Waitrose selects the best graduates with A&DC's Graduate DILEMMAS sifting tool...
By James Foster
Waitrose aims to select the best, and save time and money with new online judgement test
Waitrose, the premium UK food store has selected A&DC's Graduate DILEMMAS as its new online sifting tool, with the aim of ensuring that the highest calibre candidates progress through to its graduate Selection Centres. This year, Waitrose has received over 2500 applications already for its Graduate Scheme. By introducing Graduate DILEMMAS™ from A&DC, the graduate recruitment team hope to efficiently filter out less suitable candidates and ensure those getting to the Centres, approximately 150, have the potential to succeed as future store managers.
Anglie Johns, Manager Recruitment Services at Waitrose stated, “We anticipated an uplift in applicant numbers this year, and therefore wanted to introduce a new, robust selection tool to our Graduate Assessment Process, to address the challenges of the recruitment market, and the growing numbers of applications.”
Graduate DILEMMAS is an online Situational Judgement Test that assesses graduates’ judgement and decision-making skills in relation to common work situations. It is used to sift candidates quickly and easily online, based on an overall judgement score.
The scoring of Graduate DILEMMAS has been tailored to reflect “what good looks like” for graduates within Waitrose. Store managers with detailed knowledge were asked to complete Graduate DILEMMAS and indicate how effective candidates should respond. Based on their responses, A&DC created a bespoke scoring key for the company.
Natalie Livings, Managing Consultant at A&DC, explains, “Successful Waitrose graduates are placed into store-based retail management roles and have the opportunity to reach department manager level within 12-24 months. It is no wonder that so many graduates apply with high hopes. It is essential for Waitrose, however, to ensure it is firstly finding future employees who want to work for the company, rather than just ‘get a job’, and secondly, making sure they have the best possible fit for the available roles”.
Graduate DILEMMAS has been integrated by A&DC into Waitrose’s e-recruitment platform, provided by WCN, to ensure ease of use for the Waitrose team and streamlined experience for candidates.
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About Graduate DILEMMAS™
Graduate DILEMMAS™ is a 30 minute, online Situational Judgement Test, that assesses the top 5 most widely sought after Graduate competencies, which together represent the profile of a successful Graduate employee working in a wide variety of industries and commercial roles. Read more...
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