I applied online. I interviewed at Capita (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jul 2015
Interview
This interview was for Capita transformation. The consulting arm of Capita.
Really demanding assessment centre as it includes the following:
A numerical test
A proof reading test
Two interviews
A presentation
...and a written exercise
So no group work (well at least in my case). Which can be a bugger if that's your strong point.
But one thing I would say is that the numerical and proof reading test isn't very difficulty. In fact they're probably the easiest part of the assessment day. Just take the time to trial out one or two online before hand.
The hardest part would have to be the presentation for me. You're giving a business issue and you have to prepare a 20min (or roundabouts) pres on how you would help the business solve the matter at hand. So get some practice on case study presentation!
All being said, with enough preparation in your back pocket, in a weird kind of way, you may end up actually enjoying the whole process.
Almost forgot to mention the telephone interview.
That was pretty standard as far as telephone interviews go. So the regular competency based question ("give me an example where....") that sort of stuff. So practice on such questions.
Best of luck!
(One more point, if it has not already been supplied, ask for the itinerary before the day!)
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Capita (Londres, Inglaterra) in Mar 2015
Interview
The interview process was done in two stages: 1) Telephone interview with the company's internal recruiter; 2a) Telephone interview with the hiring manager / head of department and 2b) Face-to-face interview with the said hiring manager and one of his colleagues (director level).
It seemed that the position was not well thought of and the organisational structure, in which this role needed to fit in, was not clear even to the company / department itself. I got the impression that the organisational structure was being developed on the go, which was rather puzzling as it appeared that no proper strategy for growth of this particular department was put in place.
The interview itself was a bit unstructured and the interviewers were somewhat pushy in terms of remuneration expectations.
I did not get a proper feedback on the outcome of the interview and even the internal recruiter was dishonest about leaving a voicemail message - at the time I did not have voicemail messaging system activated.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was repeatedly asked to state a figure for expected salary.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Capita (Stafford, England)
Interview
filled in various form and then called for a face to face interview. Was required to take all official documents and identity, Was asked to ensure DBS was up to date