CSC Graduate Scheme!!

Hi

I'm not too sure about the Business scheme but for the technology scheme everything was automated, I was offered the phone interview straight after the tests. I did the tests a couple of days ago and have my interview next week.

Hi all, I applied for the consulting graduate training scheme and after completing the verbal test i found out within a few minutes i pased the test. But it maybe different for technology. Jagode How did your telephone interview go? was it competancy based? what kind of questions did they ask you? If anyone could share any experiences that would be great. thanks for your help

Hi Financejob

It was the same automatic response for the Technical scheme as well. I have my interview scheduled in 2 days time, I expect there will be a few questions about the company and then they'll blast me with the competencies. I'll let you know how it goes.

Good luck with your interview. I have mine of thursday. That will be great if you could let me know how it goes. thanks

Hi

I had my phone interview today, I was only asked 3 competency questions which is odd because that meant it only lasted 30mins, from what I've read other candidates were asked 7 or 8. Anyhoo these are the questions I was asked:

1. What do you know about CSC's services.
2. Which clients do we serve.
3. What do you think you can offer to CSC.
4. What are the main duties for your role.
5. What are the main skills, in general, required for teamwork.
6. Difficult member in team.
7. Complex project.

Hope it helps you and others. Good luck with your interview.

thanks for your help. Did they ask you to use the STAR technique when answering your competancy questions (Situation, Task, Action and Result)? Also where were you able to find out about other peoples interviews -the ones that had 7/8 questions? thanks again for your help.

Hey

Yeah you should use the STAR method, the lady was nice enough to point it out before she began asking the questions. These are all the questions CSC asked the other candidates, I found them on wiki job:

1.Where is our Head office (UK HQ is Aldershot, Hamshire).
2. What is our Revenue and Share price.
3. Who is our current CEO (UK CEO is Kevin Brown, Global CEO is Mike Laphen).
3. What motivates you.
4. Explain a situation where you have broken bad news to someone in a more senior position than you.
5. Day to Day duties for your role.
6. Explain a situation where a project plan changed at a late stage and you had to adapt.
7. Why CSC, Why this particular role, What does CSC do, Projects, Clients, Industries we serve.
8. Why have you chosen a career in I.T.
9.What can you offer to the role.
10. Explain a situation where you have had to deal with a difficult member in a team environment.
11. Explain a situation where you had to deal with multiple deadlines.
12. Complex project.
13. Explain a situation where you have built a relationship with a customer.
14. Which other companies have you applied to.

Those are all the candidate questions I found on Wiki Job. Question 7 will definitely be asked.
Hope it helps.

thanks for that. Some of the questions seem ok to answer. I think the dificult one to answer would be the questions about giving a situation where you have broken bad news to someone in a more senior postion than you? im trying to think of an answer for that. thanks for your help.

Hi there, i recently applied to the CSC business graduate scheme and i passed my app, tests and had my telephone interview, am waiting to hear what the result it. dont worry to the people expecting to take the telephone interview. the lady was really accomodating and very kind. i answered my heart out, hope it was enough, fingers crossed.
jagode, above summarised nicely the questions that u might expect.

also i was wondering if anyone has been to the assesment center ? any tips or advice please?
cheers
greg

Hey Greg,

This older CSC link has some information about the AC http://www.wikijob.co.uk/forum/consultancy-consulting-firms/csc-computer-sciences-corporation

I'm still waiting for CSC to email me the AC details but I understand it will involve the usual AC interview,group work/case study and presentation.

Hey Jagode,

thanks for your reply, the link was AMAZING..... all the tangible tips that r sooooo valuable, thnks. God Bless the internet!.
Which role r u applying for?, im applying for the project man.
after reading all the comments i cant wait to hear wen the AC will be and wat the topic will be.

 keep in contact please, i will be updating if i hear anything new.

Hey Greg.

I'm applying for Technical-Infrastructure Solutions. There's tons of information on CSC Case studies so I'm definitely going to read up as soon as I get the details.

Anybody else going to the Assessment Centre this friday?

Hey

What AC is running this friday?, I applied for Technical and don't have the date yet but I assume it's gonna be in January.

Technical grad scheme

Hey guys anyone knows anythings on this as I have found some new stuff on CSC Presentation for What has CSC done recently to imPress you and would you further exPand this to grow the business?

any ideas or any Presentations already made or done by any one already been to the assessment centre..... would really be fab...... email me on maddy7869@yahoo.co.uk
would make it a hell lot easier

hey, i have got through to the A/C too but they said they would let me know of the date soon. how does the presentation stuff work out?
Do CSC give you the presentation title before hand and ask you prepare it at home and then present it there or do they give it too you there? how does it work?

hey there,
i am in the same situation as Financejob. really happy but nervous as well. l1nk1n i was hoping you could be kind enough and let us know what happened at the AC tomorrow plz. would be really helpful. thnks

Hey guys I am on the train and very nervous about the assessment centre for tomorrow, I1nk1n if you give us an insight regarding the assessment centre for tomorrow and how did you go about the Presentation for the Personal Presentation would be great would be even fab if you emailed you Presentation to us so we would know how you went about it would really be a great helP.....

or just text me i could ring you back my contact number is 07813544656 would be great ....

only just got to my hotel.....sent you a text anyway

Hey l1nk1n , i dont suppose you could let us know what happened at the AC today please. we are all eager to hear the news.
thnks
regards
greg

Hey l1nk1n , i dont suppose you could let us know what happened at the AC today please. we are all eager to hear the news.
thnks
regards
greg

hey there, anyone have any updates on the AC please? hasnt been an update for a while from anyone. ...

hey, i havent heard back about the A/C either. i think that they will prob do it after christmas and new year. l1nk1n & maddy7869 how did the A/C go? did you have to take the numerical and verbal tests again? how did the case study , presentation and interview go? any help will be really helpful.

I haven't heard any news about the AC either other than the location (Aldershot), hopefully they will give us a least a coupla' of weeks notice.

Passed the numerical and verbal reasoning tests. Got a phone interview on the 30th Dec. Fingers crossed I pass, regarding the assessment day I'm hoping that it'll be late in Jan. Currently in China, won't be back in England till the 17th.

I had my telephone interview on the 12th? of december for business consultancy..
I passed it and now invited for an AC (date unknown as yet)..
I am somewhat confused about the actual role though..when they say 'Business Consultancy' are they talking about Management Consultancy etc? Or is it still quite technical and to do with IT infrastructures etc?

Any help on AC experiences would be amazing!

hello everyone,

does anyone know how long it takes to hear back from the verbal test. they got back to me via automated email after my numerical test saying:

"Having successfully completed the online numerical test, we would like to invite you to participate in the next stage of our selection process".

But after the verbal test I havent heard anything. I did it on the 2nd of Jan.

please help, cheers.

I dont know what the general rule is as such, but my format was like this:

numerical > passed > straight to verbal > passed > straight to pick times for a telephone interview > passed > 1 week wait > passed > AC (date unknown yet)

hope that helps

Hi,
Have telephone interview soon and would really appreciate an answer:
Are you expected to answer qu's (i.e. about why you want to do that role) specifically for your first choice? or is it better to just answer them generally for the business scheme?
Thanks

@ C1234 : i think a mixture of both would give your best answer. such as why u chose csc, why that department (i.e. for tech enthusiasm in tech as a whole) and why the particular role (i.e. for technical, why u enjoy coding etc) and then beyond that why the grad scheme as a whole.

hey jagode you alright, i got a call yesterday and mine is on the 3rd of feb, thats all the info i got.

Hey guys, just wondering did you guys contact CSC before they contact you about the A/C? Also Greg did you apply for the Business Project Management Graduate Programme or the Consulting Project Management Scheme?

I didn't contact the recruitment team but I'd suggest you do if you don't hear anything before the end of the week.

if i dont hear from them today I will call them tomorrow morning. What scheme did you apply for?

hi ya, i applied for the business man stream.

• Edit: AC is actually on the 5th February for Technical - Architecture solutions

Hey ppl

Just received the AC guideline, it says there is another presentation along with the prepared presentation, anyone know what this will cover or is it just a uni project? anyone attending the AC on 5th at CSC HQ?

Hey Jagodi,

the other Presentation is gona be given to you to assess which is the most viable investment which would be extension of a shoe business which has taken over some bag business or vice versa .... you will be given amPle time to gather info on it and give on the sPot Presentation on it....

I had an assessment centre in December and I've got the job and already ave my contract as well just need to send it back was busy with things so couldnt answer PeoPle who needed helP....

Hey Maddy, jagode, gregrichards & financejob
i have an assesment centre with csc on the 9th. please could you let me know if you had to redo the numerical and verbal test please. and also how was the face to face interview? was it competancy based or do they ask you questions about the company. How was the group exercise you did?
please let me know how it goes. good luck to you all

Hello people, has anyone heard back from csc about any Business consulting AC's?I have passed my telephone interview in December but still havnt heard abt AC dates :s
Has anyone had business consulting ac's for 2010 intake full stop??
Please let me knw people :)

Hey Hema,

they dont take the test again, but you are exPected to know about CSC inside out just like the back of ur hand,
so be PrePared and in terms of the face to face interview they would quiz you on the CSC and would ask you questions about the Presentation you are told to make and bring it in with you when you are invited for the assessment day...make sure you have a structure to your answers I think the STAR technique would be good to use, also make sure in the grouP exercise its about how you reason with your fellow colleagues and how you communicate with them and get your Point across, it would be something to do with a charity and you would be given different ones to suPPort but you ave to convince the fellow colleagues to invest in the one who ave been given, they would constantly try and disturb you with new details almost every 5 to 10 mins so makesure you on ur heels about it.... hoPe this helPs you guys and good luck .... anything else do ask me guys would be haPPy to helP...

hi Maddy,
thanks for that information it was really helpful. What kind of questions did they ask you about CSC? did you just refer to the graduate csc site or the main csc site? do they give you competancy questions like they did in the telephone interview e.g: give an example of a time questions. or do you just have to speak about csc in general like what the company does, its customers, etc.
You mentioned in your 1st reply about another presentation the one about the bag and shoe company is that a group presentation or an indiviual presentation? was that really tough?
How did you prepare for the personal presentation you prepared at home about how csc impressed you and how the business should expand?
Thank so much for your help. its been really helpful.

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Hi guys, how did you assessment centre go? how was the face to face interview? what questions did they ask? how was the group exercise? any help would be great.

Hey Jagode

How did it go for you?
Did you get the job?
Have any recommendations on making a good impression at AC?

How did it go?

hi shaun1,
which scheme did you apply for? when your assessment center?

Hi Folks, I went to the CSC AC on the 5th Feb. Unfortunately i didnt get the job :( really gutted but i thought i would take the opportunity to help the remaining people on the forum to benefit from my experience.

in summary, the day was extremely well organised and they provided first class hospitality throughout the day, offering drinks, biscuits etc
to start off with you will be put in a group of lets say 5-6 and you will be given a case where you have to allocate 60k to 6 varois causes, so as a group you will need to discuss which is the best. As a group i thought we tackled it quite well only to find out that the charity we had chosen had a bad history, that was aimed at throwing us off course... but we still managed it well given the time.

secondly we were put into rooms and we were given a case about launching a rucksack. we had to read the case and say which market to choose... essentially they are testing you to see how u cope under pressure. dnt worry they give you 1 hour and that is about enough for you to read it and write a presentation. um i suggest u briefly look at the pages for about 3 min to get an idea then go ahead doing it for real.

then we had lunch. it was a nice atmosphere with fellow candidates and we were later joined by assessors. i felt quite tense so i didnt eat much but its really informal and a opportunity to have a chat....

then we met some previous graduates that had joined, they were a decent bunch and gave first hand insight into the company.

After that one by one we were invited to present our individual prepared presentation followed by an interview. I prepared my presentation on CSC and its acquisition of FCG, I know for a fact after speaking to other candidates that my topic was the most relevant and i spent ages preparing it so i felt very confident. However, after delivering the presentation i was criticised for going over the 10 min time limit and speaking too fast. i think that was quite harsh considering every point was relevant .. but thats just an opnion, i know 100% at uni i would have got an A but obviously the guyy didnt appreciate it. after that i lost my confidence and the interview let me down. out of all the assessors which were decent people there was one that was slightly rude, swearing and taking the mic out of people that had taken the group assignment in the past which was unprofessional and that happened to be my assessor! (not naming names).

after that it was time to go home. the best advice i can give to u budding csc employees is to relax be confident and get involved.
even though i got the bad news today which i am still upset about it but i am happy to help if u have any questions.

gud luck, i wish u guys every success