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Hello! yes just heard back and booked my interview slot.
The main thing I am wondering is how they assign us to departments - there are some that I'd love but others that don't really appeal to me. Do you know anything about this?
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The main thing I am wondering is how they assign us to departments - there are some that I'd love but others that don't really appeal to me. Do you know anything about this?
I think they ask us for preferences if we pass the assessment centre, and it'll also be based on our location preference but I might be wrong.
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I think they only start on Monday, ive not got mine until the 31st when is yours?
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I would give this webpage a read over
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/economic-assessment-centre-eac-guide
it lets you know what will happen on the day and gives some advice for it
I think they email us with some more information a week before our EAC as well
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Not sure what the technical report involves other than 30 mins & then the need to present it in non-economist terms! What was the feedback from last year?
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Delayed responses after the EAC about acceptance or rejection.
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Sent out emails stating people had been accepted then followed up with a second email saying it was all a mistake.
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Once you had been accepted (if fortunate enough) it took forever to be assigned a department.
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Even then, once assigned the onboarding was terrible and vary vague about start dates so don't submit your resignation at your current workplace until concretely certain of a start date (Could be end of August, could be November, or anything in between).
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The whole admin side of from what I have read was poor.
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The marking of the EAC is incredibly inconsistent (so with high marks were rejected and lesser marks then got thorough).
The whole thing seemed very messy...
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Delayed responses after the EAC about acceptance or rejection.
•
Sent out emails stating people had been accepted then followed up with a second email saying it was all a mistake.
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Once you had been accepted (if fortunate enough) it took forever to be assigned a department.
•
Even then, once assigned the onboarding was terrible and vary vague about start dates so don't submit your resignation at your current workplace until concretely certain of a start date (Could be end of August, could be November, or anything in between).
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The whole admin side of from what I have read was poor.
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The marking of the EAC is incredibly inconsistent (so with high marks were rejected and lesser marks then got thorough).
The whole thing seemed very messy...
I have read some bits on what to read and freshen up on, but it is a lot to cover... was hoping for anyone's ideas on online content they've found to help them prep
Any advice is welcome!
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I just got an email saying that they made a mistake and I have to change mine for some reason so im doing fiscal policy now. I’m not too sure what to expect either but the overall theme seems to be having a strong understanding of the basics and being able to apply theory to real world scenarios. So maybe they might ask some real word scenarios and ask how the theory relates to it?? I don’t know though could be wrong
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I am doing that only, alongside going through my highschool notes on econ. Good luck with your interview.
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Went well for me overall. I will just suggest that practice more on the Presentation and the Short Answer Questions part. For your strongest topic the questions were on the more obvious side. The behaviours and strengths section was also good. Will recommend to watch Jac William's videos for that. Helped me a lot.
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I chose environmental econ, which involved questions about the Big terms in the subject around what are emissions and all. Just go through the Big concepts in your topic, the interviewers will mostly not know that much. They are more looking at how confident you are in answering and what clarity you have on the topic. Good luck for your interview.
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The schedule will be on the guide they send you 7 days before. Also for general info, you can refer here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/economic-assessment-centre-eac-guide?_ga=2.149979382.1547518773.1696670698-1864729242.1696670698.
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