Royal Mail

I've done it, found it ok! what scheme are you going for?

YeA I have applied for the operAtional scheme and I have telephone interview next month.I just wanna know the type of questions they Ask.have u got the feed bAck yet if u pAssed it?

i have gone for the operations too, passed the telephone interview about 2 weeks ago, they ask you questions based on the soarr model, its on the website under recruitment process, you should have got it in an email too. they ask you all 5 questions.

ok i will try and look them up have you been invited to assessment center?theres dis new i heard about telling operations graduate to deliver letters as well,do u think that is true?

Has anybody attended AC yet? What is it like?

@tumsam - From what I know you will be doing various things in your Operations Scheme, one of which might be assisting your posties. But it's not like you're actually a postie yourself. The telephone interview is okay - pretty much a standard competency based questions. Good luck!

I'd just taken TalentQ questions... they are quite different from the usual SHL and Kenexa... Any idea how long it takes to get the results?

Thanks!

sasya - did you hear after your talent q

Hi James,

Yes I did hear after TalentQ asking me to complete personality test online and then telephone interview. I have my final assessment centre coming up!

Have you been waiting for your results for long?

I had mine few days ago. How long do they take to come back? Thanks for your response

I think 4 - 5 days for me

Hi Guys

I have just got through my tests and am booked for my telephone interview . I'd be grateful for any pointers. Thanks.

Hi Boss. Congratulations on making it to telephone interview. You would have been given the competencies they are looking for in the mail, just prepare some examples based on that.

Good Luck.

Boss, congratulations. As Sasya says - you will need to reflect on your CV and prepare for the relevant competencies of the Royal Mail. If you haven't been given, I think you can find it online on their website.

So when did you do your test and how long did they take to respond? I did mine a few days ago and wasn't great.

Best wishes

Thanks, Jamesxx123 (and Sasya) .

Sorry to hear you didn't get through...

I have to say that despite my academic background, I failed to get through a past set of assessments, which left me disappointed. And so I didn't want to get caught out on this occasion as we only have one chance to respond. So, based on the advice of other Wikijob forum members, I subscribed to the Assessment Day tests which gave me a lot of confidence to attempt the Talent tests.

I honestly thought that I did not get through as, as you know, you are given 15mins to do the verbal and numeric tests and for each question, you are permitted up to 1 minute (other than the first) to respond to each otherwise the question times out and moves to the other. (The psychometric test is much longer but untimed.)

So, to answer your question, I did my test in the past seven days and I received RM's response within three days of completion. I would definitely recommend "http://www.assessmentday.co.uk/aptitudetests_verbal.htm" as good preparation for any future tests, as it appears to be the norm going forward for many organisations.

All the best though in your future attempt at similar tests..

Thanks Boss for your good wishes.

May I ask what role did you (& Sasya too) apply for? I hope I hear something

Try www.deliveringthefuture.co.uk

Best

Hi All,

I have just completed the Talent Q ability test's for Royal Mail's STEP program. Not sure if I have made it through, but in readiness I was wondering if anybody has been through Royal Mail's telephone interview process, and I was wondering if anybody could tell me what exactly to expect??? i.e. types of questions etc.... Any advice would be greatly appreciated and the first round of drinks are on me if I make it to the assessment centre and meet any of you their.

Thanks and Kindest Regards

Raj

Hi Raj

I would refer to Sasya's earlier response of 4 May, which I repeat below verbatim:

"Congratulations on making it to telephone interview. You would have been given the competencies they are looking for in the mail, just prepare some examples based on that."

Hope it all works out

Best, Boss..

Ha ha Raj... Don't commit to first round of drinks for AC itself... you might have to spend too much :) And since Boss used my words ( ;) ) I suppose I am also legally entitled to first round :)

Hear hear..agreed
LOL
B

Good point, I retract my offer (lol), but on a serious note I have not got a telephone interview yet although being an optimist I am assuming I might have one round the corner. Anyway good luck to all and I will keep checking this blog for any updates. You never know our paths may cross!!!

I've been looking for the email but it wasn't in my inbox nor my spam folder. Perhaps they forgot to send the email out or maybe I didn't pass to the next stage?

hi there, iv just done the talent q tests (very hard). can anyone tell me how long they take to get back to you?

many thanks

Hi Milomurphy...
I have cleared my talent tests and royal mail took 4 days to come back to me.

I have booked my phone interview on 26th july when is yours.

DT

Hello Everyone

I have telephone interview coming up with royal mail Operations graduate scheme. Can any one plz tell me what to expect on the day and what type of questions they ask and what questions if any one remembered.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

DT

Hey Guys,

I cleared my telephonic interview and have booked my Assessment Centre.... Any tips or guidance for preparation ?

I also wanted to know that is this the last stage of the recruitment process ?

Hi there

I am ex Royal Mail and a trained and qualified assessor so here is what I think you should expect. I should say now that I have not done graduate recruitment but lots of internal and external.

So your assessment centre will probably consist of the following.

1 or 2 interviews.
Group exercise
Presentation
Numerical or critical reasoning tests
Written exercise

Normally you should be told what to expect and if they have not why not call them and ask, they are pretty friendly bunch!

The link below gives a great introduction to assessment centres, pay particular attention to the mistakes that people have made on there first selection centre. There are one or two things that will sink you straight away. For instance never be tempted to comment on another candidates performance particularly in a negative way....I was led into this mistake when I was young and it cost me but I would never do it again.

http://www.wikijob.co.uk/wiki/assessment-centre

The process is designed to ensure that everybody gets a fair crack, it is intensive but a great experience particularly if its your first one. On paper all parts of the selection are equally weighted however the interviews are what counts for the most part. They are most likely to be competency based so spend as much time as possible thinking about examples of when you have led a team, coped under pressure, been financially responsible etc etc. There is plenty of good information out there on this type of question. You assessors will be using your application or CV and will use this to choose there questions so put yourself in there position and try to think where would you ask a question, then make sure you have got a good answer.

Most importantly assessors want to know what YOU have done not WE, they are very well trained and will constantly bring you back to onto what you did to achieve something.

Try not to lie to them, from an assessors point of view its normally easy to spot and makes them want to question you more on that subject.

You might be thrown in a hypothetical question but these are less common but can be used for graduates.

Don't worry if its your first time, the assessors will do there job, they are experts at getting the right information and asking the right questions.

Do research the company as much possible, particularly the business unit you are trying to join. Read up on the challenges that they are facing, for instance operations are beginning to struggle with competition and are under significant financial pressure.

Okay hope this helps, do post on how you get on.

Good luck!

Thanks a Lot Andy..... It surely helps a lot....

Congratulation Chino on your assessment centre offer..

Which program you applied to operations or logistics.....

dt

Hi All,

Any one still waiting to hear back results of phone interview with Royal Mail.........

Hey,

I had applied for Operations

Hi there,

I recently attended the Asssessment Centre in August.

Has anyone heard back yet and how did it go for you?

Hi All....

Any one attending assessment centre tomorrow at rugby?

Thanks

DT