Office for National Statistics

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is based in Newport, Wales.

The interview and assessment process is as follows:

• Aptitude tests
• Group Exercise
• Presentation
• Interview

Aptitude Tests

You will be given a test in statistics.The test will be fairly simplistic and will be split into two papers; one that focuses mainly on questionnaire design and another that is based on fairly simple multiple choice statistics questions.

Group Exercise

In the past, candidates have been asked about an advertising campaign for a building society. Candidates have had to read a lot of information and then collectively come up with a plan that details the costs, etc, of this operation.

Presenation

You will be given 20 minutes to prepare a talk from a table of data on holiday statistics. Your assessors will be interested to see how you: absorb the information available to you; identify critical points, and then; show that you can stand up and present information clearly.