Application process & timeline
Online application: complete by 12 noon on 15th November 2024
The application process begins with an online application form. You’ll need to log in by providing an email address and a password. You’ll then need to provide some basic personal information and answer some eligibility questions. We’ll check this information before the assessment centre stage to ensure you’re eligible to apply.
Please contact the HM Treasury recruitment team on 0845 301 7999 or [email protected] between 9:30am to 5pm Monday to Friday if you experience any issues in submitting your application.
Situational Judgement Test
After you have completed eligibility questions, we will invite you to complete a situational judgement test (SJT). This will assess your judgement and your approach to situations that you might encounter in your day-to-day work as a Policy Adviser. Each question will describe the situation and there’ll be four multiple choice answers. You’ll need to pick what you think would be the best way to respond, and the worst way.
Strengths Test
If you are successful at Situational Judgement Test, you will then be invited to an Online Strengths Test. You will have 7 days to complete this. This is in line with the Civil Service Success Factors.
Written questions: 6th to 13th December 2024
If you’re successful after the Strengths Test, we’ll ask you to complete our written questions. We want to gain an insight into what motivates you and how you respond in different circumstances. There are word limits for your responses, so you’ll need to be clear and concise. You have 7 days in which to complete this exercise.
Virtual assessment centre: from 20th January to 12th February 2024
The final stage is to attend one of our virtual assessment centres. This will include a structured policy conversation on a policy topic, a written exercise designed to simulate the type of written work you’d do as a Policy Adviser, and an interview. More information on these exercises will be provided in the assessment centre invitation, and can also found on our virtual assessment centre page. At the interview you’ll be able to ask any questions you may have.
Job offer
We’ll let you know within a week of the assessment centres finishing whether you’ve been successful. This will be in February. If you’re unsuccessful, you can request feedback.
If you were unsuccessful by a narrow margin, we might get in touch about non-graduate scheme jobs available at HM Treasury, normally at the level below Policy Adviser. There’s no guarantee that any such jobs will be available. If you were a ‘near miss’ from our assessment centres your details will be kept for one year after you applied, and we’ll contact you if a job is available through this route.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please call us on 0845 301 7999, or email us at [email protected]
