Conference Producer
Interview process
A lady phoned to get a general feel of why I thought this role suited me, she also asked me what I thought the role would entail and gave me some background information onto the company. She also asked I have any previous experience within events, research or corporate roles.
Most difficult question
Who are our main competitors and what industries do we deal with?
Interview tips
Be prepared to do a lot of heavy research and analysis from day one in the company. This role requires a driven and competitive individual.
In regards to the assessment center, make sure you speak up and volunteer ideas during the group discussion, a large part of their selection criteria people based on this.
In regards to the assessment center, make sure you speak up and volunteer ideas during the group discussion, a large part of their selection criteria people based on this.
Experiences at the assessment centre
We had to read though 20 sets of telephone transcripts which was from a rage of oil and gas suppliers. We then had to extract the most useful to design our on conference. Using the questions on a separate sheet. This included what the main topics of discussion should be and also and also who the primary audiences should be
Interview steps
Interviews:
- Phone
- 1:1
- Group / Panel
- Senior Management
- Video
Tests:
- Numerical
- Personality
- Verbal reasoning
- Psychometric
Other:
- Assessment centre
- Group exercise
- Background check
- Presentation
- Competency based questions