PwC Technology Flying Start Degree Apprenticeship 2021

Sorry, not another person thinking of applying but I am currently a second year student on the programme at Leeds. So if anyone at any point on this thread wants to ask questions then feel free.

Preparation
Make sure to look after yourself at this time. Keep up with your studies.
Choose which universities you want to apply for. I applied for Leeds and Birmingham with PwC but of course I have to say Leeds is better!!

Remember that, unusually for a degree apprenticeship, you apply directly to the universities via ucas. This means you need to get your personal statement sorted for that but for computing I'm not sure they care too much.
If the uni accepts you then you get through to a fairly standard PwC application process. This has changed since my year but you can find people discussing the fairly current process on similar studentroom threads from previous years. The best place for the application process is PwC's employability hub. It looks incredibly helpful and comprehensive now. Also find examples of you demonstrating "PwC professional" qualities.


Leeds uni
The uni is great and seems to balance everything really well. It has it's plusses and minuses like everywhere but I don't know anyone who isn't at least reasonably happy with it.

The course is solid and varied so you know some of quite a lot of things. Lecturers are largely pretty good. The city is great and the uni is a campus uni but very near the city centre which is really great and very unusual. There's plenty of things available via the uni union if you want them. Decent and plenty of accommodation available. I can't personally think of any significant negatives.

Thanks for that. Did you need to provide a CV by the way?

In my year you didn't and I don't think you need to now either, but I can't be certain. If in doubt then email [email protected]

Hi Matthew,

Do you know which unis will be offering the flying start programme?

Also if you do a higher apprenticeships with PWC can you still progress to a degree apprenticeship later?

Hello, I am thinking of applying for Software Engineering Degree Apprenticeship at Queens Belfast for 2021. Iv already applied on the UCAS website, I am guessing we probably only get a response back from PwC around January 2021 time after all the uni applications are sent off?Also, just wanted to ask for any tips in regards to the games based assessments that PwC do and how its best to prepare for them as Iv heard they are quite hard to do.

Wanted to start a thread to find other people thinking about applying. How's everyone preparing? What unis does everyone want to do it at?

How are people practising for the psychometric tests and maths tests, I know they are difficult and wanted to know if anyone has any tips to get the best score?

I don't actually find the mock mathematical or inductive reasoning tests online very difficult, which is probably because I've done A level maths. The verbal one is mainly just comprehension. However, the work preference questionnaire is odd because there are three different qualities that hardly seem to be related in some cases.

I'm yet to practice the game based assessments though and I've heard they're the most difficult part. From what I've read, there's 9 different games that could come up.

I'd say the best thing to do with these is do as much practice as you can, and practice coping with pressure like you would with a maths exam at school. Good luck, and hope that helps

This gives more info about the assessment process for a role so I assume the application process for this is similar https://www.graduatesfirst.com/pwc-job-tests

Thank! I mean i also do maths at school but i guess i have found these aptitude tests difficult because of the time pressure. Do you have any websites that I could check out to practice these exams?

Sorry, not another person thinking of applying but I am currently a second year student on the programme at Leeds. So if anyone at any point on this thread wants to ask questions then feel free.