Position
- Temporary Assistant Economist (graduate position)
Date of Interview - 13th July 2005
Round - 1 of 1
Notes on the interview - The interview was in
Whitehall in front of a panel of three. The panel had two senior
economists and one person from the personnel department. Before
the interview a list of eight questions were sent by email to
be prepared (these are below). In the interview each economist
asked from the list of questions and went further into each, finding
out how deep your knowledge was. There were no trick questions,
but a great level of depth was needed. The non-economist asked
questions to find out about team work, i.e. previous experiences
and how you dealt with them. She also asked for a couple of economics
terms to be explained in layman's terms.
The
interview lasted 45 minutes (approx). Personally I would say this
is one of the more difficult interview because it is an assessment
of academic knowledge rather than an assessment of personality
or experience.
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