GSK lets you apply to only one UK graduate programme, and closes roles once it has enough applicants

GSK describes its Digital Assessment as an online, interactive assessment of strengths, behaviours and skills. Prep sites report numerical, verbal and judgement elements in some versions, so our reasoning test is a reasonable warm-up for any reasoning items you meet and for reading scenarios with care.

GSK does not say the Digital Assessment contains a reasoning paper, and prep sites disagree on who builds it. Much of it is reported to be scenario and behaviour based, which our multiple-choice reasoning test does not rehearse. Treat ours as partial preparation and focus on the scenario advice below.

GSK says you can apply to only one of its graduate programmes in the UK. That makes the choice of programme the most important decision in the process. An applicant who could do supply chain or finance must pick one, and the application, Digital Assessment and interview will all be judged against that programme.

Read the programme description twice and write down the three skills it emphasises. Use those words in your application answers where they honestly fit your experience. If you cannot find three, consider whether another programme suits you better before you submit.

GSK says vacancies close once it has received a sufficient number of applications. A listed closing date is therefore a latest date, not a promise. In mid-October 2026 a UK guide counted three UK listings open, all on the Global Supply Chain programme, with no closing date shown.

If you plan to apply, finish your application within a week or two of the programme opening, and keep your diary clear for the Digital Assessment invitation that follows by email.

GSK describes the Digital Assessment as online and interactive, built to show how your strengths, behaviours and skills match the role. It does not publish the item types. A 2023 TARGETjobs article describes GSK online assessments that present scenarios and ask how you would handle them. Prep sites add numerical, verbal and judgement practice to their GSK packs, but they disagree on the provider: one names Saville Assessment, another names Cappfinity.

Given that uncertainty, prepare for scenarios first: read our situational judgement guide. Then do one sitting of our free numerical reasoning test so that any data items feel familiar.

• Stated by GSK: online, interactive, strengths, behaviours and skills.
• Reported by prep sites: scenarios, numerical and verbal items in some versions, and a seven-day window.
• Not published anywhere we read: a pass mark, a time limit or a named provider.

GSK sends the Digital Assessment invitation by email after you apply and suggests checking your spam folder if it does not arrive. Glassdoor reviewers mention automated reminders that wrongly said an assessment was incomplete, and one applicant resolved this by contacting the early careers team.

Keep a screenshot of the completion screen and note the date and time you submitted. If anything looks wrong afterwards, the early careers team listed on GSK's FAQ is the right contact.

GSK says the final stage may be virtual or in person at a GSK office. A UK guide describes a half day with individual tasks, a group or paired exercise and an interview. Prepare one example of careful, accurate work and one of working well in a team, since those are what individual tasks and group exercises tend to draw out.

Our assessment centre guide covers group exercises and how assessors usually score them.

These come from anonymous reviews, university careers pages and prep guides. They often disagree, and GSK has not confirmed them. Read them as leads, not rules.

• Prep sites report a seven-day window to complete the GSK Digital Assessment.
• One prep site names Saville Assessment as the provider and another names Cappfinity, so the provider is unconfirmed.
• A UK guide describes the assessment centre as a half day with individual tasks, a group or paired exercise and an interview.
• Glassdoor reviewers mention automated reminders that wrongly said an assessment was incomplete.
• A 2023 TARGETjobs article says GSK online assessments present scenarios and ask how you would handle them.