Royal Navy Officer Admiralty Interview Board (AIB) (Testing Series)

As described

My son found this book to be very helpful in preparing him for the interview stage. Clear and concise without waffling on. Recommend to anyone at this stage.

It is not fully up to date, and there's a fair amount of either basic or extraneous information, but I rate it highly as it allowed me to focus during my preparation for my AIB. It covers each aspect of the selection process, and allows you to familiarise yourself with each event so you at least have an idea of what to expect. I found it particularly useful for example essay questions planning exercise practice (particularly when used in combination with the orange planning exercise book by the same author).Although I would not recommend basing your preparation solely on the book, I believe it is well worth the small investment for its potential to bolster your performance during selection. My recent application to the RN has been successful, and so I would definitely recommend purchasing and working through this product to anyone also applying.

Very helpful

To put this review in context, I am an already serving CPO(RN) of 9+years who was going for the AIB whilst in service at the age of 26, I passed. I am not a graduate just out of college or uni so there are aspects of this book that were not of use to me however I will review it as best I can. I am also reviewing this from memory so it may not include every aspect of the book.The book is a good guide for reference to how the AIB is structured and the process and exams you will be put through.Many of the service knowledge questions were outdated and shouldn't be thought of as a sole reference for study but should be used to get an idea of the type of questions you will be asked and to aid starting points for further study (whether in service or not, this exam is surprisingly broad. There were many questions I was not expecting and some I didn't know full stop. Do not think just because you are serving you will fly through this. I promise, you will not!).The 'Discussion/planning exercise' section is pretty much exactly what you will get. It is not something I had ever experienced before and was glad I had had some exposure to it. This is one of the most important aspects of the AIB so don't underestimate the study time for this section. Ask people you know, people who have maybe got preivous planning exercises to pass you copies and get other CW students to practice them with. This is the only way you can improve on this, make sure you think outside the box and try and improve your memory skills by practicing remembering key points to information packed articles etc.There are many points that are not in the book that should be regarding this and I fealt it needs more devlopment in this section.The interview techniques section is not put across in a relevant style and is almost laughable, however the information is correct and should not be scanned over or discarded because of the way it is portayed. Reminds me of an old style instruction book on how to do magic tricks or the sex education leaflets from school days!Make sure this is not your only study guide, read it thouroughly but get other material too. Lots of it. Use the book to create your study structure but make sure you use other sources to actually study. And practice out loud, practically and not just in your head or you will know what to do but will not do it or not be able to do it and you will kick yourself for the whole 12months while waiting for your next chance. Study and practice everything and pass first time. I wish I had time to write more in depth about the other sections but at the moment but I do not.Good luck!

A must for anyone going for any type of job, so many good questions and answers. Great for Navy interview.

Take the AIB, they said. It will be fun, they said.

The author provides sound advice for passing interviews. However, his knowledge of the AIB is dated and these books are not positioned to provide assistance on key areas such as contemporary geopolitical knowledge, or essay topics.I have read other books in Richard McMunn's series (e.g. Speed, Distance, Time; How to Become a RM Officer) and there were numerous typos in each of them (even in some equations!). Therefore, my conclusion would be that these books are helpful if you have no knowledge of the process, though limited by dated/insufficient knowledge and inadequate editing.Given McMunns background, I'm not of the opinion that he is the best candidate to be providing a series of books purporting to cover all areas of military job applications; I feel that he has spread himself too thin.