This may involve you and a number of other candidates being given information to analyse or a topic to discuss as a group.

There may be an objective which you need to reach, a list of actions you need to decide, a choice you have to agree on or a problem to resolve. These types of exercises aren’t necessarily looking for how you lead a group, which is a common misconception. Often the assessors are interested in how you work with others using skills such as listening, questioning, reasoning, explaining, suggesting, supporting, encouraging, evaluating, considering…etc.