Graduate Management Trainee, Rotational Scheme at Taylor Wimpey

The following is a Graduate Review for Taylor Wimpey.

Taylor Wimpey scores 4/5 based on 256 reviews.

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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?

Best

- Exposure to all departments and learning everyone's role in building homes
- Experiencing how different offices works provides a good base of experiences that you can draw on.
- Graduate cohort regular meet ups and project that help create a relationship with people in the same boat as you.

Worst

- Sometimes the rotations can be too short and you don't get to experience everything in a department.
- Moving offices can be tiring but it's what you signed up for and if you are organised it is a lot easier. It is also a great part of the scheme however.

What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £23,000 - £25,000

Current salary: £25,000 - £27,000

What hours do you actually work, on average?

Start: 08:00

Finish: 17:00

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

Use your experiences to show why you are a good fit. It doesn't matter if you have had no experience in the housebuilding/construction industry beforehand. If you show how you can be an asset to the business it will stand you in good stead.

Be wary of the rotations, not just through departments but to new office locations. It is what you sign up for so be prepared to move every six months. If you don't think this is something you could handle then the scheme may not be for you.

Do you have any interview tips?

Do your research. This is key. Make sure you understand the company and the industry basics, such as competitors, current difficulties and what the future looks like. It shows that you are interested and you have been diligent in your preparation.

The main thing is just to be yourself, anything else will be seen. If you get to this stage there is clearly something they liked about you so don't change just do your research and impress them. Don't be scared, the people who interview you are human as well. They will ask you to draw on the experiences from work, university or travelling. They want to know about you!