Online tests and video interviews

• Ask for a show of hands on who has an online test or video interview coming up
• Explain the plan: what each stage is like, a live challenge, then practice in pairs

Host note: Keep it short and make it clear nobody has to share a score

• Numerical reasoning: questions on tables and charts against the clock, usually with a calculator
• Verbal and logical reasoning: true, false or cannot say statements, and patterns in shapes or sequences
• Situational judgement: workplace scenarios where you rate or rank possible actions
• Game-based assessments: short games that look at things like attention, memory and appetite for risk
• One-way video interviews: a question on screen, a short time to prepare and a recorded answer with nobody on the other end

Host note: Formats vary by firm and year, so encourage members to read every invite carefully

• Everyone opens speed maths on their phone and runs 50 questions in 5 minutes
• Members write their score on the tally sheet if they want to
• Ask two or three people what helped, such as rounding first or skipping and coming back

Host note: Scores stay on each phone, and nothing is uploaded or ranked on the site

Speed maths: financeprep.uk/practice/speed-maths

• Put one numerical practice question on the screen and give the room a minute
• Talk it through: read the question first, find the right row or bar, estimate, then calculate
• Point out the traps: units, percentages of the wrong total and figures in thousands

Host note: Pick a question in advance and check the worked solution before the session

Numerical reasoning: financeprep.uk/practice/numerical

• Pair people up and give each pair an interviewer card to ask from
• One reads the question aloud, then the other gets 30 seconds to prepare and 90 seconds to answer
• The listener gives one strength and one thing to try, then the pair swaps

Host note: A phone timer works, or members can use the recorder on their own device

Video interview recorder: financeprep.uk/practice/video-interview

• Share a simple plan for the 72 hours after an invite arrives
• Ask everyone to name one format they'll practise this week
• Point members to the practice tools and the society's next event

Host note: Finish on time, because people remember a session that respected their evening

72-hour plan guide: financeprep.uk/guides/test-invite-72-hour-plan