Investment Delivery Engineer, Network Management at National Grid

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What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £27,000 - £29,000

Current salary: £27,000 - £29,000

What hours do you actually work, on average?

Start: 8:30

Finish: 16:30

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

Make sure you are genuine when applying to any role. You must be honest and have evidence to prove the qualities that you want to show rather than just stating them. This will provide the proof of what you are capable of and what you can bring to National Grid. There is also a video questionnaire that involves taking a video of yourself answering 3 questions. One of the questions I got was regarding what my friends think of me. This was a very difficult question to answer as the question is not given prior to the recording. Make sure you keep an example to provide for this question if it comes up. An example I gave was that I am a very reliable person to all my friends. One of my friends missed the last train home after my birthday party. I offered him a lift from Leicester to Peterborough just so he could get home. This was a 2 hour round trip, showing that I will be there for my friends.

Do you have any interview tips?

During the assessment centre there is an interview with 2 interviewers normally. They ask general questions about the business and why you want to be a part of National Grid. Make sure you have done research on the company and also taken down notes which you can take with you. One of the harder questions I was given was, 'What is your least favourite module at university and why?' Make sure you prepare an answer for this and mitigate the issues that arise from this dislike. This will then show the interviewers that when there are pieces of work that you do not enjoy, you will still make sure that it will be completed to the high standard required.