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Interviews, psychometric tests, internships and grad programs, written for Australian students.
Applications and interviews
What an internship involves, the tests and interviews in graduate hiring, and what to ask when it is your turn.
The STAR method
What STAR stands for, the behavioural questions to expect and example answers from uni, casual work and an internship.
Psychometric tests
Numerical, verbal and abstract reasoning, situational judgement and personality tests, how they are scored and where to practise for free.
Internships
What an internship is, when an unpaid one is legal, when applications open and what to do if you miss out.
Questions to ask in an interview
The best questions to ask, what to skip in a first interview, how many to ask and when to raise pay.
Public service graduate programs
Australian Public Service and agency graduate programs, and how their assessment centres run.
Public service graduate programs
Who can apply, when applications open, the selection stages and how APS assessment centres run.
APS levels and pay
What APS 1 to EL 2 mean, the published salary bands and what APS 6 and EL 1 interviews test.
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