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Opportunity to progress, ability to move job roles and departments internally, good salary, interesting job.
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The opportunity to see different aspects of the company from the inside - The graduate programme consists of multiple placements of between 3-6 months across the 2 years. The length and business area of each placement is heavily swayed by your preferences, allowing each grad to tailor their experience to their passions.
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There are so many opportunities within Anglian Water to develop your career and broaden your experience, both within and beyond your role. The company recognises that the secret to it's success is it's people, and this is reflected in the people that you end up working with. There is a reason that people who join Anglian Water tend to stay!
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Opportunity to do placements throughout the business, not pigeonholed into one area
Good working environment, friendly co-workers
Strong compensation and great benefits package
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The variety of work, the challenge and the people I work with.
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Anglian Water
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Application Advice:
Practise for verbal and numeral tests prior. The rest of the application just be sure to add things about yourself that would be a good and relevant talking point for future interviews.
Interview Advice:
Basic maths and English skills required so not too much focused needed on extensive revision on this. Much more relaxed than other interviews I have been to.
Graduate Management Trainee, Water Recycling at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
You don't necessarily have to have a relevant degree to apply, as long as you can demonstrate a passion for your chosen area. Take a look at Anglian waters initiatives - found on the webpage - as these can inspire a lot of good ideas and talking points.
Interview Advice:
Your CV gives a lot of information about your technical background, so don't be afraid to use the interview to show your individuality and your passion. Also, be prepared to try out your soft skills in a group scenario.
Information Services Graduate Management Trainee, Information Services at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
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Anglian Water is a company that encourages its employees to experience different areas of the business. Don't be put off from applying even if the job description isn't exactly what you are looking for - you never know where the opportunity might lead you!
Interview Advice:
Be yourself. The interview process is not designed to catch you out, just to get to know the real you and if you are the sort of person that will fit our culture and align with our values. The assessment centre I attended was really relaxed. We arrived the night before so that we could all have dinner and few drinks together to get to know the other applicants (and assessors) in a more relaxed environment. The actual assessment day contained a number of activities including standard style interviews, group tasks and a presentation.
Graduate Water Resources Management Trainee, Water Resources at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Interview Advice:
Be relaxed. They're not just looking for academic intelligence, be relatable and personal. Learn a bit about the company beforehand
Asset Management Graduate Trainee, Asset Management at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Always attach a cover letter explaining why you are interested in the opportunity and what you could bring to the role.
Interview Advice:
Prepare scenarios/examples for competency based questions. Always be yourself! Do your research on the Company and programme you're applying for.
Recruitment Advisor, HR at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Tailor your CV to when you’ve shown leadership/management skills because it is a management scheme.
Practice psychometric tests so you can get into the swing of them as they’re timed. You can do free ones online.
For telephone interviews, make sure you’ve got loads of examples of times when you’ve done things – eg. working in a team, leading a team, come up against conflict and how you dealt with it etc. I used to create mindmaps and blu tac them to my wall so I could quickly find examples in telephone interviews – good in case your mind goes blank.
If I could give any advice just be yourself at telephone interview and assessment centre. Also – do your research and find out what’s going on in the business as a whole as well as the specific role you are applying for. And ask your recruiters questions at the end of the interviews to find out more about the role and business.
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Application Advice:
Assessment centre is really enjoyable compared to others I went to and designed to see you at your best.
The company seems to be looking for your potential as a manager and ability to work well with people rather than knowledge of the business.
Interview Advice:
Application consists of online submission of CV etc. and questions.
This is followed by online tests, in my case logic and numerical.
Telephone interview followed, looking at your experiences.
Assessment centre was an overnight experience. Online questionnaire must be completed before, which you are then interviewed on. Also 15 minute presentation and group exercise.
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Application Advice:
Be honest and open and be sure to include all extra curricular activities as well as educational components.
Interview Advice:
You don't need to be an expert in the field. They are more looking for a candidate with the enthusiasm and drive and a person who can fit in well within the business. Try and relax, they want to get to know you, not listen to rehearsed answers to questions you think they'll ask.
Graduate management trainee, at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Understand the water industry and the challenges and changes that are going to be happening in the future. Know about the sector's regulator and understand the relationship between the company and the regulator. Be yourself and have a genuine interest in finance or economics.
Interview Advice:
Explain any answers you give in detail and show that you understand how you could have improved in that situation or what that situation taught you. Have some background knowledge about the type of work that you will be doing and having key examples of how you have completed similar work previously or where you have shown relevant skills.
Try and be upbeat throughout the interview, even if you think you answered a question badly. Focus on the next one and keep going :)
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Application Advice:
Ensure you provide evidence of situations where you have displayed your skills inside and outside the workplace/university and do your research on Anglian Water! Understand what we do and our objectives over the next coming years.
Interview Advice:
Be yourself, it's not just about the skills and experience you have but about your personality and how well you will fit in with the team.
Graduate Management Trainee, Information Services at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Go into the application with an open mind. Recognise that you may have a lot to learn but be willing to take the steps required to do so.
Interview Advice:
I think it is good to have an idea of what you would like to do - where you can see yourself making an impact and being fulfilled in your role.
If you don't know this, don't worry, be honest and make it clear that you are open to anything.
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Application Advice:
Familiarise yourself with the company/role and apply examples of your skills to the key qualities the company are looking for.
Interview Advice:
Try your best to stay calm and relax, everyone throughout the process is very friendly!
Make sure you are clear on your competencies before you arrive, have plenty of examples of when you have shown certain qualities and how you could have improved on your approach to tasks.
Graduate Management Trainee, Water Recycling Norfolk at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Research the company and understand its core values and work ethic. Be yourself - the application process is about showing your personality, your interests, and how you like to work.
Interview Advice:
Relax, be yourself, do some background research on the company so you can justify why the role would suit you and your skills/interests.
Graduate Management Trainee, Regulation at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Be enthusiastic, flexible and ready to learn. Research the company values and the water industry.
Interview Advice:
At the assessment day a lot of emphasis is put on your personality and team working skills rather than technical abilities.
Try to have an awareness of your strengths and weaknesses as a person (with examples) and show how you've worked to improve.
Graduate Management Trainee, at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Try not to be intimidated by the application process.
Be honest about why you want to work for Anglian Water in your initial application.
The telephone interview is quite difficult because you can't see how the interviewee is reacting to what you're saying, but try to not get flustered by any of the questions. No one is trying to catch you out, they just want to know a little more about you.
Don't try to predict the outcome of any of the stages in the application, as it's impossible to know and will only cause unnecessary worry. (I thought I failed the non-verbal reasoning test!)
Interview Advice:
The only face-to-face interviews you have are on the assessment day. This is good because the meet up and meal on the evening before really helps you to relax and feel comfortable with the people who will be interviewing you. The interviewers / assessors may act quite differently in the assessments than they did at the meal, but this is only because they have a job to do. Don't let it throw you!
Be completely honest on the OPQ and use it as an opportunity to self-evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses.
Prepare for the assessment day (e.g. learn a bit about the business and think about why you really want the job), but don't try to over-prepare. The tasks really require you to be flexible, not scripted. It's very cliche, but try to be yourself!
There will be graduates from the previous intake at the assessment centre. Ask them questions (although they won't be able to give specifics about the tasks/interviews).
Most importantly, the assessment day allows you the opportunity to learn more about Anglian Water, the people who work there and the company culture. I came away from it knowing that I really, really wanted the job. So just enjoy it!
Generalist Graduate Management Trainee, Rotational at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Try and share your enthusiasm, although this is sometimes hard to get over on a written application. It is also important to show you have people skills, as well as knowledge.
Interview Advice:
Ask all the questions you are thinking as someone else in the room probably wants to know the answer too and there is no such thing as a silly question.
Senior Project Leader, Operational Capital at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Make sure you are a flexible person who is up for trying knew things and willing to learn lots of different skills. Just say yes and enjoy it
Interview Advice:
More focused on your personality and career interest rather than technical questions
Asset Management Graduate Management Trainee, Asset Management at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
It doesn't matter if you don't understand anything about water, you can learn that. Be open minded, ready to work in an office or stand in the pouring rain and get your hands dirty.
Interview Advice:
Don't overtalk, keep things relevant, original and build a rapport.
Trainee Manager, Operations at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
I believe Anglian Water look for candidates with personality who are eager to learn. I would advise showing your personality throughout the application process and reseaching to understand the company values.
Interview Advice:
Again show your personality throughout the interview, asking questions to further your understanding of the role and business. Don't be defeated if an activity in the applicant day doesn't go how you would like it to as you are likely to make up for it in other activities.
IS Graduate Management Trainee, IS at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Really give it your all in the application, but don't waffle - the employers at AW can see right through waffle and like specific, to the point, but elaborate points to your applications, dont forget to save some detail for assessment centre further elaboration!
Interview Advice:
As much as the questions and answers are important content wise, they are also looking hugely at your natural attitude, behaviour. Its not just a company about answering questions correctly, equally its how well you'll fit in with our culture here
Graduate Engineer Management Trainee, Engineering at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Do some background reading about the company and the industry sector. It always helps to know what you're talking about!
Interview Advice:
Try and be a natural as possible. Anglian Water are looking for hard workers who have the people skills to be able to work in a team effectively as well as potential to lead in the future.
Graduate Management Trainee, Sourcing CDSCM at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Who you are is equally as important as how much you know. Anglain Water recruitment focuses heavily on how well you as an idividual will fit in to the business.
Interview Advice:
It is a relatively relaxed interview process which will hopefully reduce stress and show the real you. Again, there is significant emphasis on who you are and how you behave.
Graduate Management Trainee, Regulation at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Do your research on the industry and figure out why you want to work for a water company. Have a look at what other water companies are doing and think about why you want to work for Anglian Water in particular. Be honest in your application! If you mention an experience you've had, expect to expand upon this in detail at later stages in the process.
Interview Advice:
Try and relax. This can seem really hard to do, but more than anything if you have made it to this stage, the interviewers are looking for someone they can see fitting in with the company culture. When answering questions, talk about a related experience you might have had and tell the interviewer what the outcome was. The STAR technique is really useful - Situation, Task, Action, Result.
Operations Management Graduate, Water Supply at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Use your university's careers service as much as possible - get your CV up to date and eye catching to employers.
Practice online verbal and numerical reasoning tests - helps when you come to do them for real during the application process as some can catch you off guard.
Create mind maps with examples of different situations you have had to deal with from past experience - blue tac them on to your bedroom wall - really helps during telephone interviews to quickly access "times you've done x"
Interview Advice:
Thoroughly research Anglian Water - more generally who they are, what they do, what are their key motivators and more specifically to the position you are applying for.
Know as much as possible about the company but also make sure to have examples of past scenarios which you can draw on when questioned.
Be yourself!
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Application Advice:
Its a fantastic opportunity to work for a great company. I would reccomend the scheme to anyone as the opportunities that are available are super!
Interview Advice:
It's often said but be yourself, a company is looking to find out if you're the right fit. Its not for you to be stressed out and always thinking to proivide "the right answer".
Graduate Management Trainee, Water Treatment at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Apply your own knowledge and thoughts alongside information gathered from aAnglian water websites.
Interview Advice:
To communicate honestly and openly with any involved in the interview process.
Graduate Management Trainee, Flag Fen Peterborough at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Show you have an active interest in the water industry, and be able to explain why this is.
Self-reflect on your own strengths and weaknesses
Draw on all your experiences in work, education or anything else and think about you can apply these skills to your desired role.
Be yourself! A lot of emphasis during the application process is on you as a person and how you might fit into the business.
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Application Advice:
Make sure your enthusiasm comes through although it is sometimes hard to get this over on a written application. It is also important to show your people skills as the company is very people focused.
Interview Advice:
Ask all the questions you are thinking as someone else in the room probably wants to know the answer too and there is no such thing as a silly question. Make sure you take the opportunity to talk to everyone there and really show them how much you would like to work for the company.
Graduate Management Trainee, Operational Capital at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Research the company and the specific role, i.e. know who and what you are applying for. Make sure you answer with clear and coherent answers in the application stage.
Interview Advice:
Be yourself and be honest. Ensure it comes across how much you want the job. Have some good examples prepared to demonstrate how you repond to different situations, e.g. in a team or under pressure.
Water Resources Graduate Trainee, Water Resources at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Be flexible and always say yes to any opportunties that crop up. The learning experiences you gain from taking these opportunites on is priceless. Also ask loads of questions, one thing that has really impressed me is the willingness of all staff to give up their time in order to help you with your work and learning.
Operational Graduate Management Trainee, Utilities – Water Treatment at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Need to be very flexible and have an open mind about different job roles. Ability to learn quickly is important and to get stuck in to all projects. Social skills are important as you meet so many different people from around the business in a relatively short time
Interview Advice:
A lot is based on personality rather than technical knowledge
Team work - need to show a bit of flare and be able to voice opinions whilst listening to everyone else and including anyone who isn't contributing
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Application Advice:
Do it, It is a great scheme. Try to show all of your skills and personality. Spend time reflecting on your strengths and weaknesses.
Interview Advice:
Try to show all of your skills and personality. Spend time reflecting on your strengths and weaknesses.
Operational Graduate Management Trainee, Across region at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Think carefully about the questions and the aims of the company. Use your CV shows off your skills, personality and potential.
Interview Advice:
Relax and be yourself at the assessment centre then your best qualities will show.
Asset Management Graduate Trainee, Asset Management at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Research the company well.
Interview Advice:
Be yourself, be confident and speak up.
Assistant Manger, Wastewater Treatment at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Interview Advice:
Be youself, be honest, don't try and give a model answer, they will see through that. Try and relax and answer to the best of your ability.
Graduate Management Trainee, Water and Wastewater Operations at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Do your research on the company and make sure you know what you are applying for. Be enthusiastic and make sure it comes across how much you really want the job.
Interview Advice:
This company, are a people driven company therefore it is important to be polite, personable and show positive personal behaviours.
Project Leader, Wastewater Engineering at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
It is a hands on role which will see you working with a variety of teams, so the best advice is to get involved in the day to day tasks and learn from all events/incidents
Interview Advice:
Stay calm, and expand on any examples you give.
Graduate Operational Management Trainee, Water and Water Recycling at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Interview Advice:
Look into the role you have applied for and be yourself. The interviewer will get more information from you being yourself rather than trying to answer how you believe they want you to.
Graduate Management Trainee, Water Treatment at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Forget everything you think about the water industry and Anglian Water, there is far more to it than it first seems. I have found it to be a very interesting place to work and I've barely scratched the surface.
Interview Advice:
Anglian Water looks for more than just intelligence, they aim to find a friendly individual with personalitly characterisitics that will suit the business.
Graduate Management Trainee, Regulation at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Be enthusiatic and go in with an open mind.
Do your research on the company and show passion through your application
Try to get work experience.
Interview Advice:
Don't go in thinking you know it all, show enthuasiasm and ask questions. The interview process is as much about getting to know if the company is right for you as it is about the company assessing you. The interview process consisted of an application, a telephone interview and then an assesment centre. The assessment centre is a great chance to meet previous graduates, and ask questions about the scheme. Be yourself and honest in interviews and try to give examples in your answers as much as possible.
Graduate, at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Application Advice:
Sound enthuisatic and make sure your have done your research.
Interview Advice:
Have some good exampes ready to demonstate how you have acted in certain situations, e.g. in a team, in a conflict etc
Graduate Management Trainee, Water Company at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Best:
Commitment to it's employees; The CEO has created a working environment that allows employees to be more flexible with how they work, i.e. working from home, working 8-4 instead of 9-5, providing a friendly and helpful atmosphere to new employees, mental health and wellbeing programmes, employee benefits, healthcare scheme and virtual doctor scheme,
Worst:
Some processes are done in an illogical and sometimes ineffective manner, because they have always been done that way. While and effort is being made to re-evaluate these, it takes considerable time and effort to change the culture of people who have been working this way at this company for 15+ years, as such trying to do things in a new way can come with considerable resistance.
Information Services Graduate Management Trainee, Information Services at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
Best:
Very supportive culture that encourages innovation and collaboration.
Lots of opportunities to develop your skills/experience and progress your career.
Worst:
Sometimes projects can be slow to progress.
Being aware of what everyone else is doing/working on can be difficult in such a big company.
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Best:
Strong salary and great benefits package
Very supportive and open culture
Company that really cares what it does and isn't just out for profit
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Best:
Number of different opportunities. It's great to meet lots of new people and learn what they do and how they impact what we do as a Company. I love the people I work with, and have made some great friends. I have also received a huge amount of support throughout the 3 years I have been here.
Worst:
The IT! I don't think we are quite up to date with our IT, so it can be slow - but we have some workarounds in place to make sure it doesn't impact the work we do.
Recruitment Advisor, HR at Anglian WaterRead the full review »
