If you’ve been invited to the online assessment day, at the very least you’ll be taking part in a variety of activities until 1pm. Should you excel in these, you’ll be shortlisted to do more activities throughout the afternoon. Dress really neatly, get a good nights sleep and have lunch ready for the next day! Again, I wore a collared shirt without a tie. -You’ll start by entering a chatroom with someone who is not an assessor. They’re there to talk to you and the group (of about 12) about any questions you have about the day. Everyone is really friendly! Show up a little early, it means you can talk to some other candidates to calm down a little and find out what makes them tick. It also means your nerves can rest by the first activity. -The first assessed activity is introducing another candidate. You’ll be split into rooms with another candidate, and you have to find out about them and what makes them tick. Get to know the basics and ask some wacky questions. What’s their degree title, what university do they go to, do they have any siblings? Mention all the traits about them that you think are admirable! What would they bring to a desert island? What makes them wake up in the morning? What’s the most embarrassing thing they’ve done that keeps them awake at night? Try and sell them as though you want them to get the job. Remember though, you have to balance the time to also let them know things about you! Stay fast paced, make notes and read these over to your partner. The assessors will pop in to visit you while you’re doing this, so don’t be surprised if you see them show up. Keep acting normal! Once the time is elapsed, you’ll all have a turn to introduce your partner to the group. Make eye contact with the camera, smile, use your hands and crack a joke or two! It’s a social exercise. It’s a bit like a speech: start your introduction off with something funny/attention grabbing, and conclude it with something funny/interesting! The rest they’ll probably forget the rest anyway! -The next activity is likely to be a group activity. They’ll provide you with a briefing about information on a factory/shop, and you have to read over your briefing in order to solve the problem. Once your reading time has finished, you will be allowed to discuss your briefing with the group. They are looking to see how you can pull information from others, and put forward your own problems too. You’ll have access to a whiteboard and I HIGHLY recommend you all put on the info you have available in order to solve the issues. While you’re all putting info on the whiteboard, get each person to briefly discuss their brief so you can get an idea of how different everyone’s briefs are. The assessor will jump in and out of the call helping you consolidate information. You might not have information about a problem they’re discussing, that’s fine – but remember to stay engaged with what they’re saying. Ask questions and summarise what they’re discussing on the whiteboard. Don’t dominate others with your information, but it’s still important to remember to speak up if you have a piece of the puzzle that helps your team. Feel free to interject if you feel the conversation on a problem is going nowhere and needs to shift to an issue someone else mentioned. From here, you’ll complete an online case study where they provide you with a video on how to solve bottleneck problems. Most candidates don’t seem to have too many issues with this. If you can solve the initial tests, this case study should be fine provided that you listen to the video and follow their method. Again, you’ll complete another numerical based assessment just to check that it was in fact you taking the initial one online. Put an equal amount of effort into this as they will be reviewing this! Now, it’s lunchtime! The assessors will consider all the candidates and shortlist the ones they think are suitable. Once you come back, you’ll be put in a room and they’ll let you know whether you’ve progressed. If you have progressed, you’ll be subject to two assessments.