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How will you select the trainees?
What is an assessment day?
Competency based interview
Group exercise
Voice/writing test
General knowledge
How will you select the trainees?
We will mark all the application forms carefully and then produce a shortlist of people who'll be invited to an assessment day in the week beginning November 30. (Please make a note of this date if you apply.)
What is an assessment day?
When we recruit we often use a number of techniques to enable candidates to show themselves at their best. These can include:
Competency based interview
Competency simply means the skills we require from our staff and our trainees. The interview will consist of questions which will assess your ability in a number of areas. Please don't be put off. We don't expect you to have all of these skills, we are willing to train you; we are looking for potential.
Group exercise
You will be given some time to look at the exercise. This will be something similar to what you might be expected to do in the job - e.g. to decide a running order (a running order is what we draw up when preparing news bulletins for TV and radio), to work on a breaking news story or to come up with creative story ideas. We will also be testing your knowledge of audiences in this exercise.
Voice/writing test
As a broadcaster we are looking for potential good broadcasting voices. If you want to hear what we mean by a 'good broadcasting voice' you could listen to some BBC output. We are looking for voices that are clear, authoritative and well-paced. The exercise might consist of you recording a news item you have written. An expert will be on hand to make the recording. We will be looking at your writing skills in this exercise too.
General knowledge
We are looking for people with a passion for news and current affairs and sport, and an awareness of what is happening around them. You should therefore be prepared to answer some questions about what's going on in the news.
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