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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 Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
COMPUTING/IT	.	.	.	.	.	.
Accenture Technology Solutions	Software Engineer	*				2007
Accenture Technology Solutions	.	.	*	.	.	2005
Accenture	IT Consultant	*				2007
Accenture	IT Consultant	*	.	.	.	2004
Accenture	IT Consultant	*	.	.	.	2003
Accenture	.	*	.	.	.	2005
Accenture	Senior Consultant	.	.	*	.	2004
Accenture	Business Consultant (experienced)	*	.	.	.	2004
Accenture	IT Analyst	.	.	*	.	.
Accenture	IT Analyst	.	*	.	.	PhD Interview
British Airways	IT Graduate Professional Programme	*	.	.	.	2007
Cable & Wireless	Graduate Programme	*	*	.	.	2010
Cisco Systems	Graduate Trainee (IT)	*	.	.	.	.
Cognizant Technology Solutions	E-testing	.	.	*	.	2004
EDS	Graduate Programme	*	.	*	.	2008
Ford Motor Co	Summer Intern Process Leadership/IT	.	.	.	*	2003
HP	Technical Graduate Scheme	.	*	.	.	2007
IBM	IT Specialist Trainee	*	.	.	.	2003
IBM	IT Specialist Trainee	.	.	*	.	2003
I-Flex Solutions	Software Engineer	*	.	.	.	2004
J. P. Morgan Chase	IT Graduate Scheme	*	.	.	.	2003
Logica	Graduate Scheme	.	*	.	.	2008
Logica	Computing	*	.	.	.	.
Logica	Computing	*	.	.	.	2003
Morgan Stanley	Applications Development	*	.	.	.	2006
Morgan Stanley	Applications Development	*	.	.	.	2005
Morgan Stanley	Applications Development	.	.	*	.	2005
Nortel	Trainee Software Developer	.	.	*	.	.
Oxford University	IT Officer	*	.	.	.	2005
Thompson Reuters	Technology Graduate Programme	*	*	.	.	2010
Reuters	Technical graduate programme	*	.	.	.	2008
SAS UK	Graduate Scheme for IT consultant.	*	*	.	.	2008
SAS UK	Graduate Scheme for IT consultant.	.	.	*	.	2008
Selex Sensors & Airborne Systems	Software Engineer	.	.	*	.	2007
Sky	Technology Graduate Programme
Sun Microsystems	Graduate Trainee	*	*	.	.	.
Sun Microsystems	Graduate Trainee	.	.	*	.	.
Sun Microsystems	Graduate Trainee (IT)	.	.	*	.	.
Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust	IT Support Officer	*	.	.	.	.
XKO Communications Systems	Trainee Systems Technician	.	.	*	.	2004
Company	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
Chartered Accountancy	.	.	.	.	.	.
Baker Tilly	Audit ACA Training	*	.	.	.	2007
Baker Tilly	Audit ACA Training	.	.	*	.	2007
BDO Stoy Hayward	Tax trainee
Burgess Hodgson	Trainee Chartered Accountant	*	.	.	.	2007
Deloitte	Corporate Tax Trainee	*	.	.	.	2008
Deloitte	Corporate Tax Trainee	.	.	*	.	2008
Deloitte and Touche	Corporate Tax ACA Trainee	*	.	*	.	.
Ernst and Young	Audit and Assurance	*	.	.	.	.
Ernst and Young	Corporate Tax	*	.	.	.	2005
Grant Thornton	Audit Trainee	.	*	.	.	2008
Grant Thornton	Graduate Tax Adviser	*	.	.	.	2005
Grant Thornton	Trainee Chartered Accountant	.	.	*	.	2004
KPMG	Auditor	*	.	.	.	2006
KPMG	Crawley Office	*	.	*	.	2008
Mazars	Trainee Chartered Accountant	*	.	.	.	2005
Pricewaterhouse Coopers	Trainee Chartered Accountant	*	.	.	.	2004
Price Waterhouse Coopers	Audit and Assurance	*	.	.	.	.
Smith and Williamson	Corporate Tax	.	*	.	.	2008
Tenon	Trainee Accountant (ACA)	*	.	.	.	2005
ACTUARIAL	.	.	.	.	.	.
Axa	Actuarial Trainee	*	.	.	.	.
Britannic Assurance	Actuarial Trainee	.	.	*	.	.
Deloitte and Touche	Actuarial Trainee	*	.	.	.	.
Grant Thornton	Actuarial Trainee Consultant	*	.	.	.	2003
Hewitt Bacon and Woodrow	Actuarial Trainee	*	.	.	.	2006
Hewitt Bacon and Woodrow	Actuarial Trainee	*	.	.	.	.
KPMG	Actuarial Trainee	*	.	.	.	.
KPMG	Actuarial Trainee	.	.	*	.	.
Mercer	Investment Consulting	*	*	.	.	2008
Mercer	Retirement Consultant	.	.	*	.	2008
Mercer	Retirement Consultant	.	.	*	.	2008
Mercer HR	Actuarial Trainee	*	.	.	.	.
Mercer HR	Actuarial Trainee	.	.	*	.	.
Prudential	Actuarial Trainee	.	.	*	.	2006
Watson Wyatt	Actuarial Summer Placement	*	.	.	*	2008
Company	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
Other Finance	.	.	.	.	.	.
Abbey National	Finance Accountant	*	.	.	.	2007
Barclays	Leadership Program	.	.	*	.	2004
Barclays Capital	Analyst: Global Operations	.	.	*	.	2009
Bloomberg	Analytics & Financial Sales	*	.	.	.	2009
Bloomberg	Graduate Sales Programme	*	.	.	.	2007
BP	Financial Controls and Accounting	*	.	.	.	2007
BP	Financial Controls and Accounting	.	.	*	.	2007
Brit Insurance	Trainee (Global Markets)	.	*	.	.	2008
Citigroup	Financial Sales Executive	*	.	*	.	2004
Fidelity Investments	Customer Service (languages)	*	.	.	.	2003
Goldman Sachs	Operations: Industrial Placement	*	.	.	*	2008
JP Morgan	Global Credit Risk Management	*	.	.	.	2006
KBC Financial Markets	Middle office	*	.	.	.	2007
Morgan Stanley	Summer Intern - Analyst	.	.	.	*	2004
Nationwide Building Society	Trainee Accountant	*	.	.	*	2008
Tesco	Finance Scheme	.	.	*	.	2005
United Bank for Africa	Banker	*	.	.	.	2007
CONSULTANCY		.	.	.	.	.
L.E.K. (Strategic Consultants)	Associate Consultant	*	.	*	.	2003
Marakon & Associates (Management Consultants)	Associate Consultant	*	.	.	.	2003
Marakon & Associates (Management Consultants)	Associate Consultant.	.	.	*	.	2003
McKinsey & Co.	Consultant	*	.	.	.	2003
McKinsey & Co.	Business Analyst(Fellow)	*	.	.	.	2005
Organisation	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
LAW		.	.	.	.	.
Allen & Overy	Summer Placement	.	.	.	*	2006
Berrymans Lace Mawer	Trainee Solicitor
S.J. Berwin	Summer Placement	.	.	.	*	2008
Clarkson Wright & Jakes	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2006
Freshfields	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2006
Freshfields	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2008
K & L Gates	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	*	.	2007
Herbert Smith	Summer Placement	.	.	.	*	2006
Middle Temple	Inn of Court Scholarship	*	.	.	.	2008
Laytons	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2006
Laytons	Trainee Solicitor	.	.	*	.	2006
Linklaters	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2006
Lovells	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2005
Palmers	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2008
Paul Hastings	Trainee Solicitor	.	.	*	.	2006
Simmons & Simmons	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2006
Slaughter and May	Trainee Solicitor	*	.	.	.	2006
Slaughter and May	Trainee Solicitor	.	.	*	.	2006
Organisation	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
TEACHER TRAINING	.	.	.	.	.	.
Bath Spa	PGCE Science (7-14)	*	.	.	.	.
Canterbury Christ Church	PGCE Primary (5-11)	*	.	.	.	2004
Canterbury Christ Church	PGCE Upper Primary	*	.	.	.	.
Canterbury Christ Church	PGCE Primary (languages)	*	.	.	.	2007
Exeter University	PGCE Primary (maths specialism)	*	.	.	.	2005
Exeter University	PGCE Primary (English specialism)	*	.	.	.	2009
Greenwich	PGCE Primary	*	.	.	.	2006
London Institute of Education	PGCE Primary	*	.	.	.	2007
Oxford Brookes	PGCE Primary	*	.	.	.	2003
University of Bedfordshire	PGCE Secondary Science	*	.	.	.	2007
Christ Church	PGCE Secondary English	*	.	.	.	2005
Canterbury Christ Church	PGCE Secondary Languages	*	.	.	.	.
Exeter University	PGCE English and Drama	*	.	.	.	2004
London Institute of Education	PGCE Secondary English	*	.	.	.	2004
Goldsmiths	PGCE Secondary Drama	*	.	.	.	2005
Goldsmiths	PGCE Secondary Drama	*				2008
Strathclyde	PGCE Art and Design	*	.	.	.	2005
Sussex	PGCE Secondary History	*	.	.	.	2007
Canterbury Christ Church	Post-Compulsory Teaching	*	.	.	.	2005
JET programme	Teaching English in Japan	*	.	.	.	2006
JET programme	Teaching English in Japan	*	.	.	.	2004
JET programme	Teaching English in Japan	*	.	.	.	.
Organisation	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND SALES		.	.	.	.	.
Grey	Advertising	*	.	.	.	.
Ogilvy	Advertising account executive	.	.	*	.	2005
TBWA	Advertising	*	.	.	.	.
3M	Marketing	.	*	.	.	2005
Cable & Wireless	Graduate Trainee Marketing	.	*	.	.	.
Orange	Marketing	.	*	.	.	.
MORI	Trainee Market Research Executive	*	.	.	.	2004
Taylor Nelson Sofres	RSGB Market Research Trainee	*	.	.	.	2003
Taylor Nelson Sofres	Market Research Trainee	*	.	.	.	2003
GlaxoSmithKline	Field Sales	*	.	.	.	2008
GlaxoSmithKline	Field Sales	.	.	*	.	2008
Bloomberg	Graduate Sales Programme	*	.	.	.	2007
Bloomberg	Analytics & Financial Sales	*	.	.	.	2009
ICI	Summer Internship in Sales	.	.	.	*	2004
TRANSPORT, LOGISTICS AND TRAVEL		.	.	.	.	.
British Airways	General Management	*	.	.	.	.
British Airways	BA Pilot	.	.	.	.	.
Oxford Aviation Academy	Pilot Training	.	.	*	.	2008
CTC McAlpine	Pilot	*	.	.	.	2003
NFC	European Management Training Scheme.	*	.	.	.	2003
NFC	European Management Training Scheme	.	.	*	.	2003
Thomsons Holidays	Assistant Product Manager	.	.	*	.	.
Organisation	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
PUBLIC SECTOR
Home Office	Administrative Officer	*	.	.	.	.
Home Office	Immigration Officer	*	.	.	.	2005
Home Office	Immigration Officer	*	.	.	.	.
Metropolitan Police	Intelligence Analyst	*	.	.	.	2008
Kent County Council	Advanced Development Programme	.	.	*	.	.
NHS	Human Resources Management Scheme	*	.	*	.	2008
NHS	Management Training Scheme	*	.	.	.	2003
NHS	Management Training Scheme.	*	.	.	.	2003
NHS	Management Training Scheme	*	.	.	.	2003
NHS	Finance Management Training Scheme.	.	.	*	.	2006
NHS	Management Training Scheme.	.	.	*	.	2006
SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL		.	.	.	.	.
AWE	Research and Development Graduate	*	.	.	.	2006
AWE	Laser Physicist	.	.	*	.	2007
BP Amoco	Chemist	*	.	.	.	.
University of Cambridge	Senior Research Technician: Biosciences	*	.	.	.	2003
DSTL	Operational Analyst	*	.	.	.	2007
DSTL	Operational Analyst	*	.	.	.	2007
Forrester Ketley	Patent Attorney	*	.	.	.	.
Newport Spectra-Physics	Internal Sales Engineer	*	.	.	.	2007
NHS	Medical Physics trainee	*	.	.	.	2003
QMC AND Warwick Medical Schools	Trainee Doctor	*	.	.	.	2008
Peninsula Medical School	Trainee Doctor	*	.	.	.	2003
Organisation	Position	1st Interview	Phone Interview	Selection Centre	Placement Interview	Notes
OTHER		.	.	.	.	.
Amec	Commercial Graduate	*	.	.	.	2009
Barratt Homes	Commercial Graduate Scheme	.	*	.	.	2009
BP	Commercial Management	*	.	.	.	2003
BP	Financial Controls and Accounting	*	.	.	.	2007
BP	Financial Controls and Accounting	.	.	*	.	2007
BT Retail	Assessment Centre	.	.	*	.	2003
BT	HR Management Graduate Scheme	.	*	.	.	2008
BT	Human Resources	*	.	.	.	2003
Centrica	General Management Programme	.	*	.	.	2005
Community Housing Group	Graduate Housing Officer	*	.	.	.	2005
Journalism Interviews	Journalism Interviews	.	.	.	.	.
LIDL	Retail Management	.	.	*	.	2006
Mars	Management Training	*	.	.	.	.
Mars	Management Training	.	.	*	.	.
Oxford University Press	Production Assistant	.	.	*	.	2005
University of Kent	Masters in Psychotherapy
Reuters	Administrative Assistant Internship	.	.	.	*	2006
Sainsbury's	Supply Chain Graduate Scheme	.	.	*	.	2008
Tesco	Finance Scheme	.	.	*	.	2005
Thames Water	Graduate Business Generalist Scheme	.	.	*	.	2006
Trader Media Group	Editorial Assistant	*	.	.	.	2004
Unilever	Internship	.	.	*	*	2008

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