Vodafone Graduate Programme 2012

Hey RachelB, I've got the phone interview tomorrow afternoon as well. I'm pretty sure it's basically gonna be, the area you'd wanna get into, and the usual competency/situational questions. From what I understand, a lot of it is to show how confident you are talking to people and such. Don't quote me though.. What time is your's tomorrow?

Hi Lima.alpha,

Thanks for the response, mines actually on Tuesday at 13.00 what time is yours? Good luck tomorrow, with any luck we'll be seeing each other on the assessment day!

Hi all,

I just gave my on line test on last Thursday and today I have received an email saying you have made the grade and we are currently reviewing your application.

Can any one tell me what does this email means. Will I be having the telephonic interview or not?

Hi Saini,

Congrats it means you reached the required grade to be further considered for the programme. I think what happens now is they revise your application and your CV and if they like you, then they'll send you an e-mail in a few days inviting you to a phone interview.

Hi Rachel,

Thanks for Boosting up my confidence. Today I received the email saying shortly they will give a phone call for arranging Telephonic Interview. If you/ someone can give me some idea what they basically ask in telephonic interview will be a great help to me.

Cheers!!!

Awesome congrats :) I had the phone interview, and I've received an e-mail saying they're now considering me further for their assessment days! Basically they ask you competency questions, like prepare examples in your previous jobs/academia where you showed your strengths. I was prepared in that I stayed calm, I had thought through all of my previous jobs and thought of experiences I could draw on. The lady was really friendly so don't worry :) Lima.alpha how'd yours go?

Hi Rachel,

Congrats, Party Time!! :)

I havn't recieved a call from there side to decide the time and date, just I have recieved an email. Should I prepare something relevant to customer service or general strengths?

lol well they said theyd consider me so not sure if im through yet :) I dont want to give the exact questions away but what I can say is look at your past experiences, all your employment and education and think of examples of times where eg team work was needed. She only asked me about 3 questions and in each one you need to explain the context, how you went about achieving it, and what the outcome was, what you learned from it. Be clear about everything you have done so that if she asks you a question out of the blue you can take a minute to think about it and have a clear constructed response! Best of luck!

Hi RachelB, My interview was pretty good. Could have used your approach to structure my answers better, but guess it didn't matter too much. Got an email the next day saying they were considering me for the experience day..and won't find out till February! A bit of a wait eh? Congratulations by the way.. hopefully we're both through..:)

Congrats!! Glad to hear it! Lets hope we both get through although I'll be soo nervous for the assessment day, never done one before!

Saini how did yours go? Hope it went well :)

HI Rachel,

I just gave my Interview today morning. I think it went quite well!! Finger Crossed!!!

Hi everyone.

Congratulations to those who got through to the experience day!

I have received an email today asking me to take an online test. I have taken SHL tests before, however in the email it says they are ' logical reasoning' tests. Normally you get asked to do 'verbal reasoning', 'numerical reasoning', or 'diagrammatic reasoning', is a logical reasoning test the same as any of these, or something completely different? My guess would be it's like the diagrammatic reasoning, but I'd like to be sure so I properly prepare!

Thank you :)

Hello Everyone

I am in the same position as you ZowWise.

Also does anyone know whether the logical reasoning tests would have to be re-taken at a later stage to prove that it is indeed you that took the tests?

Thank you

Hello JamesFuture,

I had my telephone interview today. At the end the interviewer spoke to me about the experience day, and did not mention having to retake tests.

Thanks for that Zoe.

I have to do my test by the 23rd.

Can anyone kindly inform me, when they say logical reasoning does that mean shapes, sequences etc or does it also include verbal and numerical reasoning?

Thank you all

Hi guys/gals,

I had my telephone interview yesterday and received an email today telling me I'm being considered for the Experience Days in early Feb. Just wanted to know does everyone who completes the phone interview receive this email? I have yet to come across someone who did the phone interview and didnt get the email saying they are being considered for the Experience days...

Haha, I had my telephone interview and then they said I was no longer being considered, so its not everyone! Well done though, I'm not too disheartened as it was my first phone interview and have passed others since then so all good practice :)

Hi James, If you haven't done the tests already, they're the same style as the 'Inductive reasoning' tests on SHL website.

I've also received the email saying that I had passed my telephone interview. From what I can gather, they will compare the results of everyone who has got to this stage, then choose 150 of us to go to the experience day...fingers crossed!

Hi Zoe

Thats great.

Congratulations to you.

I did my test today so now its just a waiting game to find out if i am through to the telephone interview stage.

Good luck to everyone!

Hello!

Has anybody heard anything yet about the experience day?

Hope applications are going well!

Still not heard anything :S

I think it's likely we won't hear until the end of Jan/ beginning of Feb. By the sounds of things they wait until all phone interviews are done to decide who goes through.

I'm sure it's not a bad sign!!

I've just received an invitation for 13th of February. Anyone else on the same day?

Got my invitation for the 8th Feb!

8th of Feb as well. See you there RachelB!

Exciting! congrats to us :)

I have been invited on the 13th too :)

The 13th too! :) Congrats!

Hi Guys.

I am on the 9th Feb.

Congrats to everyone!

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Hello people congrats to you all!

Chan2012, I am also on the 9th.

Anyone have any form of details of experience day group task from last year?

I'm on the 8th Feb too :) Excited much? :D

Hi everyone,

Congrats on getting to the next stage of your application!! I am applying for the second round I am guessing as I am doing my application form now. I was just wondering if you could answer a question about the application form. In the final section it allows you to upload resume/cover letter etc. Did you all do this and/or upload any other different documents? I have completed the application and this is the final section so just wanted to ask what others have done.

Best

Gem

Personally, I uploaded my CV, but not a cover letter. Hope this helps.

All the best,

Raj

Hi,

How long did people have to wait between being told they were going to be offered a telephone interview and actually getting the info about the date/time? I had an email from them two days ago saying I'd made it through to the interview and that they'd be in touch 'shortly' to arrange a date/time. I'm not really sure how long I should wait before checking that everything is okay.

Gem21 I uploaded both a cv and covering letter, nothing else.

Hannah, I did not wait too long for my interview at all I think it was only 2 or 3 days :)

I got my email on Monday morning saying I'd been invited to do the telephone interview.

I'm really nervous. Its been a week today since I actually submitted the application. Their process is really fast!

I did the telephone interview on Friday, didn't think it had gone brilliantly, but just had an email to say I've passed! Hopefully will hear if I've made it to an experience day in the next week, since they're all in the first couple of weeks of Feb. Really hope I do now, but not sure how many will pass the interview but not make it any further.

If I do get through, I've got two other interviews in the first two weeks of Feb, so I'm hoping there's some flexibility of dates :s

hi guys.. can anyone tell me if they phone you to arrange the telephone interview? received an email on friday saying I was through to the telephone interview and they'd be in touch shortly to arrange one but since had no contact :S

I've been having problems getting hold of the graduate team to organise my telephone interview. They phoned me on Thursday last week to book but I was at work so couldn't take the call. I've been phoning them every day a few times a day but I'm getting nowhere.

It's getting really frustrating!

ye i can't seem to get mine booked up either I've missed them twice because I've been at work and can't answer my phone..

Hey, can anyone tell me how long it was between doing the online tests and hearing whether you're through to the telephone interview? I submitted my application on Saturday and did my test today, think it went okay :)

Hi luscs10,

I heard back from them two days after the test, saying that I was successful with the test and they would further review my application. It took another two days to receive the email saying there would be an interview.

I finally got through to them and have my telephone interview booked for Monday morning, really nervous. Been getting advice from my lecturers on what I should answer and doing practice sessions. Fingers crossed.

Keep phoning them if you miss your phone call. They are extremely busy at the moment. So don't give up.

Thanks xqin, sounds like I might hear today in that case... Hope it's good news!

People who are selected for ED on Feb 8th or 13th, could you share which location is it taking place at?

anyone on 10th Feb?

Yup - had the invite yesterday. Looking forward to it!

Hi guys. I just submitted my application on the deadline (31/01/2012) and I received an email today saying I am thorugh the first stage. I was asked to take a logical reasoning test and they asked me take it within a week. Could you guys let me know how the test will be? What should I prepare before taking it?. I have never taken these tests before. So kindly give me some suggestions. Thanks in advance

P.S: Moreover I can see most people have already got their assessment day too from the above posts. Are there anyone like me still?

Logic test is easy, there is a place where you can practise, don't worry.

I got an email saying that they liked my telephone interview and that i'm now being considered for their short list for the experience day.

Any idea how long it takes to be considered?

@soo location is in Newbury. @noisyamie I think you will hear from then fairly quickly as I think theyre aiming to do most of their assessment days early Feb :)