Ambitious Futures Graduate Programme

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Anyone applied for Edinburgh? I submitted mine on 10 December and it's still "Under Review." Maybe unis that only take their own graduates need more time to assess applications internally...

Reply 81

ninaballet

Original post by Sixtine

Anyone applied for Edinburgh? I submitted mine on 10 December and it's still "Under Review." Maybe unis that only take their own graduates need more time to assess applications internally...

I applied around the same time for York, who only take their own, and I'm still "under review" so hopefully!

Reply 82

slp95

Best of luck to those of you with interviews scheduled and be sure to let us know how it goes!

Reply 83

Jamso

Yeah Ive heard nothing from Glasgow yet :frown:

Reply 84

slp95

Original post by Jamso

Yeah Ive heard nothing from Glasgow yet :frown:

I wouldn't worry I saw on the Ambitious Futures twitter they said they aren't setting up a lot of phone interviews until after the deadline

Reply 85

Jamso

Original post by slp95

I wouldn't worry I saw on the Ambitious Futures twitter they said they aren't setting up a lot of phone interviews until after the deadline

Ya Youre right. Are you also applying for Glasgow?

Reply 86

slp95

Original post by Jamso

Ya Youre right. Are you also applying for Glasgow?

No I'm not so you don't have any competition from me, haha!

Reply 87

Manchester_Grad

anyone applying to manchester?

Reply 88

JLKeating

I had my telephone interview this morning and I think it went okay. It was my first ever telephone interview, it was quite structured but the interviewer warned me of that before we started. The hold music when you are waiting to connect was sooooo intense!

Reply 89

slp95

Original post by JLKeating

So happy it went okay for you! In what way was it structured? Are they quite conversational or just formal?

Reply 90

JLKeating

Original post by slp95

So happy it went okay for you! In what way was it structured? Are they quite conversational or just formal?

It was very formal and they just move through the questions one by one. I was a bit surprised because I didn't know what to expect and thought it might've been a bit more conversational but I suppose they have to keep it formal so that they can compare applicants more easily. Because they were taking notes as well, it meant anything I said was usually met with silence unless it was time for another question.

Reply 91

Jamso

Original post by JLKeating

Oooft. Glad it went OK. Were the questions really related to the criteria that they give?

Reply 92

JLKeating

Original post by Jamso

Oooft. Glad it went OK. Were the questions really related to the criteria that they give?

They were definitely competency based, so kind of similar to part of the application!

Reply 93

Jamso

Original post by JLKeating

They were definitely competency based, so kind of similar to part of the application!

Yaaaa. Wonder when youll find out result

Reply 94

Jamso

anyone else heard back yet?

Reply 95

jayhr

I had my interview yesterday and mine felt quite conversational, but they did say not to worry if we haven't heard back for quite some time, and not to think we had been forgotten! Sounded like they had a lot more applicants to call!

Reply 96

Nell54

Hi guys, I applied late last week, just before the deadline so unsurprisingly haven't heard anything yet! Anyone else out in quite a late application?

Reply 97

Manchester_Grad

who else is still waiting to hear back?

Reply 98

frances642

Original post by Manchester_Grad

who else is still waiting to hear back?

Had my interview last week and still waiting. I don't think we'll get anything until they've interviewed the late applicants

Reply 99

lollylil

I applied on Friday and had my phone interview Tuesday :smile:

The phone interview imo was horrific (almost too conversational - I couldn't tell whether she felt sorry for me.) I got onto Teach First so I'm no stranger to assessment centres and interviews, but I was really nervous.