How To Ace the Assessment Process

Practice to increase your chances of success. Depending on the programme and location you apply to, the next step after the initial screening stage is typically an online test to help identify the skills and behaviours you’ll bring to the role. It includes some questions on how you would describe yourself, how you typically approach tasks, and a short cognitive ability test. Practise the online assessment before you do it. You can find practice questions more widely on the web.
Find a suitable time to complete theassessment when you have limited distractions and can complete in one sitting.
Make sure you are in a quiet area with a good connection when you take the test for your application.
Have a calculator and pen and paper available to take notes.
Review your feedback. Once you complete the test, you will receive a candidate feedback report, which provides you with feedback on the assessment, your strengths and weaknesses. The report provides valuable on-the-job tips and suggestions; use the feedback to help and inform your approach in the future.

Before the interview, we recommend that you take some time to re-familiarise yourself with your resume.
The questions asked during the Video Interview are strenths-based questions. Unlike competency-based interviews which generally only focus on your past experiences, Strengths-based Interviews are designed to assess your potential and what motivates you; whether you already have experience in these areas or not.
When drawing on examples, we encourage you to draw on examples that are most authentic to you, they can be from both your professional and personal experiences.
You will have the opportunity to practice a video response. You will first be asked to verify that your camera and microphone are working as expected by recording a short video. You will then be able to play it back and check the quality of your video and audio. You can record this video several times, until you can see and hear yourself well. Ensure you have stable internet connection and are located in a quiet, well-lit location.
Be clear on the question being asked. Often candidates will have a supply of examples to pull on to answer questions. Although this demonstrates good preparation, be mindful when using this technique as you may try to fit an example to a question without providing a suitable response.
Complete the interview in one sitting
Most importantly, relax, take your time, and try to answer the questions naturally.

The day will involve multiple exercises designed to help us understand your skills and get to know you better. We assess multiple competencies across multiple exercises, so if you have a challenging exercise during the assessment centre, put it to one side and move on. You will have several opportunities to show us what you are capable of. Remember, you will make mistakes through your career, but how you deal with these provides real insight into your approach and indicates how you may fit with our business.
Be yourself, we want to get to know you. It is often easy to adopt a persona you think we are looking for, but we want you to bring your authentic self to the day.
Speak up: if you have not fully understood the instructions, you may complete the task incorrectly and limit your evaluation. So, ask us if you are unsure, we want to see you performing at your best.
Remember, we cannot assess information we are not provided with. When you are in a group conversational exercise, make sure you contribute verbally, sharing your views and interpretations.
Don’t worry ahead of attending an assessment centre we will also confirm the format for the day, the exercises and who you might be meeting.