Prepare for the GES assessment centre and economic-consultancy interviews

By the end, you will be able to

1. Answer short-answer economics questions under time pressure.Ten questions in 30 minutes across micro, macro, econometrics and data, and trade. Three timed papers, AI-marked against marking points, with a score for each paper, and an 80-question bank with model answers.
2. Write a clear technical report in 30 minutes on a topic given a week ahead. Six briefs with research pointers, model reports and a three-criterion rubric (knowledge, application, communication), with AI marking against the rubric.
3. Give a 10-minute presentation to non-economists and handle the questions. The AI panel hears your talk, then asks probing questions and gives written feedback on the three criteria.
4. Work through an economic-consultancy case: market definition, merger effects, damages, regulated returns, and the identification and critique of an econometric result. Twelve cases with model reasoning, an AI case interviewer that pushes back like an economist, and written-exercise practice.
5. Give strong strengths and motivation answers for the GES or a consultancy, with a question set and a structured self-review for each route.

Built on the published format

GOV.UK’s guide to the GES Economic Assessment Centre describes four exercises, and the pack trains each one:

Assessed on knowledge of economics, application of economics and communication. Source: GOV.UK, Economic Assessment Centre (EAC) guide, last updated 12 February 2025, checked 28 October 2026. Your campaign’s own candidate guidance comes first if it differs.

For consultancies there is no single format. Commonly reported stages include short case discussions on competition, regulation and damages, micro and econometrics questions, and a written exercise. The pack covers each, with fictional cases.

What’s included

• Three timed short-answer papers with AI marking, and an 80-question bank by topic with model answers and marking points
• Six technical-report briefs with preparation pointers, model reports, a talk plan and panel questions
• The AI panel: present, take questions, get written feedback
• Twelve consultancy cases and four written exercises; the AI case interviewer
• Strengths and motivation questions for GES and consultancy routes, with self-review
• A calendar of when each route recruits, and links to Ceteris Learn for revision

AI marking gives marks and comments only: it never rewrites your answers. AI use runs within a daily and an overall allowance.

When to start

The GES Fast Stream usually opens in October and tests in December, with the assessment centre after that; the Assistant Economist scheme has opened in February in recent years; consultancies commonly recruit from September to January. Access runs for 12 months from purchase, so it covers a full recruitment cycle whenever you buy. Check each scheme’s official page for this year’s dates.

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