Like others - you do a test and the have a Skype interview and do the test again because they don't trust you. On arrival I sat in reception of a fantastic building in brilliant grounds and watched their staff plod past... I have seen jollier and more enthusiastic people at funerals - this is a glum, dying place I thought. On to the interview, it was soulless and the manager liked to hear his own voice and did not like be questioned (this was for a sales role remember).

Once you pass the relatively easy online tests, you are invited to an assessment day which consists; of a group presentation, elevator pitch and a test (same as the one you completed online). Positive; The recruitment team were great. They were young which helped and very approachable. Negatives; group assessor didn't seem in the best of moods and was talking to her co worker during the task. She failed to realise that I involved the quietest member of the group, a skill that they said I did not demonstrate in the group task. This was disappointing as the group task was the basis of me not getting the job and I believe if I had a different assessor the outcome would have been different. Also the tests you complete whilst at the assessment centre require you not to use a calculator a bit absurd as the answer can be in decimals, in which case they tell you take an educated guess (which I found strange as the answer for instance could be 23.5% and other options were 25%) However the "pass" level didn't seem to be high so not much to worry about. Also the set up for the tests was not great as everyone started at different times (they asked to start when you were ready). The problem this created was that once people had finished they would become distracting to other people who were still taking the test.