Supporting Students for Assessment Centre Success
We’re really looking forward to working with you and your students for the upcoming digital assessment centre. On this page you will find materials to support you in the promotion of the event, so you can share the benefits of attending and support students with their preparations.
What does the digital assessment centre involve?
On the day of the assessment centre, students will connect with our professional assessors via video conference, using our digital assessment platform, assess.digital.
Students will complete an e-tray exercise, a group exercise, and an interview. Students can select a job description from those provided to them for their interview to be based on. Choosing their job description is the only pre-work required.
Following the event, students will receive a personalised feedback report, highlighting their strengths and development areas.
For further information about the end-to-end process, please review the short video below.
Why should students attend the digital assessment centre?
The digital assessment centre is a fantastic opportunity for students to practise for the competitive reality of the graduate recruitment process. The event will be beneficial to help students compete for placements and graduate roles.
The video below can be shared with students to explain the benefits of attending and encourage them to register for the assessment centre.
What do students get from attending the digital assessment centre?
Personalised feedback report
After attending, students receive a personalised feedback report, highlighting their strengths and development areas, allowing them to instantly apply their learning at an employer’s assessment centre. We use criteria that is benchmarked against what employers are using, therefore giving a true reflection of how students would have been rated at an employer’s assessment centre.
Employability skills and increased confidence
We always receive fantastic feedback from students who attend our digital assessment centres.
As the experience accurately replicates an employer’s assessment centre, the opportunity to practise will give students a competitive edge when it comes to securing a placement or graduate role.
“The digital assessment centre was fantastic, I felt comfortable and was able to practise in a real scenario with very helpful facilitators.
My assessor was brilliant in guiding me through questions. Their specific feedback was extremely helpful as they advised me to express my personality and add personal examples to answers. The next day I used the advice and obtained a graduate job – their reason for hiring me was for my authenticity. The mock interview and the feedback given was a massive factor in being chosen for this role!”
Promotional materials
Use our PowerPoint slide (linked) to promote this opportunity to your students. You can also use the below paragraph in any emails to your students, or adapt the below for social media posts from your department’s social accounts. If you are able, please repost any of the posts from the @SHUCareers accounts as another method of promotion. Students can book any upcoming Digital Assessment Centres on UniHub. Our Digital Assessment Centres are available to all students and graduates.
The Careers & Employability Service has teamed up with SRS, a company of recruitment experts, to deliver a series of digital mock assessment centres, running from April to July to help you, our students, practise and develop your interview and communication skills.
Recruiters are now frequently using digital assessment centres in their recruitment processes. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain an insight into the tasks you could face, while learning within a safe environment. You will also receive detailed and personalised feedback from experienced assessors who will help you to identify your strengths and development areas to improve your confidence, knowledge and aspirations moving forward. This can help you to get ahead of the competition and be fully prepared for this stage of the recruitment process when applying for placement or graduate roles.
Assessment centre materials
Interview - job descriptions
Students must select one of the job descriptions below to base their interview on. Click the links to view and download the job descriptions.
Charityworks - Talent Programme
Transform Society - Graduate Programmes
Twinkl - Graduate Creative Copywriter
Unilever - Placement Programmes
Group exercise and e-tray exercise
All materials for students’ group exercise exercise and e-tray exercise will be provided to them on the day of the digital assessment centre. No pre-work is required for the group exercise or e-tray exercise.
Student information board
Click HERE to access the student information website. This page contains all of the information students need on what to expect and how to prepare, along with top tips to help them succeed.