Graduates First vs Candidate Falcon: Buy Once or Subscribe for Format Depth?

The biggest practical difference between Graduates First and Candidate Falcon is not what they cover. It is how you buy access and how deep the practice goes on the formats that matter most to you.

Graduates First sells its prep products as one-time purchases with ongoing access. Candidate Falcon uses a monthly subscription with unlimited practice during the active plan. That access-model difference shapes how and when each product is most useful.

Quick verdict

Choose Graduates First if you want to buy once and keep access to a broad psychometric library. Its game-based assessment package includes 8 unique game assessments, and its video-interview product covers 60 sets of questions across 39 employers and 15 industries. The one-time purchase model is especially attractive if you plan to apply over several months.

Choose Candidate Falcon if you are preparing for a specific HireVue game-based assessment or a one-way video interview on HireVue, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, and Talview and want focused format depth during a defined prep window.

What Graduates First offers

Graduates First is a broad psychometric-prep provider. Its game-based package includes 8 unique, exclusive game assessments covering behaviors such as risk tolerance, memory, attention, emotional intelligence, arithmetic, and organization across multiple providers. Its video-interview package includes 60 sets of questions for 39 employers across 15 industries, with recorded practice and feedback. A premium bundle adds aptitude tests, coding tests, and assessment-center exercises.

The one-time purchase model with ongoing access is Graduates First's main commercial differentiator. Candidates who want to buy once and return to the material over months of job searching will find that structure appealing.

What Candidate Falcon offers

Candidate Falcon is narrower but goes deeper on two specific formats. Its game-based product covers all 11 HireVue game types rather than a cross-provider selection. Its video product is built around the actual one-way interview platforms employers use (HireVue, Spark Hire, VidCruiter, and Talview), with practice modes for general, scripted, job-position, and custom interviews.

AI feedback is centered on recorded answers and transcript/content-first review rather than broad delivery analytics. Feedback includes transcripts, scoring, strengths, improvements, a rewritten answer, follow-up questions, and rubric feedback tied to the selected provider.

HireVue Games Prep starts at $12.9/month. 1 Video Platform Prep starts at $19.9/month, All Video Platforms Prep starts at $29.9/month, and Full Access starts at $36.9/month. Games and video practice both use subscription access with unlimited sessions during the active billing period. On the one-platform video plan, you choose the provider on first access and that choice stays locked for the subscription period unless you upgrade.

Head-to-head comparison

	Graduates First	Candidate Falcon
Game coverage	8 game assessments across multiple providers	All 11 HireVue game types
Video interview prep	60 question sets, 39 employers, 15 industries	Provider-specific one-way interview prep for four named platforms
Access model	One-time purchase with ongoing access	Monthly subscription with unlimited sessions
Additional content	Aptitude tests, coding tests, assessment-center exercises	Focused on HireVue games and one-way video interviews
Strongest for	Breadth and permanent access	HireVue-specific depth during a focused prep window

Where Graduates First wins

Broader coverage and permanent access

Graduates First covers more ground across more providers, and the premium bundle adds aptitude tests and assessment-center material that Candidate Falcon does not offer. The one-time purchase is a real advantage for candidates who are job-searching over several months and want to revisit material without worrying about subscription costs.

Cross-provider game practice

If your assessment could come from any of several providers, Graduates First's 8-game package exposes you to a wider range of game-based formats than a HireVue-only product.

Where Candidate Falcon wins

HireVue-specific depth

Candidate Falcon covers all 11 HireVue game types. If your specific assessment is a HireVue game battery, complete coverage is more relevant than a broader game pack that covers a subset of HireVue alongside other providers.

Vendor-specific video practice

Candidate Falcon's video prep mirrors the actual one-way interview platform your employer uses. Practice flows, timing expectations, and feedback are tied to the specific provider rather than a general employer-question library.

Best for time-pressured prep

If your assessment is soon and you need intensive format-specific practice, unlimited sessions during a subscription window are designed for exactly that scenario.

Bottom line

This comparison comes down to breadth and permanence versus depth and focus. Graduates First is the better value if you want a broad psychometric library you can keep. Candidate Falcon is the better tool if you have a specific HireVue game or vendor-specific one-way interview coming up and want the most relevant practice available for that exact format.