Manchester City Council Interview Questions
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The panel were friendly and there were 4 forward questions. They require STAR method answers or you're not considered. They wrote down the answers as you speak, so this might be distracting when focusing on your answers. The outcome was after a week, which is good. The communication and follow up was professional and helpful.

It started with a roleplay assessment, then there was a panel interview where they shared the questions ahead of time. One of the panel members was a senior executive who stepped in, and they were really condescending the whole time. The rest of the panel was fine, though.

So, the whole interview thing took about 2 hours. It started off with a 1-hour test where I had to make a report using some raw data they gave me about childcare services. After that, I met with a panel of 3 people. They hit me with all sorts of questions covering things like budget, managing my time, how I deal with conflict, and figuring out what's most important. I felt like it went pretty well overall, but then one of the panel members called me back later to say I didn't get the job. I asked why, and she said I didn't give enough detail in my answers. Apparently, my answers were correct, but she wanted more in-depth explanations. She did say the report I wrote was good, though. Still, they decided not to move forward with my application.

I was shortlisted for the first round interview. The interview consisted of three parts: Group assessment, Panel interview and a written task. For the group assessment we were divided into groups of 6 and were given two problems to solve. It lasted around 30 mins. The panel interview was conducted by two team members and behavioural questions were asked. It lasted around 20mins. The interviewers were friendly. For the written task we had to write a memo to the manager base on the financial statement of the previous quarter in 50mins.