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MKWhite as a newly qualified driver you are going to have an incident. More likely than not it will be relatively minor and you will be able to look after yourself. However, your incident maybe many more times more serious (maybe you were distracted by a heated argument you had earlier). In the...

Hi Adele, sat the Southern Assessmet last year and not there wasn't any Mechanical Comprehension Test AT THAT TIME. Just study the material sent out to you well and use the resources on this site to prepare. The biggest fear to overcome is that if the unknown as this is the first time you have...

Paul85, my experience tells me be prepared for both scenarios. I got to my interview happily expecting to be asked the same questions I had written responses to after the assessment centre, only to find the questions I was actually asked bared little resemblance. The reason I coped was because I...

Definition of an emergency: 'a situation of sudden danger or conflict which requires immediate action.' I imagine as a publican you had many situations which fit the above description (dealing with drunk punters spoiling for a fight takes a high degree of calm and skill). As for what the...

Firstly, SJN how would you define an emergency situation? What skills and behaviours do you think are being looked for in the scenario you choose to discuss with the interviewers?

Skoda12btp, to be honest I have never found a convincing answer as to what 'good' looks like. My experience tells me (and I say this with great hesitation) that it's all about accuracy and speed. During my assessment one of the participants finished well after the rest. During the break between...

NLC1072, by really practicing the exercises in the workbooks I found I was well prepared for all but the quick reaction test. So to those who said they had short notice requests to attend assessment centres, I feel you were sold short. You need time to prepare. The Criteria Based Interview was...

Really sorry to hear that Paul.S. You mentioned earlier you struggled to find examples. Did the feedback mirror this?

I found a research paper produced by the RSSB analysing the results of one particular year's assessment centres very interesting: '......the assessment centres are only responsible for rejecting 26 applicants or just over 8% of applicants who responded to the advertisement. By comparison, drop...

Well I sat the first part of my assessment centre earlier this week and passed all the tests. What a relief :smile: Thanks to this forum, I was aware of what was coming and was able to work very hard in preparing for it. However, what I found most useful was the practice test material the TOC...