This afternoon I had my first ever graduate assessment centre, basically I went along and some logic puzzle tests, listened to the companies PR campaign, and did a group exercise which involved working in a group of 6 people to choose a solution to a fictional problem and then giving a solo presentation on a topic related to the problem.
I thought I did pretty well the the logic test, I had did a bit of study on those types of tests beforehand and so nothing much on there popped up that was really out of the ball park. I had 20 minutes to do 40 questions, I think I didn't answer 2 or 3 as they were pretty insane and I was running out of time, out of the rest I did pretty well (serp thinks he did well on a test - STOP THE PRESSES!), the other parts of the assessing I feel I let myself down a bit on, I was in a group with some pretty impressive candidates, it took me a little while to get into the group discussion but I felt I bought up some valid points, people were dominating the conversation left right and centre so it was hard to get a word in each way, towards the end I got a bit more assertive because everyone was getting a little confused, it is a pretty stressful environment and everything is really quite rushed so I can understand what happened there.
The solo presentation went off ok for me, usually I am just terrible, however if you compared me to the others in my group I would say that I was not so good, 3 of the 6 guys were excellent presenters, I guess it is something I just really need to practice on, here is hoping that they don't decide who goes for final interviews soley off who gave great presentations! (although I am guessing it counts for a lot).
The speech they gave was very "rah rah we are so great!" which was fine, I was surprised not to meet any other Swinburne students at my assessment centre (although I do know mates of mine who are going in on later dates), the place just seemed to be full of monash and deakin students, with the deakin guys really cleaning up! A strange strange day.
Oh well it was a good experience, it has sort of put me in the right mindset for the next one I have in Sydney. I now have a better understanding of what I have to practice if I'm going to be successful in making it to the final interviews for these places, here is hoping I can pull through.
FYI - I feel extremely tired and weak at the moment, a strong breeze could knock me for six right now. I think I need to sleep quite badly.
I thought I did pretty well the the logic test, I had did a bit of study on those types of tests beforehand and so nothing much on there popped up that was really out of the ball park. I had 20 minutes to do 40 questions, I think I didn't answer 2 or 3 as they were pretty insane and I was running out of time, out of the rest I did pretty well (serp thinks he did well on a test - STOP THE PRESSES!), the other parts of the assessing I feel I let myself down a bit on, I was in a group with some pretty impressive candidates, it took me a little while to get into the group discussion but I felt I bought up some valid points, people were dominating the conversation left right and centre so it was hard to get a word in each way, towards the end I got a bit more assertive because everyone was getting a little confused, it is a pretty stressful environment and everything is really quite rushed so I can understand what happened there.
The solo presentation went off ok for me, usually I am just terrible, however if you compared me to the others in my group I would say that I was not so good, 3 of the 6 guys were excellent presenters, I guess it is something I just really need to practice on, here is hoping that they don't decide who goes for final interviews soley off who gave great presentations! (although I am guessing it counts for a lot).
The speech they gave was very "rah rah we are so great!" which was fine, I was surprised not to meet any other Swinburne students at my assessment centre (although I do know mates of mine who are going in on later dates), the place just seemed to be full of monash and deakin students, with the deakin guys really cleaning up! A strange strange day.
Oh well it was a good experience, it has sort of put me in the right mindset for the next one I have in Sydney. I now have a better understanding of what I have to practice if I'm going to be successful in making it to the final interviews for these places, here is hoping I can pull through.
FYI - I feel extremely tired and weak at the moment, a strong breeze could knock me for six right now. I think I need to sleep quite badly.
posted by serp at 9:26 PM
3 Comments:
It may count against them if their presentations came across with a whole "we're so great" feel. A little humility goes a long way.
Whoops, I meant the rah rah presentation was by the company, not the other applicants.
The more I think about it the worse I think I did, oh well.
Better luck at this one in Sydney eh? :)
Ohhhh I see. I guess that makes sense.
I'm sure you did fine, but yes, good luck for Sydney.
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