I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Foster + Partners (London, England) in Jul 2024
Interview
I was approached by a senior associate partner at my university's degree show to interview for a studio 2 position. The interview was about 45 minutes of a nice, light-hearted conversation, going through my best pieces of work and answering things like what projects I was interested in and why I wanted to work there. It took about 3 weeks between getting the contact details of the recruiter and having an arranged interview as the company processes a lot of applications and interviews between their multiple studios.
I interviewed at Foster + Partners (London, England)
Interview
People team contact me to arrange interview.
online interview since I was living abroad.
It took about 30 minutes. 1 partner and 1 Senior partner interviewed.
portfolio introduction and they asked questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
While I was going through my portfolio, they specifically asked which software I used and asked the ownership of the work since I had group projects. General questions.
I had an Interview at the main campus after an informal interview on teams - explaining my projects and have a chat about projects, team in F+P, and the recent projects of F+P
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your role in the project
How do you deal with your stress
The interview process was clear and well structured. The Teams meeting was fairly straightforward — it seemed they might be leaning toward someone with a bit more practical experience though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interview mainly involved going through my academic portfolio and discussing my work in an open-ended way. The conversation was quite broad.