How competitive are entry level jobs in smaller cities?

Posted by Western-Pineapple504@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 16 comments

Hello,

I am not from the UK, sorry if I have an unrealistic view of your country.

From what I have read, even for relatively "simple" jobs like working at a fastfood restaurant (not as a chef, cook), employers let potential employees compete in Assessment centers where they have to face complex challenges like building towers out of spaghetti etc., like really complex team building excercises etc.

Sounded hard to believe to me from my perspective. Isn't that expensive for an employer to do?

Is this kind of stuff common everywhere or more in larger cities?

Also do employers expect you to have social media and submit it to them?