Just before Christmas I was invited to an assessment centre and interview for a 12 month placement as a Software Developer at IBM in Hursley, nr Winchester. The assessment was a 14 minute test, which would have been impossible to finish in 30 minutes! Also I had to participate in two group exercises, the first was to organise a placement presentation for IBM and then present our decision. (I really enjoyed that task) :) The second was to go through some application forms and decide who fit the job specification the best (that was hard). Then I had 2 interviews, one was to find out who I am as a person, the other was a business interview, to find out what work I am capable of ...