Group Interview - Advice please

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I’m due to attend a group interview for the first time.

If you’ve been on a panel for one previously, what did you look out for? If you’ve been on one before and been successful, what we the feedback?

What does a successful candidate look like?

It’s for an opportunity at middle management level.

Also, what should i wear? I have a faithful navy trouser suit with tiny dots that i am hoping to wear with a lighter navy blouse or shall i wear a white too?

Any help would be much appreciated, please. Thank you.

Never interviewed, but have passed a group interview successfully.
(Assuming you have a hypothetical situation to deal with in interview as we did) my feeling was they were looking for good group working, so listen to group members, compliment them on good ideas, put forward your own ideas succinctly without dominating, and show some leadership in synthesising everything together into a plan of action.

Thank you, that’s very helpful. Yes, we will have a hypothetical scenario to work with.
I usually take a little bit of time to observe others before joining in with group discussions.
Would this go against me?

Also, is the ideal situation to be the presenter of the group’s work?

I don’t think so (although caveat - not an expert), unless it arises naturally and you like/are good at presenting. negotiating an equal share for all of the presenting worked for us (4 of my group of 5 got job offers).

re time - i guess it depends how much time you have? If the whole thing is 2 hrs, there isn’t much observation time built in.

I suppose this sort of exercise works best if you really do like working in groups - Elbowing others out of your way to present would obviously backfire, but so would silence or over shyness giving the impression you were letting others do the hard work. good luck!

Try and contribute early on- asking questions, bringing others in, building on others ideas, keeping the group on task, clarifying ideas are all useful.
demonstrating good listening skills, summarising etc are all helpful- “chairing” type behaviours. You do not need to be the one generating all the ideas, but helping the group achieve the task.

Negotiating a fair share is a very good compromise. I’m not usually eager to volunteer to present but i do it badly, when I have to.
Im very, very unlikely to elbow anyone. I’ll just do my best to air my opinion in a calm manner and see if i can get my team on side.

Thank you for the good luck wishes, they’re very warmly received!

Good luck. Asking questions always goes down well. 😉

Thank you @thesandwich , really good pointers. I’ll take them on board. Thanks very much for the good luck wishes too! 🤞