BAT interview questions

Contacted by professional search firm (whom where referred to by an ex-colleague of mine from a previous company). After a catch-up session with the head of the search firm they submitted my resume to BAT Korea. The resume review took around 1 week or so and informed of a full day assessment. The assessment involved 3 stages. First stage was "In/Out box exercise". An envelope with various issues, emails, situations were shown. My task was to get my head around the items and issues shown in the envelope and rank them in terms of urgency. I was give around 20 minutes to complete this task. i was left alone during this time and when completed, I sealed the envelope and informed the HR personnel outside the room. Next stage was "4P presentation". A case study was provided and my task was to develop my best strategy for the issue presented. It has been 5 years since I took the evaluation so the case study is a bit blurry, but it involved a shoe company and it was to decide whether to keep producing ourselves or merge with a competitor. I was given around 30 minutes to prepare using pen and paper (on my own). The results were presented to two interviewers. They asked questions in between. The last case study was "HR issue". Another case study was provided for me to read. Then two interviewers acted out a role in the case study. The objective of the case was to see how decisive I am as a manager to objectively evaluate subordinates. If an action is required I needed to act upon it and be stern. After this full day evaluation, it took BAT around 2 weeks to get back with the final interview date. They also requested for referral letters from an ex-line manager, ex-colleague and ex-direct report (if any). The final interview took around 30 minutes and it involved questions about previous challenges I had overcome, reason for looking for another job, how others might evaluate me, my leadership style etc. This was the final stage and then I was hired.

Were interested in whether you could do the job and had the appropriate knowledge and experience rather than what qualifications you may have, a good and refreshing change, friendly, relaxed but probing both on knowledge and personality