smoggeordie 0 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ...are gay. Each one taking me an hour or two at a time to do with cheesy clichéd questions such as "Describe an event in your life when you took a risk and it didn't pay off" and "Describe a time when you solved a bullying problem" etc etc. Doing my nut in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ...are gay. Each one taking me an hour or two at a time to do with cheesy clichéd questions such as "Describe an event in your life when you took a risk and it didn't pay off" and "Describe a time when you solved a bullying problem" etc etc. Doing my nut in. You could back up Fop and put that down. Poor little nipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) Just make sure you tell them you can work comfortably within a team but are also to take on the responsibility of working without supervision when the need arises. Edited November 7, 2008 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I'm sure they are only designed for revenge by people that had to go through them themselves. There's no other possible use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ...are gay. Each one taking me an hour or two at a time to do with cheesy clichéd questions such as "Describe an event in your life when you took a risk and it didn't pay off" and "Describe a time when you solved a bullying problem" etc etc. Doing my nut in. You could back up Fop and put that down. Poor little nipper. Bullying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31604 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) They're a load of wank that basically test your ability to do a good application form rather than test your relevance or ability to do the job. Just do one and most of them are similar so paste and edit to suit. Edited November 7, 2008 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 They're a load of wank that basically test your ability to do a good application form rather than test your relevance or ability to do the job. Just do one and most of them are similar so paste and edit to suit. Welcome to the Civil Service my friend : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 Got an interiew today! Wish me luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Good luck mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15872 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I don't like teams! rambo didn't need a team! This is why I like translation - by definition, we're a bunch of sociopathic loners. And even when we do interact, it's only to rip each other's work to shreds and call it "proofreading". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15872 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I don't like teams! rambo didn't need a team! This is why I like translation - by definition, we're a bunch of sociopathic loners. And even when we do interact, it's only to rip each other's work to shreds and call it "proofreading". I'm a programmer, imagine asking us geek types about interacting with people...and not even over the net but in person! Christmas party must be a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31604 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 So what's the job then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Author Share Posted December 2, 2008 So what's the job then? Finance graduate scheme, should be about 27 to 30k a year if I get it. Think the interview went quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 So what's the job then? Finance graduate scheme, should be about 27 to 30k a year if I get it. Think the interview went quite well. Did you ask for £31? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Get in there before the next tranche of market collapses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) Got told it would take 14 days for them to let me know if i passed the interview. I got an email this morning saying I had Waiting to hear if i've been shortlisted to attend the assessment centre.... Edited December 3, 2008 by smoggeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31604 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Assessment centres are complete nightmares from what I hear, thankfully I never had to do one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally 0 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Assessment centres are complete nightmares from what I hear, thankfully I never had to do one. When I was applying for graduate jobs I passed 3 interviews and went to 3 assessment centres. They're horrible, you basically spend the whole day doing role play and playing silly 'thinking' games. We spent about an hour playing a game where you pull 2 random words out of a hat and you have to tell a story for something like 3 minutes without any pauses about those words. On one of mine I was doing role play and ended up falling out with the assessor (whilst not in character!) so the writing was on the wall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 They just rang me to ask if i'd consider a job in London because they're not running a scheme in the North East next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 They just rang me to ask if i'd consider a job in London because they're not running a scheme in the North East next year Tell them no. Priorities No if I were in your shoes, I'd say yes but you want a London weighting, i.e. 10k more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Think i'm going to say yes, for the time being. I have other irons in the fire for north east based jobs, but i'm keeping the auld options open. Hell of a commute to play for Peskies.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Think i'm going to say yes, for the time being. I have other irons in the fire for north east based jobs, but i'm keeping the auld options open. Hell of a commute to play for Peskies.... Looks like a years loan bid for Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoggeordie 0 Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Think i'm going to say yes, for the time being. I have other irons in the fire for north east based jobs, but i'm keeping the auld options open. Hell of a commute to play for Peskies.... Looks like a years loan bid for Andy. 3 year scheme.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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