I've applied online for the Graduate Program (Software development branch) originally in Singapore. 2 days later I got a phone call and they suggested me to stay in the UK, since it would've been easier.
The first call consisted of basic questions, like: "Why did you apply to such program" or "Tell me something about your professional/academic career".
A couple of days later I received an invite for an online interview, where I found pre-recorded introduction and questions to which I had to answer by recording myself with a webcam. This wasn't that bad, except for the time you have to answer (90 seconds) + 30 for prepare yourself.
In 3 days I got invited to the assessment day in Glasgow. Pretty fun day, people were very kind, and the workplace was looking good.
The day consisted of:
- an introductory speech and presentation;
- an office tour;
- a math test (very basic level if you have a Master's degree, or at least it should be) with fairly easy sums, percentages, Pythagoras, equation system;
- an aptitudinal test, basically percentages, guess the next picture in the sequence, or what element doesn't belong to the set;
- a verbal reasoning test, which was very easy and I'm not a native English speaker;
- a Venn diagram test, you will get a booklet with the basic operations if you're unsure on what to do.
- 3 short interviews with 3 different department people, very straightforward question. Like: "What do you do when you face a setback" or "How would you promote your product with controversial "sides" to a client?". Most of the questions are situational questions like the one mentioned earlier.
Assesment day results came the day after, your recruiter will call you with feedback and give you the option to choose when to start the training.
Overall it was a good experience, the only problem is that you have to wait at least 3 months without salary. They say that in some areas (software dev) the waiting is shorter, but I can't say if this is right or just a trick to let you stay/join. And that is the reason why I rejected the offer.
