These will give you a feel for what to expect, plus some indication of your own strengths. Some employers also use personality assessments designed, for example, to find out the role you might adopt in a team. These ask questions but are not tests of right or wrong - employers aim to recruit more than one sort of person into their organisation. TOP Technical interviews Engineers and scientists often want to know about technical interviews but, according to the feedback we receive from students, they have quite a low profile. Technical questions are asked, but this often happens as part of a more general interview.
Typical questions refer to course projects, special options or work placements.
Separate technical interviews which test in-depth theoretical knowledge are mainly given to applicants for research posts. We run sessions on assessment centres.