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You’d be surprised how easy it is to get these exercises wrong, especially when you feel like you’ve worked so hard to get it right. Here are a few to watch out for:

Most candidates find themselves biting their nails far more before the role-play exercises than at any other time. There’s no need to worry, there are ways you can turn it round. Fear- I won’t know what to say. Answer- ask questions, it will take the pressure off you and give you more information to respond to Fear- I won’t understand ...

One of the daunting things about the prospect of doing a role-play is the thought of being judged. We know that there will be assessors there who will be evaluating what we are doing. But what if they rate me unfavourably? It’s enough to make anyone break out in a sweat. Here are a few classics which are guaranteed to ...

The new competency style interview will probably be very different from many of the interviews you’ve attended before. Don’t let it catch you off guard. There is a lot you can do to make sure you impress at interview. You can’t just ‘wing it’. This might work for other types of interviews but this one is a lot more structured ...

With an application form, making yourself stand out is critical. But don’t worry, you don’t have to be a world champion bungee jumper or a president of your own international charity to do it. A lot of it is about the detail. Obviously your examples need to be reasonably compelling- describing your stamp collection might not do the trick. But ...

An assessment centre is an event where assessors (either external consultants or trained in-house personnel such as managers or Human Resources staff) assess the potential of candidates for further progression and development. The event usually needs plenty of room for the different elements of the day- written and role-play exercises, group discussion and somewhere for assessors or administrators to work. ...