National Audit Office September 2010 Intake

Grats! Me too!

Did you get your contract through yet?

Congratulations to you both,

I'm also join in September!

Well done guys. I will also be joining the London office in September.

Have any of you found a facebook page or something where the intake grads can network already?

M

I am joining the London office from September and was also wondering if there's a facebok group?

No Facebook group as of yet! Has anyone received any further info/mail from the NAO aside a copy of their contract?

Don't worry..i'll create one....just give me a little time. x

everyone join the group:

"NAO Graduate intake 2010"

Thank you all

Hi protein_master,

Thanks for creating the group! I was just going to ask if it would be possible to change the group name to 'National Audit Office intake 2010'? I know it's probably pedantic and silly of me, it's just that when I searching for a facebook group (before I found this site!) I was typing in 'National Audit Office' as opposed to 'NAO' and I guess alot of people would do that aswell and might not come across the group unless they type 'NAO'. Thank you, look forward to seeing you all in September! XxX

Hey guys, do you know whether our training contract salaries will be affected by the public sector pay freezes?

ok, changed. please join :)

Hi, I tried to join the Facebook group a few days ago (before the name changed) but my membership hasn't been approved. Do I need to submit another joining request as the group name has changed?

yeah I would probably try again, if it did not work the 1st time.

Hi guys,
How are you all doing regarding accommodation in London?

Is anyone looking for a houseshare as I think it is a much cheaper option if anyone is interested.

M

If you aren't already in the Facebook group, join that- a few of us are also looking for houseshares.

The facebook group is down unfortunately! Has anyone received any joining information yet?

Hi all.

I'm joining the NAO in September as well - looking forward to meeting you all! I went in to the office yesterday to give them my degree certificate and was told that joining packs were sent out yesterday and so should be with us soon!

Would somebody be able to post on here when the facebook group is back up and running? I want to join but obviously can't at the moment. Thanks!

CONGRATULATIONS guys!! am just applying for the 2011 intake and just finished filling in my application. after submission, it asks to complete numerical test. Is it difficult? do i need to practice? if so how? my degree is not numerical and so my maths is rusty. HELP!

It's a standard SHL test. You can find practices online. It's not too hard IIRC. Just percentages, ratios, stuff like that. Well, I studied an arts subject and am absolutely crap at maths, so anyone can do it really.

Hello Everyone

Any one heard back from NOA after numerical reasoning test.

I have completed my numerical reasoning test on 6/11/2010 and from that day i am still waiting to hear the outcome.

Please let me know if some one heard back.

Thanks.

DT

Hi d_t

Let me tell you about my experience of graduate recruitment at the NAO.

First of all, everyone is very nice, BUT...

If you don't hear from them, you must phone them.

I had to phone them at least three times between applying and the assessment centre to progress my application because of mistakes with people leaving, admin errors, just forgetting about me.

Contact whatever HR contact they gave you on application.

Hello,

I wondered if any of you already working at the NAO could give me some advice. I am thinking of applying to the graduate scheme.

It's the NAO's Value for Money reports that really interest me and I have no real interest in pursuing accountancy elsewhere. However, I'm aware that most of the time on the graduate scheme is spent on financial audits. Would it be worth going through all the ACA exams (which I hear are pretty tough) and the financial audit work to specialise in value for money later on??

Is the work on value for money (especially as a trainee) even that different from work on financial audit?

Thanks in advance!!

My advice: Dont apply!

Many reasons.

Ok - that's a fairly definite answer!

Would you be able to elaborate at all? I'm fairly numerate, despite not having done a maths related degree and reckon I'd have a decent shot of passing the exams. The prospect of accountancy doesn’t appal me but at the same time, I wouldn’t consider applying to Big 4 firms etc.

As I say, it’s VFM that interests me primarily. How different is that work to financial?