The following is a Graduate Review for Lendlease.
Lendlease scores 3.7/5 based on 79 reviews.
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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?
Best
People, I really like everyone I work with, and I learn a lot from them. Everyone is generous with their time and there's a great team spirit.
Work/life balance, my boss criticizes me when I am staying late frequently, and takes a real interest in my life outside work. You can work flexibly from home and the company cares about your well-being.
The support, I am being supported in my professional qualifications, if I am struggling with something people care personally and will help out.
Worst
Being under-resourced. Every team feels like it could do with just one or two more people in them. On the one hand it has meant I've had to really step up and I've received a lot of responsibility and got noticed. So that's good. On the other hand, my 'to-do' list is monumental and it stresses me out whenever a new thing lands on it.
What is the annual salary for this role?
Starting salary: £35,000 - £37,000
Current salary: £35,000 - £37,000
Start: 08:30
What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?
Be honest about who you are. Demonstrate what makes you different, but understand that those responsible for hiring you are looking for that vote of confidence that you've worked hard in the past, you're keen to learn and you'll fully embrace the company's culture.
Do you have any interview tips?
They asked us to work as a team and brainstorm ways in which we see Lendlease being affected by technology such as driverless vehicles, and what Lendlease should/could do to react.
I advise you don't nominate yourself as time-keeper, it's important that you verbally note how much time the team has, how long you'll spend on each part, but you're role in the assessment centre isn't to look at a clock.
Also before your team hastily moves on to another part of the task, if no-one has taken the opportunity to, encourage your team to pause and check that everyone has said what they wanted to say. It shows confidence and the ability to bring others into the conversation.
In the interview part of the hiring process, just be calm, shake everyone's hands and be honest. Don't force an answer you don't believe in, take the time to think and reflect. Generally though, show interest in understanding more about the company than your role necessarily needs. I applied for a marketing role and asked questions about the leasing team, the finance team and the construction team.
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