Kathryn W
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
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Just got a had a telephone interview for a position for a customer advisor for Yorkshire bank...
All went well etc, and at the end i have been told to go to some sort of assesment tomorrow, involving numeracy test and accuracy.... Is this a formal thing does anyone know? Involving dressing up casually, or informal?
Woman over the phone didnt explain much, just that i have to be at Wigan tomorrow for 9:30 
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gianluigi
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dress up smart. i gurentee these numeracy tests are piss easy
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Kathryn W
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I'm good at numeracy anyway so that's not a problem!
Is this ''assesment'' a interview do you think, or just a general thing for the bank? 
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gianluigi
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they'll test your compitancy on their systems, quiz you a bit then "let you know"
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Kathryn W
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Ghey's!
I hate waiting around, applied for this position over a month ago now
I keep getting lost to which jobs i have applied for
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andy1868
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my theory is that you can't go wrong if you dress smartly, even if nobody else there is dressed up it just shows you've made more effort etc
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Kathryn W
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Think ill go buy some new pants...  .... an excuse for shopping haha!!
Anyone been to Wigan of a morning? Motorway busy?
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corsa_crew
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it depends on which sort of tests they throw at ya
Halifax - was a written exam - with various questions - involving percentages and basic maths - get 30min to get as many correct reply's as you can.
Barclays - Was a pile of 30 cheques placed in front of you - which had to be sorted out - remove any invalid cheques - then was various questions how many for this day or how many all together - things like that.
The telephone interview is only the first hurdle - once get past the tests you still have a full iterview to go - normally carried out by branch manager or area manager.
good luck
but be warned - and i cant make this point strong enough - it will be stressful and sales targets will play a very large part in the job.
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Kathryn W
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Yeah i have worked towards targets before in my last job, was hard, and the woman on the phone was emphasising the fact of targets!!
Got nothing to loose i suppose if i go along and dont get in 
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LAD VXL
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As already said its a safe bet to dress smart as first impressions are a big thing!
Good luck, hope it goes well for you
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Carl
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of course dress smartly, its a bank, you will have to dress smartly everyday for work, go in in anything not smart and you won't get the job.
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