The following is a Graduate Review for Wood Group.
Wood Group scores 3.5/5 based on 235 reviews.
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What is the annual salary for this role?
Starting salary: I'd rather not say
Current salary: I'd rather not say
What hours do you actually work, on average?
Start: 7:00
Finish: 16:00
What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?
Core values! For every question you answer, try and relate your past experiences to the company's core values. This may seem tedious, but the company places huge emphasis in it's core values and takes pride in it's reputation for staying true to them.
Make sure you tap into all your past experiences, try and talk about a range of activities you've been involved with, e.g. clubs at university, duke of edinburgh awards, social clubs, travels, charity work etc.
If you know someone that works for the company, make sure you name them!
Do you have any interview tips?
Make sure you learn the company's core values.
The interview (when I interviewed a year ago) was set up in 4 parts.
Exam - Numerical and reading tests. The reading test is straightforward, write a summary report from information provided (essentially copying key points of information from a case study). The numerical test will take you back to school arithmetic, multiplication, division etc. Again should be fairly straightforward, just try and jog your memory before the day!
Interviews - Questions tend to involve "Can you tell us about a time when you had to lead a team?", "Tell us about a time when you had to deal with a difficult person within a team." Etc. Just prepare for these questions, be honest. You will have had these experiences, you just have to realise when/where you had them. And relate them to the core values!
At the end, make sure you have questions relating to the company. Read up on news about the company, ask about current strategies/goals etc. Don't be afraid to ask what the salary is (the application form probably says Competitive Salary). This is your chance to interview the interviewers.
Team assesment - You will be in a team of 4 or 5, where you have a challenge to complete. You will be given information in front of you and you have to work as a team to arrive at the solution. 4 or 5 assessors observe your interaction with the team, so don't sit in silence.
Presentation - 5 or 10 minute presentation. In my assessment centre, we were given topics a week beforehand. Either "Your greatest achievement to date" or "Your 'Eureka' moment". On my assesment day, alot of people presented about running a 10k or something like that, but try to make your choice unique. Make it something that they haven't heard all day. Again, relate your presentation and the experiences you are speaking about to the core values. (Don't explicitly say "this relates to the core values because...", but tell them what you learned during the experience. E.g the importance of integrity or health and safety etc.)
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