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Candidate Experience in practice

Real-world examples of how Candidate Experience, assessment and transformation expertise has been applied to complex challenges.

The stories below are organised around the problem solved or outcome delivered, rather than the organisation alone. Each one brings together different aspects of Candidate Experience, assessment, technology, operations and transformation.

Royal College of General Practitioners

Creating a consistent Candidate Experience at national scale

Designing and operationalising a new national clinical assessment across preparation, reasonable adjustments, technology, workforce, suppliers and assessment-day delivery.

Candidate Experience National assessment Operating model
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Royal College of Psychiatrists

Transforming high-stakes assessment at pace

Moving complex knowledge and clinical examinations online during COVID-19 while protecting continuity, candidate access and confidence in the assessment.

Digital transformation Assessment delivery Programme leadership
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Pearson VUE

Modernising established assessment through technology

Helping professional assessments move from paper-based delivery to computer-based testing through a national test-centre network and a new commercial delivery model.

Assessment modernisation Technology Commercial
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Pearson

Creating joined-up digital experiences

Using customer journeys, web rationalisation, CRM, ecommerce, identity, analytics and personalisation to create more coherent digital experiences across a complex global organisation.

Digital experience Journey design CRM & analytics
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Assessment innovation

Exploring how AI can improve assessment development and preparation

Exploring practical uses of AI in case and item development, candidate practice and feedback — while keeping the assessment problem, quality and Candidate Experience at the centre.

AI Assessment development Candidate preparation
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Across the work

Different projects. A consistent way of thinking.

The detail changes from project to project, but the principles remain consistent: start with the real problem, use evidence rather than assumptions, understand how the whole system fits together and turn insight into practical change.

That might mean improving one part of the candidate journey, rethinking an assessment model or leading a larger transformation from decision through to delivery.

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