Prepare for the NHS GMTS online assessments
GMTS uses Amberjack, not Sova. Stage 1 is the approximately 45-minute, not-time-limited Future Potential Assessment; Stage 2 is the roughly 60-minute Alignment Assessment; Stage 3 is a virtual assessment centre.
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NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme applications close 28 October 2026
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Window opened 23 September 2026
Applications for 2027 scheme entry are open and close on 28 October 2026 at 11:30am. Virtual assessment centres run January–February 2027.
Source: NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme — Apply · Window verified 25 September 2026
Start practising freeThe NHS GMTS assessment format
GMTS's published process is the Future Potential Assessment, then the NHS GMTS Alignment Assessment, then a virtual assessment centre. The practice rows below are general SovaGorilla preparation and are not GMTS stages.
NHS GMTS uses NHS England's assessment partner Amberjack, under a contract awarded in July 2024; it is not a Sova assessment. Stage 1, the Future Potential Assessment, takes approximately 45 minutes and is not time limited. Stage 2, the NHS GMTS Alignment Assessment, takes about 60 minutes; only video questions are timed and video responses are reviewed manually, not by AI. Stage 3 is a virtual assessment centre in January–February 2027.
Sources:NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme — official Apply pageNHS England contract award — GMTS Assessment Partner (Find a Tender, July 2024)NHS England GMTS privacy notice — Amberjack
Situational Judgement
General scenario-judgement practice — not a published GMTS stage. Stage 1 is approximately 45 minutes and not time limited.
Verbal Reasoning
General reasoning practice — NOT a GMTS stage. GMTS's published process contains no timed verbal module.
Numerical Reasoning
General reasoning practice — NOT a GMTS stage. GMTS's published process contains no timed numerical module.
Logical Reasoning
General reasoning practice — NOT a GMTS stage. GMTS's published process contains no timed logical module.
Timer lengths are SovaGorilla practice settings. Any time limit or deadline will be in your invitation.
The NHS Future Potential Assessment (Stage 1)
The Future Potential Assessment is the first online stage of the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme. The scheme says it takes approximately 45 minutes and is not time limited. No countdown to beat. You can practise each question type before you start, and every candidate receives a feedback report on completion.
What does it measure? The scheme says its recruitment process is designed to assess your strengths. That is all it publishes: no question list, no pass mark, no scoring key. Anyone quoting one is guessing.
It is not a Sova assessment. NHS England's assessment partner for the scheme is Amberjack, under a contract awarded in July 2024. Our practice sections are general preparation, not a copy of Stage 1, and our situational judgement practice is untimed too.
Stage 2, the NHS GMTS Alignment Assessment, opens as soon as you are notified of success at Stage 1.
Source: the scheme's Apply page
NHS GMTS's values: NHS Constitution values
Our practice feedback names the value behind every keyed answer, so you can rehearse judgement that reads consistently with these published behaviours.
- Working together for patients
- Patients come first in everything the service does; cross-team working is expected, not optional.
- Respect and dignity
- Value every person as an individual — patients, families and colleagues alike.
- Commitment to quality of care
- Earn trust through safety, effectiveness and a willingness to be measured.
- Compassion
- Respond humanely to distress and act to relieve it.
- Improving lives
- Pursue improvement and innovation with evidence behind it.
- Everyone counts
- Use resources for the whole community and waste nothing that could help others.
The six values are published in the NHS Constitution for England. GMTS's own assessment language is strengths-based ('Future Potential') and the scheme does not publish a scoring key — treat these values as sensible context, not as a marking scheme.
Source: The NHS Constitution for England (GOV.UK) · Verified 25 September 2026
What you are up against
The NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme says it recruits around 250 new trainees each year.
Source: NHS GMTS — About the Scheme
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