I bet you're all wondering how it went...
It was a bit different to what I expected.
Today's part of the selection process involved a written test, as opposed to a face to face interview.
30 minutes long. Four exercises: checking items for transcription errors, putting 20 books in alphabetical order by author, putting 20 eight digit numbers in order and putting 20 Dewey Decimal numbers in order.
Possible best score of 120.
Pass mark was... 110.
It made sense. The pre-selection interview was scurrilously easy, and I had been told that hordes of candidates had applied. There had to be some way to thin the herd, and this was to be it.
Needless to say, I was sweating bullets the whole way. I probably shouldn't have been, but I I knew that all I had to do was make four mistakes on each of the exercises it would have been 'Sorry Blood, maybe next year.'
As it was, I didn't know whether missing one thing in sequence meant that the whole thing was wrong from there-after, or if they just kept counting it.
I was worried because I am the kind of person that uses visual and spatial sense to solve problems when my verbal and numerical mind goes awol. If you've talked to me in real life, you've probably seen me do this.
In other words, if I had thought to bring a pair of scissors, I would have been able to shuffle the items into order in no time flat. Even better, if said items were attached to, say, books, it would have been no problem whatsover. Books have weight and substance, they aren't just abstract markings on a page that are easy to miss and get mixed up.
After the test was over, we had to spend about twenty odd minutes waiting on the results. The recruiter would come by every so often with six printed A4 sheets, reading out names and handing them to folk. The A4 sheets would inform us whether we passed or not. I tried to read, but found it hard to concentrate.
So, how did I do?
I... passed.
This round.
Next Tuesday I go in for the next round of the Selection Process. From what I gather it will involve a brief presentation, a written application, attaching a supporting statement and a face to face meeting with a library manager.
Thanks again to everyone who wished me luck or offered advice. Hopefully I haven't already used up my quota.
Over and out,
- J
Today's part of the selection process involved a written test, as opposed to a face to face interview.
30 minutes long. Four exercises: checking items for transcription errors, putting 20 books in alphabetical order by author, putting 20 eight digit numbers in order and putting 20 Dewey Decimal numbers in order.
Possible best score of 120.
Pass mark was... 110.
It made sense. The pre-selection interview was scurrilously easy, and I had been told that hordes of candidates had applied. There had to be some way to thin the herd, and this was to be it.
Needless to say, I was sweating bullets the whole way. I probably shouldn't have been, but I I knew that all I had to do was make four mistakes on each of the exercises it would have been 'Sorry Blood, maybe next year.'
As it was, I didn't know whether missing one thing in sequence meant that the whole thing was wrong from there-after, or if they just kept counting it.
I was worried because I am the kind of person that uses visual and spatial sense to solve problems when my verbal and numerical mind goes awol. If you've talked to me in real life, you've probably seen me do this.
In other words, if I had thought to bring a pair of scissors, I would have been able to shuffle the items into order in no time flat. Even better, if said items were attached to, say, books, it would have been no problem whatsover. Books have weight and substance, they aren't just abstract markings on a page that are easy to miss and get mixed up.
After the test was over, we had to spend about twenty odd minutes waiting on the results. The recruiter would come by every so often with six printed A4 sheets, reading out names and handing them to folk. The A4 sheets would inform us whether we passed or not. I tried to read, but found it hard to concentrate.
So, how did I do?
I... passed.
This round.
Next Tuesday I go in for the next round of the Selection Process. From what I gather it will involve a brief presentation, a written application, attaching a supporting statement and a face to face meeting with a library manager.
Thanks again to everyone who wished me luck or offered advice. Hopefully I haven't already used up my quota.
Over and out,
- J
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