manual assessment at Jag/Land Rover

There are two parts to the assessment, you can't really prepare for them, but I'll give you gist of what happens.

One of the assessments will require you to place a cushion and magnets around the shell of the car, but you've have to do it in a certain order in a certain way and you will have to remove and place them several times. The only thing I can say is keep calm, pay attention to what the instructor says. He goes through what you have to do and someone shows you as well. Just pay attention and don't let anyone distract you.

The second part is putting together a clutch pedal. Again the instructor goes through everything, all you have to do is follow what he does. Pay attention and if you don't understand ask. They give you gloves as well, they tell you to make sure they are snug fitting and they aren't lying. Wear the tightest possible as the clutch part is fiddly and I struggled a little because my glove weren't tight enough.

In hindsight it is quite easy and the only thing that puts you back is nerves. Everyone is friendly enough and the other candidates were fine as well. They don't spring anything on you either, the above is all that happened. No questions etc.

Hope this helped.

I attended manual assessments at JLR early April, and received an interview thanking me for participating and they would be in touch within 28 days. I know its only 2 weeks, but the waiting game is difficult. Has anyone who has done the interviews heard anything yet?
Good luck to those who have done the assessments!

a bit of a heads up on the interview stage,if hopefully your son gets that far.they are putting a lot of interest on looking for people who can/have experience of working as part of a team.my son flew through his assesments and has been working as a mechanic for the last 2 years,but failed at the interview stage.he asked why he had been rejected,despite haveing done so well.and was told that it was because he was not seen as haveing previous experience of working as part of a team,depite him working daily with 4 other mechanics.the agent then went on to say that if he'd put down a hobby such as football or another team sport.he would most likely of got the job.lesson learnt.another thing i've also found out is that once employed,they then thin the new people down by about 25% dureing thier trail period.wish your son all the best.good luck

Hi all
Has anyone heard from Manpower after the manual assessment stage? Hubby done his manual over 3 weeks ago and has not heard nothing ! Haven't got high hopes after finding out yesterday more the 35000 applied for 1000 jobs! Still, would be nice to know the outcome.
TIA Springchicken