Thames Water Interview Questions

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Thames Water (Reading, England) in July 2017.

Interview

Applied online
Process took a while more than two months
Got a call for an interview
Friendly environment and people
2 interviewers ,Phd's with tremendous amount of knowledge
A lot of technical and hypothetical scenarios questions ,the interview lasted more than 2 hours

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Application

I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Thames Water in November 2016.

Interview

Video Interview
Completed the application form. Application requested information such as:
> Why would you like to join the Thames Water Graduate Programme and why have you chosen Engineering?
> Please confirm if you would consider other graduate opportunities in addition to this application.
> Please explain what you feel are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing our industry currently. How would you approach these?
> Tell us about a project you have worked on where your positivity and passion was key to its success. (What was your vision? What did you do? Who did you have to get on board?
> Please give details of any extra­curricular activities you have been involved in, and provide details of any positions of responsibility you have held and how did you manage these activities and your degree at the same time?

For the video interview, using Sonru application, you are given 7 questions. A question will appear on the screen for a few minutes, and you will have a time limit to answer the questions. Questions can be random. Questions they asked me are shown below.

My advice. Do your research and practise.

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Application

The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Thames Water.

Interview

The process begins with an application form, online tests, video interview, further online tests, and the assessment centre. The video interview consisted of 6/7 questions with 20 seconds thinking time, and 2 minutes answering time.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Thames Water (Reading, England) in September 2015.

Interview

2 stages interview. Overall slow recruitment process, but informative when you ask the questions about the process. Interviews were scheduled few days in advance.
First meeting with 2 senior IT Management Staff - general run through CV, describe in more details selected aspects relevant to the role. Very positive approach, organised meeting.
Second meeting with 2 Technical Architects, chaotic meeting with narrow minded technical questions. There were no meeting with the business representative nor any question about the Thames Water Business.

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Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Thames Water.

Interview

It was an intimidating conversation with questions regarding some of my interests in the field, why i chose to go for the specific role and a few questions on my interests outside of the job

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Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Thames Water (Reading, England).

Interview

Full On! 1 Telephone interview, 3 separate face to face interviews. I was requested to send a scanned copy of my passport in advance on the 1st face to face interview (which I did and had a response). On the day of the 1st interview I was "told off" for not sending the scan. When I showed proof of email response from them it was dismissed.
After the final interview (weeks apart) I immediately followed up and feed back my experience. 3 weeks later I had a call to say they were considering me.
2 weeks after this I head nothing so again I followed up as I was considering a different offer. Very disjointed process. But a good indicator of the company.

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Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Thames Water.

Interview

There has been a group exercise and a written test before the interview , all in the same day. The written test was very easy and we only had to write a bit about ourselves but it may vary. The assessors would separate the candidates into groups and we would rotate, so there is no order in going through these stages. The group exercise was more about the ability to comunicate with the team as they watch closely how the candidates debate.

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Application

I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Thames Water (Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England) in July 2017.

Interview

Seemed chaotic and disorderly. Going from one room to the other. Sit in a room write on a piece of paper why you want to join Thames Water, sit around wait for ages go to interview Interviewer seemed disinterested in my responses during 1-1 interview.

Group Exercise Listening to calls and then had to discuss the calls whether they were good or bad

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Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Thames Water (Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England) in May 2015.

Interview

Very well organised, as immediately prior to the interview spending one hour sitting with team members explaining pre-prepared check list of typical tasks and 'day in the life of' format. Going through screens and print-outs for basic introduction to specific systems used for the job. This allowed an insight into the job on offer and made for a more engaging interview. Interview itself was relaxed and mainly job related with no trick or perceived abstract/irrelevant questions.

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Application

I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Thames Water (Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England) in May 2012.

Interview

You will be recruited on a basic wage through an agency there will be 2 weeks of training (you will be sat in a room with 20 other people and have a script read to you for about 10 days then you will be expected to argue with customers for eight hours a day with the legal minimum of breaks, going to the toilet and getting refeshments isnt really acceptable unless you are in a management position then you have free reign to eat mcdonalds you've just left work to buy. Hourly smoking is only acceptable for management

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