Comments for Natasha Allsopp http://natashaallsopp.co.uk A day in the life of me Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:11:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on IBM Placement by Tasha http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/2009/01/ibm-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Tasha Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:11:53 +0000 http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/?p=23#comment-53 Hi Laura, Good to hear you have an assessment centre day. Where are you having it and when? Good luck on the day and read over my hits and tips if you haven't already. :) Thank you for your lovely comment, IBM is a great company to work for so I hope you get a job too. ;) Natasha Hi Laura,

Good to hear you have an assessment centre day. Where are you having it and when?
Good luck on the day and read over my hits and tips if you haven’t already. :)

Thank you for your lovely comment, IBM is a great company to work for so I hope you get a job too. ;)

Natasha

]]> Comment on IBM Placement by Laura http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/2009/01/ibm-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Laura Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:32:03 +0000 http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/?p=23#comment-52 Hi I have just got through the selection day and I will now be doing an assessment centre which I am very excited about. I would love to work for IBM, I just wanted to say congratulations for getting a job, I hope I can be as successful. Good Luck Laura Hi

I have just got through the selection day and I will now be doing an assessment centre which I am very excited about. I would love to work for IBM, I just wanted to say congratulations for getting a job, I hope I can be as successful.

Good Luck

Laura

]]> Comment on IBM Placement by Tasha http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/2009/01/ibm-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Tasha Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:45:05 +0000 http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/?p=23#comment-51 Hi Baibhav, Good luck in your assessment centre. If you have a business interview you will be asked a series of technical questions and as long as you answer with the right terminology and examples you'll be fine. With regard to the group exercises, one will be a presentation but you get a bit of time to plan what your going to say, the other will be a discussion based exercise where you need to come to a decision on something as a group of which there is one right answer (but as long as you have a good reason for a wrong answer it will be classed as being right to an extent). I hope this helps, obviously I can't tell you what the tasks will be and the answers but if you have an idea of what is expected then you have an advantage. Good luck :) Natasha Hi Baibhav,

Good luck in your assessment centre. If you have a business interview you will be asked a series of technical questions and as long as you answer with the right terminology and examples you’ll be fine.
With regard to the group exercises, one will be a presentation but you get a bit of time to plan what your going to say, the other will be a discussion based exercise where you need to come to a decision on something as a group of which there is one right answer (but as long as you have a good reason for a wrong answer it will be classed as being right to an extent).

I hope this helps, obviously I can’t tell you what the tasks will be and the answers but if you have an idea of what is expected then you have an advantage.

Good luck :)

Natasha

]]> Comment on IBM Placement by Baibhav http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/2009/01/ibm-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Baibhav Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:56:14 +0000 http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/?p=23#comment-50 Hi Natasha, I have an assessment centre coming up in Hursley and I was wondering if they ask you a lot of technical questions in your interview?? And also, are the group exercises always a presentation,I am kinda scared of them :((?? Hi Natasha,

I have an assessment centre coming up in Hursley and I was wondering if they ask you a lot of technical questions in your interview??
And also, are the group exercises always a presentation,I am kinda scared of them :( (??

]]> Comment on IBM Placement by Tasha http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/2009/01/ibm-placement/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Tasha Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:18:40 +0000 http://natashaallsopp.co.uk/?p=23#comment-49 Hi Jo, Do you mean you have an interview? Presentations are my weakness too and I managed to get a job. I think when you're standing there you forget about being scared and just go for it. All I suggest is think about what your goal is, for example if they give you a task to 'organise an event and then present your findings and reasoning'. Then go straight in with what your teams decision is and then justify why that was chosen. If there is a white board or flip chart, use it for diagrams as it can help you all remember what you need to say and demonstration can be easier. In your interview all I can suggest is to tell the truth and be yourself. If you are ask something like, "tell me a time when you worked in a team?". Tell them what you did and where (university is the best for this type of question), explain your role within that team (this will help to reduce the amount of questions they need to ask), explain any issues you had to overcome (that's the most important bit). The less questions you get asked doesn't mean your not right for a job, if they have to ask you a lot of questions on one subject it either means they are just interested or you haven't given them enough information in the previous questions. What you need to consider the most is, you have got this far so the company are already putting money on you and want to employ you. The only time they will have to say no is if they can't find the right job for you or you didn't meet the requirements which I'll be honest aren't as high as you may think! I'm sure you'll do great, and good luck. When is your interview? and Where? Natasha Hi Jo,
Do you mean you have an interview?
Presentations are my weakness too and I managed to get a job. I think when you’re standing there you forget about being scared and just go for it.
All I suggest is think about what your goal is, for example if they give you a task to ‘organise an event and then present your findings and reasoning’. Then go straight in with what your teams decision is and then justify why that was chosen. If there is a white board or flip chart, use it for diagrams as it can help you all remember what you need to say and demonstration can be easier.

In your interview all I can suggest is to tell the truth and be yourself. If you are ask something like, “tell me a time when you worked in a team?”. Tell them what you did and where (university is the best for this type of question), explain your role within that team (this will help to reduce the amount of questions they need to ask), explain any issues you had to overcome (that’s the most important bit).
The less questions you get asked doesn’t mean your not right for a job, if they have to ask you a lot of questions on one subject it either means they are just interested or you haven’t given them enough information in the previous questions.

What you need to consider the most is, you have got this far so the company are already putting money on you and want to employ you. The only time they will have to say no is if they can’t find the right job for you or you didn’t meet the requirements which I’ll be honest aren’t as high as you may think!

I’m sure you’ll do great, and good luck.

When is your interview? and Where?

Natasha

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