The following is a Graduate Review for Galliford Try.
Galliford Try scores 3.8/5 based on 319 reviews.
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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?
Best
I enjoy being involved with meetings in which the company keep you informed of its status, its work forecast and progress on current work. Seeing this big picture and where you fit into it is vital, you can also plan your progression up through the ranks and consistently develop your career.
Fixing problems both on-site and behind the desk.
Being trusted to manage packages of work, with great supervision and management processes to support you.
Interacting with some of the great people involved in construction, in all roles you'll find a full spectrum of individuals.
Worst
Sometimes construction can be adversarial between companies and that can impact on time, quality, cost or safety of a project.
When working hard on a project and careless individuals disrespect the building, either not working to best practice, not keeping tidy or creating issues unnecessarily.
What is the annual salary for this role?
Starting salary: £25,000 - £27,000
Current salary: £27,000 - £29,000
What hours do you actually work, on average?
Start: 07:30
Finish: 16:30
What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?
Request some work experience, you don't need a year, just one week! See what it's really like in the role and spend time with those in the role you're applying for. If the work experience goes well, inquire about regular visits afterwards. This didn't just help me, it changed my life!
Do you have any interview tips?
Be yourself, rehearse with a friend or partner, be comfortable with saying what you want to say. If you have to do team activities and you're a good leader encourage others and ask for their opinions, engage the team to get the best from everyone, without being overpowering, you don't need all the limelight, just be a good person.
Be open-minded to the questions you might be asked, I had a telephone interview and was asked "if you were an animal which animal would you be and why?". I came up with an interesting answer off the cuff and later found out that a guy at uni was asked the same question. He said something along the lines of "I don't see the point of this question", safe to say I progressed and he didn't.
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