I just progressed to the second assessment for Macfarlanes (the job simulation one). If anyone has advice about how to approach that I would be very grateful! I don't know if they just introduced it this year and it confusingly says it is both timed and not timed.
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Macfarlanes second online assessment- job simulation
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Congratulations on making it so far!! I don't really have any input but would love some advice from you regarding the application? Thanks again and best wishes!!
Sure, basically there's loads of SJT and a short Watson glaser style test (no video questions). For the SJT, first read what macfarlanes are looking for in trainees (e.g they want proactive go-getters who like taking responsbility and not sitting on the sidelines). For all the situational judgement questions, you had to rank them from 1 to 5, 1 being how you would most react. For every question, I cross-referenced the context of the question with what Macfarlanes were looking for, then ranked it.
For example, if a question was like, "you've finished all your work and have nothing to do" and the responses were 1) Wait for someone to come to you, 2) Look up from your desk to see if anyone needs help or 3) send an email to your partner asking if there's anything you can help with, I checked on the Macfarlanes website that they wanted trainees to take responsbility. So I then ranked 3), 2) 1). I did this for every question and got a good feedback report so I guess this worked out. Plus, the entire assessment isn't timed so you can take as much time as you want.
I don't have any tips for the Watson Glaser Qs because I'm not very good at them lol, but I used the unlimited time limit to slowly check through all my answers.
Hope this was helpful!
Congrats! Can I ask, what was the turn around time from completing the oral application to receiving the second online assessment email?
