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Reply 80

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by jennaq
I would check your invitation email but mine said “There is no required preparation for the assessment centre.”. Good luck I’m sure you’ll do great!


How did you find it??

Reply 81

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by Bradley2904
How did you find it??

The first question threw me off as I wasn’t expecting a technical question! But I was quite happy overall, especially with the situational questions. I just wish we had a bit more time to write the longer answers

Reply 82

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by jennaq
The first question threw me off as I wasn’t expecting a technical question! But I was quite happy overall, especially with the situational questions. I just wish we had a bit more time to write the longer answers


Yeahh I totally feel you, I thought I was screwed after the first one but seem to get better overall, glad it was only the one technical question. Did you put but not to re run the sample or re run them all on that one cause I put do not re run and I think that’s wrong 😭

Reply 83

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by Bradley2904
Yeahh I totally feel you, I thought I was screwed after the first one but seem to get better overall, glad it was only the one technical question. Did you put but not to re run the sample or re run them all on that one cause I put do not re run and I think that’s wrong 😭

Same I panicked a bit at that point 😂 I put to re run the samples as I thought it would be best to risk assess first? But I wasn’t sure either! I wish we could justify our answer for that one lol

Reply 84

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by jennaq
Same I panicked a bit at that point 😂 I put to re run the samples as I thought it would be best to risk assess first? But I wasn’t sure either! I wish we could justify our answer for that one lol

hey! I have a VAC coming up and I wondered if you wouldn't mind letting me know how they structured yours just so I have some idea of what to expect! Is it just an exam like the situational judgement test or do they make you work out problems in groups etc? How many questions did they ask overall and how long did the session last? Thank you!

Reply 85

Did anyone do interview for audiology? If so how did it go ?

Reply 86

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by jennaq
Same I panicked a bit at that point 😂 I put to re run the samples as I thought it would be best to risk assess first? But I wasn’t sure either! I wish we could justify our answer for that one lol

did you get any notification that your response was submitted.... i didnt get, sent a mail about it and my response wasnt received.... quite scared now

Reply 87

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by vickkymin
did you get any notification that your response was submitted.... i didnt get, sent a mail about it and my response wasnt received.... quite scared now

I didn’t get a notification, I think as long as you clicked ‘Submit’ you should be fine

Reply 88

Original post
by jennaq
I didn’t get a notification, I think as long as you clicked ‘Submit’ you should be fine


Have you heard anything yet today?

Reply 89

Anyone got their feedback from the VAC

Reply 90

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by vickkymin
Anyone got their feedback from the VAC


Yeahh I managed to get a interview fortunately. How about you? 🙂

Reply 91

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by Bradley2904
Yeahh I managed to get a interview fortunately. How about you? 🙂

No feedback... Had issues with my submission so it wasn't scored
I guess I'll try again next yr

Goodluck on your interview

Reply 92

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by vickkymin
No feedback... Had issues with my submission so it wasn't scored
I guess I'll try again next yr
Goodluck on your interview


Oh nooo!! Have you emailed them and told them what went wrong??

Reply 93

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by Bradley2904
Oh nooo!! Have you emailed them and told them what went wrong??

Emailed about it already..been on it since yesterday.... Don't think anything is gonna be done about it anymore... Just gonna brace up and get it next yr

Reply 94

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by vickkymin
Emailed about it already..been on it since yesterday.... Don't think anything is gonna be done about it anymore... Just gonna brace up and get it next yr


Whattttt that would be so unfair if it when it wasn’t your fault! Have you tried calling maybe? Did they say they would try sort it out or did they not get back to you?

Reply 95

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by Bradley2904
Have you heard anything yet today?

I heard back in the afternoon, good news luckily 🙂

Reply 96

Hi guys well done for completing the assessment centre and getting called back for interviews that’s so exciting! Does anyone mind sharing how long it ran for? I emailed them last week but I didn’t have a response. I need to get a dog sitter lol. Also I’m curious how many people were on the call just trying to gauge how many they’ve shortlisted. Thank you!

Reply 97

When are your interviews?

Reply 98

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by Clobheyyy
Hi guys well done for completing the assessment centre and getting called back for interviews that’s so exciting! Does anyone mind sharing how long it ran for? I emailed them last week but I didn’t have a response. I need to get a dog sitter lol. Also I’m curious how many people were on the call just trying to gauge how many they’ve shortlisted. Thank you!

Thank you!
Ours was less than an hour. I was expecting at least a couple of hours so I took the whole day off work 😅 There were only 5 of us too.
Good luck for yours!
(edited 9 months ago)

Reply 99

Original post
by jennaq
Thank you!
Ours was less than an hour. I was expecting at least a couple of hours so I took the whole day off work 😅 There were only 5 of us too.
Good luck for yours!


Thank you that’s really helpful! Wow I honestly expected it to be an all day thing!

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