Group interview

[Lovemycat21]

I have been invited to a group interview at Nat West bank. Does anyone have any tips please. Last interview I had was 14 years ago for the job I'm in now. I'm so nervous

Sometimes with group interviews, there will be people who do things like talk over others so they can make their points - because they assume they’re only being judged on their answers and not on their general behaviour and how they interact with others in the group.

PS good luck!

Thank you

Hold the pen! If the interviewers are wanting the group to discuss ideas and write on a flip chart and then feedback to other groups, try and make sure you hold the pen and do the writing and feeding back. It shows you are listening and valuing what every one has said whilst also contributing to the task and helping facilitate the group without you actually having to fight to be heard in the group discussion and being worried about saying the right thing

Try and be seen as engaging as much as. I recall in 2019 being the reserve candidate for a short term finance company (later went under during Covid) as I’d heard all the silly group discussions like if you were marooned on a desert island what would you keep from a number of select items and why which then I held back as I’d done this task more previously enough times then I’d cared to remember when group interviews were in fashion the previous years leading up.

Personally as someone in their mid 40’s my biggest hurdle recently has been employers asking if I can use a computer when it’s very clear I come from an office and call centre background, the programmes I’ve used in recent times are detailed in my CV as opposed to someone trying to switch career completely but still I get asked like they presume you get to an age and never been pc literate.

Just can’t get past today someone interviewing who hasn’t read someone’s cv in selecting anyone body it seems to turn up. I hope they give you the justice of an interview, the last group ‘buddie’ day was an assessment role play followed by interview if you scored enough points on role play which got switched on the day anyway to other way round. In that case I also just tried to be friendly and make conversation with all 6 candidates in the room. Dissing the candidates being negative about age although turn out was low at 6 I’m not joking at start of this year (so I did try to learn from 2019 about engagement with others)