How to Succeed at an Assessment Centre: Essential Preparation for Psychometric Tests Group and Role-play Exercises Panel Interviews and Presentations: ... Advice from the Experts (Testing Series) [Paperback]

Useful guide to help candidates unaware of the diversity of assessment centres...provides the ideal preparation for these tests.

'useful guide to help the many candidates who are unaware of the diversity of the assessment centres...'

“Sound advice to prepare candidates and build their confidence --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"Thank goodness for a book like How to Succeed at an Assessment Centre!..clearly written and full of good, practical advice.." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Expert advice for candidates on the various tasks faced at an assessment centre, including psychometric tests, group exercises, presentations, panel interviews and role play exercises, all with relevant practice material. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

"If you are in the job market (or about to be), this book is sure to prove useful."
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

If you are applying for a new job or a promotion it is likely that you will have to face the rigours of an assessment centre. Many organizations, in both the public and private sectors, now use these extended forms of assessment for selection purposes. Many candidates fail to do themselves justice because they are unaware of the different types of assessment tasks they may have to undertake at such a centre. This book provides preparation for extended assessment events and accessible advice on key issues such as: how the assessments are conducted; how you should behave - both in formal and informal situations; how to prepare for the different forms of assessment. Where suitable, the book contains practice material from the various tests involved, such as: group exercises; presentations; psychometric tests; panel interviews; in-tray and role play exercises. With the expert guidance of Harry Tolley and Robert Wood, this book will enable you to prepare fully for the various forms of assessment and maximize your chances of success.

Harry Tolley was Special Professor in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham who works as a researcher, author and freelance consultant. He is co-author of How to Pass Verbal Reasoning Tests , How to Pass Numeracy Tests, How to Succeed at an Assessment Centre and How to Pass the Police Initial Recruitment Test , all published by Kogan Page.