I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Mott MacDonald (Altrincham, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
CV & Cover letter, Psychometric testing (Numerical, verbal, inductive), interview with the Project manager, a senior engineer, and a current graduate with the scheme.
Power, Process and Nuclear sector, dealing primarily in steel and concrete design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to be a civil engineer?
Tell us about a time that you had to solve a problem.
Tell us about a time you had to work as a team.
Tell us about a time that you had to meet difficult deadlines.
What does safety in construction mean to you?
As a designer how can you increase the sustainability of a project?
What are some key considerations and checks that you would make when designing a steel beam?
Bending moment diagram in a frame.
Very structured with classic strengths/weaknesses based questions, what motivates you, why you applied to the company etc. A couple of technical questions including on safety and risk but nothing requiring calculations.
one on one q and a, composed of technical questions and softcore skills, made to test ones knowledge.
They attempt to see what you want to gain from taking on this job and etc
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Question 1
why mott macdonald? and what do you know about our values
The first step involved doing many things as a group - in other words, a group exercise. Together, as a group, we did group-esque things such as group activities. Then I participated in an interview in which my behaviour was assessed in a non-technical manner - commonly referred to as an interview. Hope this helps!
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Question 1
They asked me an interesting question about my hobbies outside of my work/student life. I really enjoy doing things outside of work, like my hobbies - which include active exercises.