs (“How”)

in

what while

The unmet needs that “Who” wants to solve (“Why”) Answer Example

A busy stay-at-home husband/wife wants to be able to easily shop online and settle payments without the troubles of complicated webshop user interfaces.

usingWhat are②

Ideas to solve the unmet needs (“How”) Answer Example

Most webshops don't show the final price including shipping and handling until the final page. A solution is to add a meta-search function that visualises and calculates the final price using the initial item listing price, as well as a simplified payment system enabled by voice (voiceprint) authentication.

would I want to have solved?

?

Creation Session Tips

The following 2 points should be kept in mind when describing the “Why” (unmet needs).

・Is it a need that can be strongly empathized with by someone in the position of “Who”?

・Is it a need that has not yet been solved?

The following 2 points should be kept in mind when describing the “How” (ideas on how to solve the unmet needs).

・Is it a novel idea?

・Is it a highly feasible idea?

Once you have completed your “Who/Where/When” selections and entered your

“Why” description, the “Next” button will become activated. Please note that once

you select “Next” you cannot return to the previous page.

Why should be answered with a description between 80 - 480 words.

Click “Select” to choose “Who/Where/When” options from the popup list. (Your

selections can be changed at any point until you click the “Apply” button on the

bottom right hand of the popup.)

The “Who/Where/When” selections consist of a "modifier + noun" with 5 choices

for each modifier and noun.

Different modifier and noun options will be given for each question.You can review and edit your answers through the “Your Answers” page. (Only

“Why” and “How” answers can be edited)

Note that any modifications or edits to your answers will be saved and your

previous answers will be deleted. (This applies to edits made in other

sections/pages.)

Remaining Time

Creation Session Page Explainer①“Who/Where/When” selection ~ “Why” description

Once you have completed your “What” selections and entered your “How” description, the “Submit”

button will become activated.

If you do not click the “Submit” button, your answers to both “What” and “How” will not be saved, so

please be careful to finish the section by clicking “Submit”.

How should be answered with a description between 80 - 480 words.

Click “Select” to choose “What” selections from the

popup list. (Your selections can be changed at any

point until you click the “Submit” button on the

bottom right hand of the popup.)

The “Who/Where/When” selections consist of a

"modifier + noun" with 5 choices for each modifier

and noun.

Different modifier and noun options will be given for

each question.

To finish the test session click the “Finish” button. (The button will become activated

once you have submitted at least one answer.)

Note that once you select the “Finish” button the session will end and you will not be

able to edit or review your answers.

Creation Session Page Explainer②“What” selection ~ “How” description

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80 to 480

Select the question(s) you wish to edit from the “Answer List” page to

correct your entries.

Creation Session Page ExplainerAnswers

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• Examinees will not be able to participate in the Creation session if the testing period has expired. The session period time limits cannot

be extended.

• Examinees who did not participate in the Creation Session or did not submit valid answers in the Creation Session will not be able to

participate in the proceeding Evaluation Session.

• Multiple entries that are suspected of being the same answer using copy/paste or entries of similar answers will be deemed invalid

and will not be considered in the scoring.

• Please be aware that there is a session time limit. Once the session has begun, the session time limits cannot be reset or extended.

• Click the “Submit” button to submit your ideas/answers. Ideas/answers that are not submitted will not be considered as valid.

• Use the “Who”, “Where”, “When” and “What” selections to guide and sharpen your ideas.

• Within the session period time limit, submitted answers can be edited in the “Answer List” page. (Only the “Why” and “How”

descriptions can be edited. The “Who”, “Where”, “When” and “What” sections cannot be edited once submitted. )

Creation Session Precautions ①

• When making "What" selections, clicking the "Refresh ‘What’" button will not affect your score.

• You can end the session by clicking the “Finish” button even if there is time remaining. Once finished, the session cannot be restarted.

• In the event that you start the Creation session at a time that extends beyond the the overall testing period deadline, the time will adjust

to allow answer inputs during the Creation session time limit.

• In the event that you close your browser during the session, the time limit will continue to clock, so please log in again as soon as possible

to resume the session.

• In the evaluation session, your ideas will be displayed to a third parties for evaluation. Your ideas that receive high evaluation may also be

shown to the general public. However, personal information will not be disclosed without your consent.

• Any form of harassment and/or the use of socially unacceptable language will not be tolerated. In such cases, those answers will not be

reflected in the scoring and your account may be suspended.

Creation Session Precautions ②

Account Registration

How to Register for the Test

Intro

Creation Session

Evaluation Session

Scoring

Test Procedure

In this session, participants will mutually evaluate each other’s ideas focusing on the quality of answers provided in regards to

unmet needs “Why” and solutions “How”. The answers will be evaluated using a 4 point-scale.

What is the Evaluation Session?

For each idea, please evaluate the “Why” and “How” using the 4 point-scale.

Why: Whether you can empathize with the unmet need described in the scenario; whether is it

a need that has not yet been solved by other means.

How: Whether the idea is novel and highly feasible.

The session will end when all of the ideas assigned to you have been evaluated.

・Unmet Needs (Why) Evaluation：Whether you can empathize with the unmet need described in the scenario; whether is it a

need that has not yet been solved by other means.

・Solution (How) Evaluation：Whether the idea is novel and highly feasible.

Evaluation Session Page Explainer

The circle is a progress chart with the numbers in the

middle showing the “Question currently being

answered/Total no of questions”.

The green outline of the circle shows the overall progress.

You can review and edit your evaluations through the

“View Answers” page.

Note that any modifications or edits to your evaluation will

be saved and your previous evaluation will be deleted.

Once you have evaluated all of the ideas assigned to you,

the “Finish” button will become activated. Note that once

you select the “Finish” button the session will end and you

will not be able to edit or review your answers.

Evaluation Session Page ExplainerAnswers

Select the question(s) you wish to edit from the “Answers” page to correct

your entries.

• You may end the Evaluation session once you have evaluated all of the idas assigned to you.

• Please be aware that there is a session time limit. Once the session has begun, the session time limits cannot be reset or extended.

Additionally, only the evaluations completed within the time limit will be used to calculate your score.

• After completing all of the evaluations assigned to you, click the “Finish” button the end the session.

• The evaluation 4 point-scale is as follows: “strongly agree”, “agree”, “disagree”, “strongly disagree”. Please distribute your ratings evenly

as possible along this scale when evaluating the ideas assigned to you. i.e. do not give the same rating for all of the ideas.

• Incomplete or invalid evaluations e.g. giving the same evaluation rating on the scale for all ideas, may result in a lower score calculation on

your overall test results.

Evaluation Session Precautions

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Creation Session

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Test Procedure

Scoring

Click on the name of the test to see scores of previous

tests you have taken.

You will be notified of your Scoring results and disclosure date by the company/organization that has sponsored the test.

Score / Rank Definitions

Click on "Score/Rank Definitions" to see the score and rank

definitions.