Assessment centre resources

Useful websites

• eFinancialCareers - Tips to Psychometric Test Success

  Preparing for psychometric tests

• GET - Assessment centres

  General advice on how to succeed at an assessment centre

• Graduate Game

  Advice on all stages of the typical graduate scheme recruitment process. Contains practice psychometric tests and application, interview and assessment centre advice

• Graduate Recruitment Bureau - Guide to Assessment Centres

  Some information and advice on the types of exercises which are often used to test candidates at an assessment day.

• Graduate Wings - numerical tests

  Also includes verbal and logical reasoning

• Guardian Careers - How Can I Succeed in Psychometric Tests?

  Tips and advice on how to succeeed

• Guardian Careers - How to Complete Psychometric Tests

  Tips on how to prepare

• Inside Careers: Careers Advice

  Lots of articles giving information on applications and CVs, work experience, graduate schemes and post-graduate study. It also includes information on assessment centers (verbal reasoning and numerical tests) with some useful timed practice tests too.

• Jobsite - Be My Interviewer

  Interactive video practice website - using interactive videos, you can practise and perfect your interview technique with the help of leading industry professionals

• JobTestPrep - Psychometric Test Preparation

  Practice psychometric tests online at JobTestPrep. Professional, tailored preparation resources, including aptitude tests, personality tests, job interviews and assessment centre exercises.

• Michael Page International - What happens at an assessment centre

  Talks you through what to expect when at an assessment day.

• Monster.co.uk - Top 5 Assessment Centre Tips

  Tips on assessment centres and psychometric tests

• Numeracy Test

  Helpful numerical test that also reveals the method to answering questions.

• Online Practice Questions and Explanations

  Also allows you to track your progress and increase your response times.

• Practice Aptitude Tests

  Includes key essential tips which identify common formulae for most numerical tests.

• Prospects.ac.uk - Interview tests and exercises

  Advice and resources for succeeding in psychometric tests, assessment centres, e-tray exercises and case studies

• Psychometric Success

  Information on a wide range of selection tests including verbal, numerical, in-tray and personality

• PwC - Types of Assessment Tests

  Explains the different types of tests you might come across in an assessment centre

• TARGETjobs - Assessment centres

  Information and advice on the various elements of an assessment centre. Includes case studies, presentations, group exercises and presentations Information and advice on the various elements of an assessment centre. Includes case studies, presentations, group exercises and e-tray exercises

• TARGETjobs - The graduate's guide to assessment centres

  Find out why graduate employers use assessment centres, what recruiters look for and how to show you're the right candidate for the job.

• Tips for a successful interview with Accenture

  Tips and guidance on interview techniques from Accenture

• VideoJug - Interview Assessments

  Video advice on how to prepare and approach job interviews, assessment centres and psychometric tests