Assessment centres - what to expect?
Whether you are invited to the employer's offices, training facility or completing the assessment centre online you are likely to be faced with a variety of exercises, including:
- case studies
- group discussions
- in-tray exercises
- presentations
- psychometric tests
- role plays
- social events
- written tests
Whilst the standard interviews are usually focused on skills required for the role, the assessment centre assessors will be scoring you against wider set of skills and attributes. These are often adaptability, problem solving or analytical thinking, commercial awareness, communication, creativity, decision-making, leadership, negotiation, organisation, persuasion, planning, team-work and time management.