HM treasury Policy Advisor Grad Scheme

I'm in for the 9th (PM), pretty excited but also nervous!

Presentation looks okay, just hope the question isn't super left field. Getting my statistics research down at the moment.

Biggest focus for me though is the competency interview, they're gonna grill us hard on those.

Anyone got any ideas on the timescale post assessment for offers etc? I haven't seen anything about that!

Good luck, let us know how it goes!

Have you prepared for the presentation? I'm just going through the links they sent out at the moment. I had heard you go straight from the presentation to them questioning you and then straight into the interview all very quickly.

If you are successful they contact you in May, my guess would be that they send out rejections in April but the website says if you are successful they will send out offers after the 13th May.

May is an awfully long time! On the FAQs part of the website, it says we'll receive notification of the result in March.

Anyone had theirs yet? Some tips on the written assessment or type of questions they ask in the presentation would be useful!

Good luck, let us know how it goes!

Have you prepared for the presentation? I'm just going through the links they sent out at the moment. I had heard you go straight from the presentation to them questioning you and then straight into the interview all very quickly.

If you are successful they contact you in May, my guess would be that they send out rejections in April but the website says if you are successful they will send out offers after the 13th May.

Yeah I've been doing the same, the lion's share of the information they ask for is in that document so that seems pretty important! Gosh, no psyche up time between pres and interview then?

As late as May? That's pretty rubbish, but I guess they have to wait for the elections etc. I didn't see that on the website though, clearly I'm not top policy advisor material

Thanks for the luck, same back to you chap!

They are interviewing quite a few people for a handful of positions. I guess it takes a while to go through all the applications. I would guess that they let the unsuccessful know throughout march and april and the successful know in May, they are interviewing right up to the end of the month.<br>
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Nope no psyche time <img src="images/smilies/frown.png" border="0" alt="" title="" smilieid="11" class="inlineimg"> you do the interview they question you and then straight into it, I suppose it is a lot to get done in a few hours really. This is the only grad scheme I've applied for that I have got through to the assessment day so I am begging and praying at the minute that all goes well next week or the brown stuff hits the fan! <br>
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I dare say the election may play a part in how many they recruit. <br>
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Are you at uni at the minute or have you graduated?

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<br>Mate, what are you on about? The very last day of interviews is the 27th of February. I don't think it takes 3 months to decide who's met the competencies and who hasn't.

They are interviewing quite a few people for a handful of positions. I guess it takes a while to go through all the applications. I would guess that they let the unsuccessful know throughout march and april and the successful know in May, they are interviewing right up to the end of the month.

Nope no psyche time you do the interview they question you and then straight into it, I suppose it is a lot to get done in a few hours really. This is the only grad scheme I've applied for that I have got through to the assessment day so I am begging and praying at the minute that all goes well next week or the brown stuff hits the fan!

I dare say the election may play a part in how many they recruit.

Are you at uni at the minute or have you graduated?

I'm not sure how many they'll bring in, probably no more than 50 surely? I'd wager there are about 500-1000 left in the process.

Perhaps you just get the formal job offer in May?

Ah wow, that's going to be intense, but it has to get done I suppose.

I've graduated, back in July, but I imagine a lot of the applicants might be older. What about you?

I graduated back in July too. Every day in my head I'm just saying "don't mess it up don't mess it up" :P

Well the main website says they are looking to take on 60 people so my guess would be they will interview a fair few.

I hope all goes well for you tomorrow. I'm just terrified of the presentation at the minute. I get incredibly nervous doing presentations and I'm hopeless with stats when I get nervous

Haha, yeah I know how you feel!

60 people, so my guess would be we'll be one of 600-800 tops then maybe. Hmm, big odds!

Thanks very much! I'm worried about that too, not sure exactly to prepare a few of the points (i.e. social impact of ISAs? I can figure out the economic impact easy enough, but not 100% sure about that).

Thanks anyway, will post here tomorrow or tuesday how it went!

Well it says the economic impact in the stats social impact I'm just going with ISA's help people save. Very poor line but its all I've got

I've applied for some 240 jobs in the last 6 months now grad scheme and non-grad scheme, this is only my fifth interview and the last job I'm in for. I really need to do well or I don't know what I'll do.

Well it says the economic impact in the stats social impact I'm just going with ISA's help people save. Very poor line but its all I've got

I've applied for some 240 jobs in the last 6 months now grad scheme and non-grad scheme, this is only my fifth interview and the last job I'm in for. I really need to do well or I don't know what I'll do.

Blimey, 240? I think I had applied for about 30 pre-july and then got into my current job (but that was through a connection). I hope that you get it mate, but like the post below says, it's not the end of the world!

Best of luck