Originally Posted by DukesMW

At Pirbright there was a board with bullet points on it, we had to follow that. If we didn't, the corporal wasn't impressed. !

I am not sure about that board with bullet points mate.The strange thing is that, at ADCS some lads were saying ,that after being given a grade they were told they could have done better on the icebreaker and that meant by not looking at the board!So if you were talking for all them minutes without looking at the board it would have meant that you were confident and got good points,otherwise you would lose points .So some lads were saying they could have got an A but got an High B and only because the icebreaker!Could that be true?

Originally Posted by renovatiouk

I am not sure about that board with bullet points mate.The strange thing is that, at ADCS some lads were saying ,that after being given a grade they were told they could have done better on the icebreaker and that meant by not looking at the board!So if you were talking for all them minutes without looking at the board it would have meant that you were confident and got good points,otherwise you would lose points .So some lads were saying they could have got an A but got an High B and only because the icebreaker!Could that be true?

It might be different for each centre or whoever you have assessing you but I kept to the bullet points on the board at Glencourse and was commended for my icebreaker. I think the key is to only glance at the board if you need to remind yourself the next point. The rest of the time you need to be scanning the room and make eye contact, it helps you flow better and come across as confident. I don't know if my icebreaker significantly helped my score, but it didn't stop me getting an A.

Originally Posted by allendavies

It might be different for each centre or whoever you have assessing you.

You are so right !

Originally Posted by allendavies

I think the key is to only glance at the board if you need to remind yourself the next point. The rest of the time you need to be scanning the room and make eye contact, it helps you flow better and come across as confident.

That was the way I approached and also came out with an A, could be coincidence though.

Originally Posted by I_Even_Disarm_Ducks

That was the way I approached and also came out with an A, could be coincidence though.

You do get a feedback and a score for the icebreaker! If you got and A with a maximum score then I could say maybe I was told wrong but as long as you dont know that for sure ,it could have been a coincidence, because A grade start from 124 points I believe ,but not sure what will be the maximum score !I understood B grade start from 113 points but I stand to be corrected!So what your feedback says do you know?

I didn't get to see my overall score. Had good feedback all around, don't actually recall anything bad being said so I guess I did well enough, wish I had seen my score for my A grade now!

Originally Posted by I_Even_Disarm_Ducks

I didn't get to see my overall score. Had good feedback all around, don't actually recall anything bad being said so I guess I did well enough, wish I had seen my score for my A grade now!

Well, I believe your recruiter could always tell you that,also about the feedback from ADCS !

Originally Posted by renovatiouk

You do get a feedback and a score for the icebreaker! If you got and A with a maximum score then I could say maybe I was told wrong but as long as you dont know that for sure ,it could have been a coincidence, because A grade start from 124 points I believe ,but not sure what will be the maximum score !I understood B grade start from 113 points but I stand to be corrected!So what your feedback says do you know?

I guess A grades must have a much bigger margin cause I was told I had a score of 137, and that couldn't be close to the maximum. It would seem the best thing to do is listen to what your assessor wants; though discretely taking cues while sounding natural is better than staring at the back wall and monotonously rushing through your script. The one thing I did do when looking at the board was try to make it flow. So instead of saying "Strengths. My strengths are.." I would say something like "some of the qualities that will help me achieve this are..", that kind of stuff. All the best.

Originally Posted by allendavies

I guess A grades must have a much bigger margin cause I was told I had a score of 137, and that couldn't be close to the maximum. It would seem the best thing to do is listen to what your assessor wants; though discretely taking cues while sounding natural is better than staring at the back wall and monotonously rushing through your script. The one thing I did do when looking at the board was try to make it flow. So instead of saying "Strengths. My strengths are.." I would say something like "some of the qualities that will help me achieve this are..", that kind of stuff. All the best.

good tip if you have any others then can you pm me i would really appriciate it

Originally Posted by allendavies

I guess A grades must have a much bigger margin cause I was told I had a score of 137, and that couldn't be close to the maximum. It would seem the best thing to do is listen to what your assessor wants; though discretely taking cues while sounding natural is better than staring at the back wall and monotonously rushing through your script. The one thing I did do when looking at the board was try to make it flow. So instead of saying "Strengths. My strengths are.." I would say something like "some of the qualities that will help me achieve this are..", that kind of stuff. All the best.

that's a good score,well done!