UnderTheBoughs
Active member
A couple of weeks ago I applied for a job at ASDA and today I have an email from them saying I have been invited to an "ASDA Magic Event" Assessment Centre or something. The official email doesn't sound too bad, but I have read more about it online (people talking about their exerperiences) and here are some quotes:
"In my session we had to find out a few things from the person sat next to us then tell the rest of the group."
"sell to the group an item we'd been given then in a small group design a asda store of the future drawin it on paer and tellin every1 about it."
"We had to design a poster and a sing a jingle to go with it"
I get quite anxious talking on the phone, so calling them up to arrange my going to this event will be a challange itself. I am desperate for a job but this is something I can't do.
I am all for challenging myself and exposure, but singing? Selling a product to group? Getting to know strangers and then telling a group about them? Drawing a store of the future and then explaining it to the group?
Short version: I do not believe I could handle this situation, no matter how much I pushed myself. Really, what I guess I want, is for someone to say that it's OK not to go. But I am so desperate for a job, it's like throwing away an opportunity.
The last interview I had I physically could not answer questions such as "Tell us about yourself", I have moved on since then, thanks to talking to my counsellor about it, but I honestly think, based on the descriptions, this event is beyond me. I have no choice but to turn it down, right?
"In my session we had to find out a few things from the person sat next to us then tell the rest of the group."
"sell to the group an item we'd been given then in a small group design a asda store of the future drawin it on paer and tellin every1 about it."
"We had to design a poster and a sing a jingle to go with it"
I get quite anxious talking on the phone, so calling them up to arrange my going to this event will be a challange itself. I am desperate for a job but this is something I can't do.
I am all for challenging myself and exposure, but singing? Selling a product to group? Getting to know strangers and then telling a group about them? Drawing a store of the future and then explaining it to the group?
Short version: I do not believe I could handle this situation, no matter how much I pushed myself. Really, what I guess I want, is for someone to say that it's OK not to go. But I am so desperate for a job, it's like throwing away an opportunity.
The last interview I had I physically could not answer questions such as "Tell us about yourself", I have moved on since then, thanks to talking to my counsellor about it, but I honestly think, based on the descriptions, this event is beyond me. I have no choice but to turn it down, right?