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What is the most important exercise at
either an interview or assessment centre?
At interview it is essential to qualify what professions that include a large degree of sponsor every trainee manager through the
you are saying. Give examples of relevant continuous learning and will involve studying WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust)
experiences to re-enforce your answers. for specific qualifications. If one of these Advanced Certificate to enable them to
Take your time. Give yourself plenty of careers doesn’t appeal, there are a lot of offer fantastic advice to our customers and
time to think after each question before employers that place a heavy emphasis on train other members of staff.
you answer. The interviewer is not trying to continuous development. Learn as much Rob Oxley
trip you up, they just want to assess your as you can about any organisation you’re
suitability for the role and the company. Be applying for – you may be surprised how It is possible to work and study at the
confident. Remember that to get to the many include an element of learning or same time, or as we like to say earn and
interview or assessment centre stage you training alongside on-the-job experience. learn! Many of our employees at Tesco
will have matched a combination of criteria Raj Dohil are able combine the two given the flexible
that your potential employer will be looking nature of our working environment. We’re
for in a new recruit. If you apply to become a trainee manager a 24/7 business so we have work patterns
Rob Oxley at Majestic Wine, then you can combine to suit most busy lifestyles. Tesco offers a
developing all the necessary skills to variety of accredited courses if you work
Assessment centres consist of a series become our next store manager within in stores and we also offer head office
of different activities; so typically it three years while continuing study. The role graduate programmes with professional
may include an interview, role play, of trainee manager combines working in a qualifications such as; accountancy,
psychometric test and group exercise. We fast-paced, customer focused retail outlet human resources, marketing and property/
are often asked which is most important. as part of a tight-knit team with study engineering qualifications.
The answer is that all are equally important towards formal wine qualifications. We Lucy Hoyle
and no single activity is weighted as more
important. The good news, though, is if
you don’t do so well at one activity you
exPeRt PaneL
have the opportunity to really show what
you are capable of in the other three.
• Raj Dohil, Recruiting Supervisor,
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
You should remember also that the
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activities usually give a true reflection of
what the role entails and so it gives a good
• Lindsay Hanson, Director at Resourcing
introduction to what it would be like to
Matters, sponsor of
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work for the company and undertake the
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• Lucy Hoyle, Graduate Recruitment
Lindsay Hanson
Manager, Tesco Stores
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I’d like to work in a role where I can
continue studying and even gain
• Peter Panayotou, Senior Consultant,
qualifications, but I also need to
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earn money and gain experience.
Any suggestions on how I can
• Rob Oxley, Recruitment Manager,
combine the two?
Majestic Wine Warehouses
Choosing the right career and the right
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employer are vital. There are a lot of
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