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In an assessment-centre group exercise everyone is talking. How are you being scored?
In an assessment centre group exercise, each assessor usually watches a few candidates and records observable behaviours: building on others' points, using facts from the brief, keeping to time, bringing quieter people in and moving to a decision. Airtime earns nothing; what you add when you speak does.
4 min readUpdated 2026-10-10
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Short answer
You are scored on what an assessor can write down. In a typical group exercise, each assessor watches a small number of candidates and notes specific behaviours: building on someone else's point, citing the brief, calling time, bringing a quiet person in, summarising towards a decision. Those notes are rated against the criteria for the role, so talking the most earns nothing by itself, and saying nothing gives the assessor nothing to rate.
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- The group is about to agree on an option you think the brief's figures rule out. What do you say, and how many times?
- Your individual role brief tells you to push for an option that conflicts with another candidate's. How do you argue for it and still help the group finish?
- How does your approach change when the group exercise runs on a video call?
- One candidate keeps interrupting everyone. What could you do that an assessor would note in your favour?
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