Made it through to the assessment centre. The assessment centre (3 hours) comprised of a written exercise and a presentation. These were claimed to provide a "taste" of what the role entails. The presentation involved working with a group (of 4-5 applicants) to provide a pitch of a new product/technology to a board, who aren't technically minded. From my understanding, the job role does not entail work of this nature, so it seemed a bit odd that this was part of the application process. The written exercise involved reading a few documents relating to a scenario that you could be working on in the role, where another "employee" informs you of a mistake in their calculations that affects a client's imminent presentation. You are tasked with sending 4-5 emails to the relevant parties in order to resolve the issue within 45 minutes. After that, there is an hour-long interview with someone working in the role. Standard behavioural/competency questions were asked. This was the highlight of the application process. The interviewer asked sensible questions and was genuinely interested in me, my past experience and what I do in my free time. Definitely the best interview I have had in a while. CGI promises to let you know of an outcome (with optional individual feedback) within 10 working days. This seemed a bit excessive, given that other companies usually take no longer than 2-3 days to receive a decision. It has been around 23 working days and I have not heard back from them.

Application then interview and Assessment Centre. Assessment centre and interview are on the same day with 7-8 other people in the same group. Standard interview questions asked. Same with assessment centre