Before The Pre-screen..
I received an email from YummyJobs before the application deadline and was super happy to see that i’d been invited to the pre-screen interview at the YummyJobs offices in Epping, Essex! (In 2014 my pre-screen interview was actually at Leeds Beckett university, as the YummyJobs gang travelled around the country to do regional interviews, but this year everyone was invited to the YummyJobs offices.)
The email was straight forward, congratulating me and inviting me to the pre-screen, which was on a Thursday afternoon at the start October, luckily I have Thursdays off uni, so I just had to make sure work didnt rota me in for a shift. If your pre-screen is on a weekday (you don’t get to choose the date they give you), you may have to plan your university or work schedule around it.
The email also states what time you should plan to arrive at the venue for registration and also what time the pre-screen event will actually begin. I was told to arrive at 2:15pm to register as the pre-screen would start at 2:30pm. It then explains that you must print off and fill out your YummyJobs passport to bring with you to your interview, there’s a link to this on the email. It also states the business casual dresscode, and to make sure you bring a photocopy of your actual passport picture page.
You MUST remember to accept your interview place on your YummyJobs profile to confirm your place or you will lose it!
I found it easier to organise myself as soon as I received the email, so I printed off my Yummyjobs passport, filled it out as well as photocopying my actual passport and put it in a plastic wallet ready for the interview. I also organised my transport down to Essex, as I was having to travel from Yorkshire. My dad kindly offered to drive me down as he knew how important it was to me to get there, but some other people I spoke to took a train down to London and then got the tube to Epping.