I went for a job interview at a local bank this morning that went well although I left thinking hmmmm, they think Im over experienced for this role. Its difficult to put across that you are happy to do even the basics to be back in the work place again without employees feeling you will want their job. I dont.... I just want A job!!! ) Im looking for balance not status.

Two hours after the interview I get a call requesting I complete an on-line assessment. Does anyone have any experience of doing one of these? What is web profiling all about and where does this assessment figure in the process? Are they behavioural or skill based? The home page tells me nothing. In the UK Ive always been lucky enough to just talk my way into jobs on the back of my resume.

I tried looking for some sample assessments but couldnt find any.

If anyone can give me any info or point me in the right direction I would be so grateful.

many thanks, daisy

The on-line assessments I have done (three times) have all being skills testing of one sort or another to see if I am competent enough to do the job. When completed these send back results to the person who originated them so they could give you a competency score. Maybe your assessments are similar to these. I found them very simple and easy to use.

When I registered for an employment agency they had me do online assessments at home. They tested my typing speed, Data Entry Accuracy, plus all the Microsoft office packages.

When I signed up with a temp agency a couple of months ago, they had me do several online assessment tests. They were skills based AND behavioural based. The tests included typing speed, MS Office knowledge (Word & Excel), word and math problems, and personality questionnaires.

As for not appearing over-qualified... I had that problem too when I interviewed for teaching assistant positions (I was a fully qualified high school teacher back in Canada, but not certified in California).

In my interviews, I stressed that I'd enjoy the change of pace (which I do!!), that I'd love working with smaller groups of students which I don't get to do as often as a regular classroom teacher, and that it'd be at least a few years before I can return to school to get recertified (so... I left them with the impression that I *do* want to develop professionally, but that right now's not the time to do it... which is true because I'd like to have a "settling down" period).

It really depends. Once I had an online assessment which is purely behavioral (it was not in US and it was for a fulltime job for a finance position) which was company requirement. It all depends on the company/type of job you are applying

Many thanks for your help everyone.

I got on-line last night and worked through the assessment. It was customer service based and nothing to worrry about - mainly behavioural, all yes or no answers. Then two pages of english grammer multiple choice and two of math -- 200 questions in all.

The only question that sticks out is the only one I didnt answer!!! Two cars going round a track, one takes 2 mins the other 1.5 mins to complete the journey. How often does the faster car pass the other? .... I was like hmmmmmmm.

Otherwise all was a doddle. I dont know why I got myself in such a state over it.

Life is funny, you can work for many years, feel full of confidence and a sense of success at what you do. Then emigrate, remove yourself from familiar surroundings and out of the workplace for 6 months and its POW! Fine line to becoming a blob of jelly! Of course Im not going to let any prospective employer know that... until Ive been with the co. at least ohhhhh a year, because underneath all this change I is good!!

Thanks very much again.

daisy