LISTEN TO PEOPLE and ASK WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE!

Very important element which I am weak on.

love machine said:

LISTEN TO PEOPLE and ASK WHAT THEIR OPINIONS ARE! Very important element which I am weak on.

If I`d wanted your advice, I`d have asked for it!

I've run a few of these and also taken part in them.

Group Exercise - they are looking for who is pro-active, who questions, who rationalises, who leads without being dominant. Don't be dominant and don't just sit there and follow every one else.

Role Play - Usually geared around your communication skills and managing a difficult situation, ie. you've got to tell a Director that his son hasn't got the job and why, etc. A tact and diplomacy exercise, whilst getting the message across. (Generally known as a st sandwich).

Written Analysis - Looking for your ability to articulate, getting the facts right, attention to detail, grammar and spelling.

Competency Interview - This is like a normal interview, often held at the end, when they ask you who do you think out of the group should get the job! Beware! lol

You'll probably be observed as well during coffee and lunch breaks (if its a whole day), again to see how you relate to others. At the start of the session, you maybe asked to do an intro, given a blank badge and asked to 'draw a picture that represents you' and then explain it. Light humour is a good ice breaker here.

Good luck

>> Edited by Migsy on Tuesday 18th January 08:12

Migsy said:

Competency Interview - This is like a normal interview, often held at the end, when they ask you who do you think out of the group should get the job! Beware! lol

What are they looking for?

towman said:

[quote=Migsy]Competency Interview - This is like a normal interview, often held at the end, when they ask you who do you think out of the group should get the job! Beware! lol

Always been intrigued as to the best answer on this one.

Best of luck Steve.....when they offer you the job don't forget to mention that occasionally you will have to take a Friday afternoon off at very short notice

whats the position you are being assessed for?

These are fun. They rely on people making valued judgements about you on very flimsy evidence. They work on a thought through stereotype. They predict the way certain character traits will react to question or situations.

The fun is that this is very easily fooled. If you prepare yourself before you go, with some standard situations and then apply them to the situations you find yourself in you can look to be anything you want.

The paperwork ones are easy, the role play is more difficult because you don't get much time to think.

shirley temple said:

whats the position you are being assessed for?

I`m really sorry, but I don`t want to divulge at this time! If I get the job, I`ll (probably!) let you know.

Just been through one of these myself and, indeed have just started work. My advice, for whatever it's worth; in any team discussion/exercise/barely concealed display of mutual contempt, don't forget to "round-up" at the end - go over and summarise all the points you and the group made - and state a logical conclusion of the group, particularly if it happens to be yours! If you were speaking last in a considered, leadership role, that'll stick in their minds.

Good luck!