People intelligence platform
Right people. Best teams.
Playcept helps companies understand how people actually think, behave and perform — using structured gameplay and behavioural analysis.
- Employees get their own report
- Bias-controlled scoring
- Live in under 2 weeks
Try it · 20 seconds
20s
Your biggest client threatens to leave. Your team is split. What do you do first?
No right answer. We read how you choose, not what you choose.
Your sample report
A taste, not an assessment
What one choice can show
- Decision speed
- Collaboration
- Risk appetite
A real Playcept scenario runs several situations, calibrated to the role, and gives the company and the person their own report.
Your people challenge
Growing companies hire fast. But fast hiring and right hiring are rarely the same thing.
46%
Wrong hires slip through
Of new hires fail within 18 months — 89% of them for attitude, not skills. Interviews reward confidence, not ability.
Source: Leadership IQ study of 20,000+ hires
18%
Roles filled, not fit
Attrition in Indian companies in 2026, up from 16.2% in 2025. People placed by vacancy, not strength — friction follows.
Source: Aon India Salary Increase & Turnover Study, Oct 2026
55%
L&D spend with no signal
Of learning teams can’t measure learning’s impact on business results. Training rarely matches what people need.
Source: Brandon Hall Group, 2023
The root cause
The problem isn’t your people. It’s the tools you use to understand them.
What current tools measure
- RésumésWhat someone has done — curated to impress.
- InterviewsPerformance under social pressure, not real work.
- Standard psychometricsSelf-reported, and easy to game.
What actually predicts performance
- Decisions under pressureHow someone weighs risk and acts when time is short.
- Collaboration patternsHow they build trust, handle conflict and influence.
- Learning agilityHow fast they adapt after a mistake or a new rule.
“Unstructured interviews are among the worst predictors of on-the-job performance.” — Iris Bohnet, Harvard Business Review, 2016
How it works
See how someone actually thinks, decides and performs — before they join your team.
01
They play
A structured, real-world business scenario. Video-led, mobile-friendly and built for the role.
02
We read the signals
The engine reads decision speed, risk appetite, collaboration and resilience from every choice and its timing.
03
You see clearly
A clear insight report: role-fit score, strengths, risk flags and team compatibility. The person gets their own report too.
- Decision speed
- Risk tolerance
- Collaboration style
- Learning agility
- Leadership signals
- Pressure response
What your people experience
Most assessment tools work on people. Playcept works for them too.
The company sees
- A role-fit score for each candidateStrengths, risks and fit, in plain language.
- A map of how the team fits togetherWho leads, who connects, where friction starts.
- Behavioural risk flags, earlyBefore the offer, not after the exit interview.
Your people feel
- Judged on behaviour, not biasThe same structured scenario for everyone.
- A mirror, not just a scoreEveryone who plays gets their own insight report.
- Engagement, not enduranceA scenario to play, not a questionnaire to survive.
6%
Of candidates get any feedback on their assessment results. With Playcept, everyone who plays gets theirs.
Source: Talent Board / Survale CandE Benchmark, 2025
Every engagement starts with a signed consent form.
Built for the people who build teams
One platform. Three ways it pays off.
Founders & CEOs
Build the team you meant to build.
See who is good at what, where the hidden strengths are and where friction will start — before it costs you a quarter.
HR heads
Hire on behaviour, not on confidence.
Shortlist with a role-fit report your hiring panel can share — fair, structured and bias-controlled.
L&D teams
Real development, not boring training.
Know what each person needs before you plan the programme, and run team sessions people actually enjoy.
Team gaming sessions
Your next offsite could teach you something.
A facilitator-led game for 8 to 20 people. Your team has fun. Every person gets a report. Leadership gets a map of how the team really works.
₹450–550 per person · cheaper than most offsites, and it produces insight.
Team map · illustrative
Select a block
Strength: Each block is one person on the team.
Watch: The orange one doesn’t fit the box — yet.
- Direction
- Drive
- Connection
- Steadiness
- Learning
- Out of the box
What Playcept measures
Not a personality quiz. A behavioural science engine.
Six dimensions, each read from three concrete signals. Frameworks are chosen per client — Big Five, situational judgement, DISC and others.
Decision making
Speed · risk appetite · reversibility bias
Collaboration style
Influence · conflict response · trust building
Pressure response
Stress tolerance · recovery speed · focus under load
Learning agility
Adaptation speed · failure recovery · pattern recognition
Leadership signals
Initiative · direction clarity · accountability
Communication patterns
Clarity · listening · persuasion style
Proof the approach works at scale
Unilever swapped CV screening for games.
Public industry case study published by HireVue (with pymetrics). Figures are Unilever’s — not a Playcept client.
96%
completed, up from 50%
16%
more diverse hires
£1M+
saved each year
Packages
Two ways to work with Playcept. Both built around your people.
Model A · per year
Candidate Assessment
| Volume | Per candidate | Annual total |
|---|---|---|
| 50 candidates | ₹600 | ₹30,000 |
| 75 candidates · most popular | ₹500 | ₹37,500 |
| 100 candidates | ₹400 | ₹40,000 |
- Role-fit score and behavioural insight report per candidate
- Bias-controlled scoring
- Report shareable with your hiring panel
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager and debrief
Model B · per session
Team Gaming Sessions
| Group size | Per person | Session total |
|---|---|---|
| 8–12 people | ₹550 | ₹4,400–₹6,600 |
| 13–20 people · best value | ₹450 | ₹5,850–₹9,000 |
- Facilitator-led structured gameplay
- Individual behavioural reports
- Team dynamics map for leadership
- Post-session debrief
Free pilot. 5 candidate assessments, or one gaming session for up to 8 people. No contract.
All prices in INR · GST applicable · Annual packs paid upfront, cancellable pro rata after deducting our charges · Custom enterprise pricing on request.
Questions
Good questions. Straight answers.
Still unsure? A 30-minute call is often the fastest way.
Is it fair to candidates?
Everyone plays the same structured scenario and is scored the same way, with bias controls built in. And every person gets their own insight report — they learn something too.
Can people game it?
There is no obvious “right answer” to pick. We read how people decide — their choices, timing and trade-offs across several situations — not what they say about themselves.
Who sees an employee’s report?
Every engagement starts with a signed consent form that sets out exactly what is measured and who sees it. The person always gets their own report.
Does it replace our ATS?
No. Playcept sits alongside your existing hiring process. You send candidates a link; you get a report.
What does the pilot cost?
Nothing. Five candidate assessments, or one gaming session for up to 8 people. No contract. Book your pilot.
What if your last five hires had all been exactly the right fit — what would your team look like today?
Start a free pilot. Five assessments. No contract. Let your own data answer the question.