ASSESSMENT CENTRE FOR A TRAINEE PROGRAMME IN THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING INDUSTRY

In a leading German mechanical engineering company with an international orientation, trainees have been selected for the International Graduate Programme for years. The selection process of the approximately seven trainees was now to be further professionalised. The aim of the assessment centre was to gain an overview of the strengths, development areas and potential of the participants and thus create a good basis for the further selection process.

In a half-day workshop, with the support of an advisor, the expectations of the process and the requirements of the future trainees were sharpened and a jointly agreed procedure including methodology and operationalisation was determined. In the conception phase, a multimodal method mix of exercises and observation tools was developed that was tailored to the company. In order to ensure the commitment of the internal participants and the quality of the procedure, the internal observers were familiarised with the instruments and typical perception errors in a half-day observer training course. In the one-day AC, a total of 20 participants completed 6 exercises. It was possible to make a wide range of competences and potentials visible in the trainee AC and to sustainably secure the objective assessment standard as well as the process.