Assessment Centres
We have lost count of how many assessment centres we have attended, but we guarantee you it’s alot! Basically if you are invited to attend an assessment centre, you will join between 4 to 19 other applicants for a day-long sitting through various tests and activities. What you can expect in most cases is:
Panel Interview
You have already learnt all you need to know about interviews, so you don’t need to worry too much about this. Just know enough about the organization, the role you are applying for and WHAT YOUWANT from them, and you will be fine. In Panel Interviews you may have two or three recruiters in front of you – one will ask questions while the other writes, transferring between one another. Don’t be intimidated, we hate seeing that! Be confident, be yourself and don’t be afraid.
Testing
If you are required to do tests in this assessment centre, they will involve basic psychometric problems as mentioned above.
Group Activities
In most assessment centres we have conducted, we use group activities to see how applicants function as a team. We don’t want to see people taking control and bossing others around! But by the same means, we don’t want to see people sitting back and being too afraid to speak. Often we will give groups problems to solve, with a limited time frame to do so. Sometimes these may be group presentations, which you have to prepare and deliver while we monitor how you function. The best thing to do is go with the flow, don’t try and seize control and tell others what to do, but rather offer advice and make an input every now and then.
