INTERVIEW REPORTS
Below are a selection of interview reports completed by University of Kent students after they have been to interview. They give details of questions asked, tests administered and tips for candidates. Please note that these are subjective views of individual students and may not always reflect the latest practice by a particular employer. Other candidates may have come away with completely different impressions. (MOST ARE VIEWABLE ON-CAMPUS ONLY). Several hundred more replies are stored in File 014 in the Careers Information Room covering a wide range of companies, plus teacher training interviews and others.
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Company |
Position |
1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
COMPUTING/IT |
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| Accenture Technology Solutions | Graduate Software Engineer |
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2010 |
| Accenture Technology Solutions | * |
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2007 |
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| Accenture Technology Solutions | Software Engineer |
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2005 |
| Accenture | IT Consultant | * |
2007 |
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| Accenture | IT Consultant | * |
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2004 |
| Accenture | IT Consultant | * |
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2003 |
| Accenture | Software Engineer |
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2005 |
| Accenture | Senior Consultant | . |
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2004 |
| Accenture | Business Consultant (experienced) | * |
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2004 |
| Accenture | IT Analyst | . |
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| Accenture | IT Analyst | . |
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PhD Interview |
| Atos Origin | Managed Operations | . |
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2010 |
| Axa | IT Graduate Scheme | * |
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2010 |
| Axa | IT Graduate Scheme | . |
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2010 |
| British Airways | IT Graduate Professional Programme | * |
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2007 |
| Cable & Wireless | Graduate Programme | * |
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2010 |
| Cable & Wireless | Graduate Programme | . |
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2010 |
| Cisco Systems | Graduate Trainee (IT) | * |
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| Cognizant Technology Solutions | E-testing | . |
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2004 |
| EDS | Graduate Programme | * |
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2008 |
| FDM | Graduate Programme | * | 2010 | |||
| Flambeau Europlast | IT Support Administrator | * | 2010 | |||
| Ford Motor Co | Summer Intern Process Leadership/IT | . |
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2003 |
| Software Engineer | * |
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2010 | |
| GSK | IT Graduate Scheme | * | . | . | . | 2012 |
| HP | Technical Graduate Scheme | . |
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2007 |
| HP | Technical Graduate Scheme | * | . | . | . | 2012 |
| HP | Technical Graduate Scheme | . | . | * | . | 2012 |
| IBM | IT Specialist Trainee | * |
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2003 |
| IBM | IT Specialist Trainee | . |
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2003 |
| I-Flex Solutions | Software Engineer | * |
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2004 |
| J. P. Morgan Chase | IT Graduate Scheme | * |
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2003 |
| Logica | Graduate Scheme | . |
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2012 |
| Logica | Graduate Scheme | * |
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2011 |
| Logica | Graduate Scheme | . |
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2008 |
| Logica | Computing | * |
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| Logica | Computing | * |
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2003 |
| Morgan Stanley | Applications Development | * |
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2006 |
| Morgan Stanley | Applications Development | * |
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2005 |
| Morgan Stanley | Applications Development | . |
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2005 |
| Nortel | Trainee Software Developer | . |
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| Oxford University | IT Officer | * |
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2005 |
| Thompson Reuters | Technology Graduate Programme | * |
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2010 |
| Reuters | Technical graduate programme | * |
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2008 |
| SAS UK | Graduate Scheme for IT consultant. | * |
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2008 |
| SAS UK | Graduate Scheme for IT consultant. | . |
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2008 |
| Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems | Software Engineer | . |
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2007 |
| Sky | Technology Graduate Programme | * | 2008 | |||
| Sun Microsystems | Graduate Trainee | * |
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| Sun Microsystems | Graduate Trainee | . |
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| Sun Microsystems | Graduate Trainee (IT) | . |
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| Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust | IT Support Officer | * |
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| Vodafone | Graduate Scheme | * |
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2010 |
| XKO Communications Systems | Trainee Systems Technician | . |
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2004 |
| Company | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
Chartered Accountancy |
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| Baker Tilly | Audit ACA Training | * |
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2007 |
| Baker Tilly | Audit ACA Training | . |
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2007 |
| BDO Stoy Hayward | Tax trainee | * | 2008 | |||
| Burgess Hodgson | Trainee Chartered Accountant | * |
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2011 |
| Burgess Hodgson | Trainee Chartered Accountant | * |
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2007 |
| Deloitte | Corporate Tax Trainee | * |
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2008 |
| Deloitte | Corporate Tax Trainee | . |
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2008 |
| Deloitte and Touche | Corporate Tax ACA Trainee |
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| Audit and Assurance | * |
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| Ernst and Young | Corporate Tax | * |
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2005 |
| Grant Thornton | Audit Trainee | . |
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2008 |
| Graduate Tax Adviser | * |
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2005 |
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| Grant Thornton | Trainee Chartered Accountant | . |
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2004 |
| KPMG | Auditor | * |
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2006 |
| KPMG | Crawley Office | * |
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2008 |
| Mazars | Trainee Chartered Accountant | * |
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2005 |
| Trainee Chartered Accountant | * |
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2004 |
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| Price Waterhouse Coopers | Audit and Assurance | * |
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| Smith and Williamson | Corporate Tax | . |
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2008 |
| Tenon | Trainee Accountant (ACA) | * |
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2005 |
ACTUARIAL |
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| Axa | Actuarial Trainee | * |
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| Britannic Assurance | Actuarial Trainee | . |
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| Deloitte and Touche | Actuarial Trainee | * |
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| Grant Thornton | Actuarial Trainee Consultant | * |
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2003 |
| Hewitt Bacon and Woodrow | Actuarial Trainee | * |
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2006 |
| Actuarial Trainee | * |
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| KPMG | Actuarial Trainee | * |
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| KPMG | Actuarial Trainee | . |
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| Mercer | Investment Consulting | * |
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2008 |
| Mercer | Retirement Consultant | . |
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2008 |
| Mercer | Retirement Consultant | . |
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2008 |
| Actuarial Trainee | * |
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| Mercer HR | Actuarial Trainee | . |
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| Prudential | Actuarial Trainee | . |
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2006 |
| Watson Wyatt | Actuarial Summer Placement | * |
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2008 |
| Company | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
Other Finance |
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| Abbey National | Finance Accountant | * |
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2007 |
| Barclays | Leadership Program | . |
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2004 |
| Barclays Capital | Analyst: Global Operations | . |
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2009 |
| Bloomberg | Analytics & Financial Sales | * |
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2009 |
| Bloomberg | Graduate Sales Programme | * |
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2007 |
| BP | Financial Controls and Accounting | * |
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2007 |
| BP | Financial Controls and Accounting | . |
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2007 |
| Brit Insurance | Trainee (Global Markets) | . |
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2008 |
| Citigroup | Financial Sales Executive | * |
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2004 |
| Fidelity Investments | Customer Service (languages) | * |
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2003 |
| Goldman Sachs | Operations: Industrial Placement | . |
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2011 |
| Goldman Sachs | Operations: Industrial Placement | * |
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2008 |
| Goldman Sachs | Operations: Summer Placement | . |
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2010 |
| Goldman Sachs | Operations: Summer Placement | . |
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2011 |
| JP Morgan | Global Credit Risk Management | * |
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2006 |
| KBC Financial Markets | Middle office | * |
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2007 |
| Morgan Stanley | Summer Intern - Analyst | . |
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2004 |
| Nationwide Building Society | Trainee Accountant | * |
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2008 |
| Tesco | Finance Scheme | . |
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2005 |
| United Bank for Africa | Banker |
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2007 |
CONSULTANCY |
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| CSC | Project Management Consulting | * |
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2012 |
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| L.E.K. (Strategic Consultants) | Associate Consultant | * |
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2003 |
| Marakon & Associates (Management Consultants) | Associate Consultant | * |
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2003 |
| Marakon & Associates (Management Consultants) | Associate Consultant. | . |
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2003 |
| McKinsey & Co. | Consultant | * |
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2003 |
| McKinsey & Co. | Business Analyst(Fellow) | * |
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2005 |
| Organisation | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
LAW |
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| Allen & Overy | Summer Placement | . |
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2006 |
| Berrymans Lace Mawer | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2008 |
| Berwin Leighton Paisner | Trainee Solicitor | . |
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2011 |
| Berwin Leighton Paisner | Law training contract | * |
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2011 |
| S.J. Berwin | Summer Placement | . |
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2008 |
| Clarkson Wright & Jakes | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2006 |
| Eversheds | Vacation Scheme | * |
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2010 |
| Freshfields | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2006 |
| Freshfields | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2008 |
| K & L Gates | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2007 |
| Herbert Smith | Summer Placement | . |
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2006 |
| Middle Temple | Inn of Court Scholarship | * |
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2008 |
| Kaplan | BPTC | * |
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2012 |
| Kaplan | BPTC | * |
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2011 |
| Kaplan | BPTC | * |
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2011 |
| Law Society | Bursary Scheme | * |
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2011 |
| Laytons | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2006 |
| Laytons | Trainee Solicitor | . |
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2006 |
| Linklaters | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2006 |
| Lovells | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2005 |
| MacFarlanes | Vacation placement | * |
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2011 |
| Palmers | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2008 |
| Paul Hastings | Trainee Solicitor | . |
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2006 |
| Simmons & Simmons | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2006 |
| Slaughter and May | Trainee Solicitor | * |
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2006 |
| Slaughter and May | Trainee Solicitor | . |
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2006 |
| Vodafone Legal | Summer Student | * |
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2010 |
| Organisation | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
TEACHER TRAINING |
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| Bath Spa | PGCE Science (7-14) | * |
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| Canterbury Christ Church | PGCE Primary (5-11) | * |
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2004 |
| Canterbury Christ Church | PGCE Upper Primary | * |
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| Canterbury Christ Church | PGCE Primary (languages) | * |
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2007 |
| Exeter University | PGCE Primary (maths specialism) | * |
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2005 |
| Exeter University | PGCE Primary (English specialism) | * |
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2009 |
| Greenwich | PGCE Primary | * |
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2006 |
| London Institute of Education | PGCE Primary | * |
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2007 |
| Oxford Brookes | PGCE Primary | * |
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2003 |
| University of Bedfordshire | PGCE Secondary Science | * |
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2007 |
| Greenwich | PGCE Secondary Science | * |
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2012 |
| Christ Church | PGCE Secondary English | * |
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2005 |
| Canterbury Christ Church | PGCE Secondary Languages | * |
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| Exeter University | PGCE English and Drama | * |
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2004 |
| London Institute of Education | PGCE Secondary English | * |
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2004 |
| Goldsmiths | PGCE Secondary Drama | * |
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2005 |
| Goldsmiths | PGCE Secondary Drama | * |
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| Strathclyde | PGCE Art and Design | * |
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2005 |
| Sussex | PGCE Secondary History | * |
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2007 |
| Canterbury Christ Church | Post-Compulsory Teaching | * |
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2005 |
| JET programme | Teaching English in Japan | * |
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2010 |
| JET programme | Teaching English in Japan | * |
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2006 |
| JET programme | Teaching English in Japan | * |
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2004 |
| JET programme | Teaching English in Japan | * |
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| Organisation | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND SALES |
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| Advertising | * |
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| Ogilvy | Advertising account executive | . |
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2005 |
| TBWA | Advertising | * |
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| Pfizer | Marketing Internship | . | . | . | * | 2012 |
| 3M | Marketing | . |
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2005 |
| Cable & Wireless | Graduate Trainee Marketing | . |
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| Orange | Marketing | . |
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| MORI | Trainee Market Research Executive | * |
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2004 |
| Taylor Nelson Sofres | RSGB Market Research Trainee | * |
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2003 |
| Taylor Nelson Sofres | Market Research Trainee | * |
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2003 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | Field Sales | * |
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2008 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | Field Sales | . |
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2008 |
| Bloomberg | Graduate Sales Programme | * |
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2007 |
| Bloomberg | Analytics & Financial Sales | * |
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2009 |
| ICI | Summer Internship in Sales | . |
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2004 |
TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL |
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| General Management | * |
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| British Airways | BA Pilot | . |
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| Oxford Aviation Academy | Pilot Training | . |
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2008 |
| CTC | Pilot | * |
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2003 |
| Maersk | Engineer Officer Cadetship | * |
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2010 |
| NFC | European Management Training Scheme. | * |
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2003 |
| NFC | European Management Training Scheme | . |
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2003 |
| Thomsons Holidays | Assistant Product Manager | . |
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| Organisation | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
PUBLIC SECTOR |
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| Civil Service | Summer Diversity Internship | * |
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2012 |
| Home Office | Administrative Officer | * |
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| Home Office | Immigration Officer | * |
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2005 |
| Home Office | Immigration Officer | * |
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| Metropolitan Police | Intelligence Analyst | * |
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2008 |
| Kent County Council | Advanced Development Programme | . |
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| NHS | Human Resources Management Scheme | * |
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2008 |
| NHS | Management Training Scheme | * |
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2003 |
| NHS | Management Training Scheme. | * |
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2003 |
| NHS | Management Training Scheme | * |
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2003 |
| NHS | Finance Management Training Scheme. | . |
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2006 |
| NHS | . |
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2006 |
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SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL |
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| AWE | Research and Development Graduate | * |
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2006 |
| AWE | Laser Physicist | . |
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2007 |
| Chemist | * |
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| University of Cambridge | Senior Research Technician: Biosciences | * |
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2003 |
| DSTL | Operational Analyst | * |
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2007 |
| DSTL | Operational Analyst | * |
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2007 |
| Forrester Ketley | Patent Attorney | * |
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| GSK | Selection Day | . |
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2011 |
| Newport Spectra-Physics | Internal Sales Engineer | * |
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2007 |
| NHS | Medical Physics trainee | * |
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2003 |
| QMC AND Warwick Medical Schools | Trainee Doctor | * |
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2008 |
| Peninsula Medical School | Trainee Doctor | * |
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2003 |
| Scientists Training Programme | Medical Physicist | * | . | . | . | 2011 |
| Organisation | Position | 1st Interview |
Phone |
Selection Centre |
Placement Interview |
Notes |
OTHER |
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| Amec | Commercial Graduate | * |
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2009 |
| Barratt Homes | Commercial Graduate Scheme | . |
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2009 |
| Body Shop | Graduate Scheme | * | . | . | . | 2011 |
| BP | Commercial Management | * |
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2003 |
| BP | Financial Controls and Accounting | * |
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2007 |
| BP | Financial Controls and Accounting | . |
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2007 |
| BT Retail | Assessment Centre | . |
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2003 |
| BT | HR Management Graduate Scheme | . |
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2008 |
| BT | Human Resources | * |
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2003 |
| Centrica | General Management Programme | . |
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2005 |
| Community Housing Group | Graduate Housing Officer | * |
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2005 |
| Hays | Recruitment Consultant | |||||
| Journalism Interviews | Journalism Interviews | . |
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| LIDL | Retail Management | . |
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2006 |
| Mars | Management Training | * |
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| Mars | Management Training | . |
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| Oxford University Press | Production Assistant | . |
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2005 |
| University of Kent | Masters in Psychotherapy | |||||
| Reuters | Administrative Assistant Internship | . |
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2006 |
| Sainsbury's | Supply Chain Graduate Scheme | . |
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2008 |
| Tesco | Finance Scheme | . |
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* |
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2005 |
| Thames Water | Graduate Business Generalist Scheme | . |
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2006 |
| Trader Media Group | Editorial Assistant | * |
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2004 |
| Unilever | Internship | . |
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2008 |
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