Assessment exercise

Three lads left after the individual interviews, but which one was the fittest for purpose? Two of them had left school with excellent records of brawling and truanting, but little by way of decent qualifications. The third was different. He was on a ‘gap year’ with a place at a top university in the autumn. He was also a fine physical specimen.

Marcus called them, asking them to come back the following day at 09.00. Each thought he’d got the job. None knew that this was stage 2, a group ‘interview’. They soon found out, and then it kicked off...