Assessment Centre

The final stage of our process is designed to give you a genuine insight into what working for us would really entail. 

Assessment centres last for about half a day and are held in the office to which you are applying.  All the exercises are built around the reality of working in the role and practice you have applied to and you will get a chance to meet a number of people who will be colleagues if you end up joining us.

We will ask you to complete a written exercise which will be based on a real life, work scenario and then discuss a similarly relevant topic in a group with some of your fellow interviewees.  We will also give you a presentation title a few days prior to your joining us and we will ask you to start your second interview by giving a brief presentation and then answering a few questions on it, before the main interview begins.  The interview will generally be conducted by two associates, both from the office and practice that you applied to.

Generally we will also provide you with lunch which is a chance for you to have an informal discussion with people who are already doing the job that you are applying for.  This is a good opportunity for you to ask any questions you were worried about asking in the formal interview setting and to get a sense of the office culture.

As ever, we will let you know the outcome of your assessment centre within 72 working hours and, while we hope that you get the outcome that you are looking for, should you not be successful we will give you full feedback on your performance to help you in future applications.

In the final of a game show, Simon is asked to pick one of three doors. There is nothing behind two of the doors, while the third is hiding the star prize of £10,000. After choosing a door, the host opens one of the two Simon hasn’t picked to reveal nothing but fresh air. He then asks Simon if he’d like to stick with his original choice, or switch to the one other remaining unopened door. What should he do and why?

This is based on a famous statistical problem once printed in a magazine. The correct answer is to switch, as it gives you a 2/3 chance of winning, as opposed to a 1/3 chance if you stick with your original choice. However, this goes against common sense, and many statistics professors wrote in to say that the answer was wrong. The key lies in the fact that the host didn't open the first door at random - he couldn't choose the one Simon had chosen, nor the one he knew was hiding the star prize. We can give the mathematical answer too!


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