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M&S Graduate Scheme 2026

Anyone else applied for any of their grad schemes. I applied to food business.

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Reply 1

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by glombar21
Anyone else applied for any of their grad schemes. I applied to food business.

i did too! i finished the online assessment

Reply 2

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by moomoofarm
i did too! i finished the online assessment

Same. I'm just waiting to hear back now

Reply 3

Have you guys had anything since the first online assessment?

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by aurora1287
Have you guys had anything since the first online assessment?

No I haven't

Reply 5

They’ve just sent an email saying they’ll be in touch within the next week on an update if you have done the online assessment :smile:

Reply 6

They’ve just released emails for the next stage!

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by sharm101
They’ve just released emails for the next stage!

Yeah I just got invited to the job sim stage too

Reply 8

Hows the job sim if anyone has done it? not really sure what to expect

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by excellent-chriss
Hows the job sim if anyone has done it? not really sure what to expect


It’s pretty standard to be fair, you don’t need to do any prep

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by em296
It’s pretty standard to be fair, you don’t need to do any prep


Thanks for this, would you be able to give an overview of the sorts of things it asks? What types of things are the video questions asking? Tysm!!

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by excellent-chriss
Thanks for this, would you be able to give an overview of the sorts of things it asks? What types of things are the video questions asking? Tysm!!


No worries, I mean it’s all situational and what you would do etc, don’t want to give a load away on here though sorry! Haha

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by em296
No worries, I mean it’s all situational and what you would do etc, don’t want to give a load away on here though sorry! Haha


Haha no worries. But no prep necessary…? Did you prep?

Reply 13

Roughly how many video questions are there for the job sim?

Reply 14

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by excellent-chriss
Haha no worries. But no prep necessary…? Did you prep?


Ive got like bog standard STAR answers for different aspects that employers might want to see do you think that’s enough?

Reply 15

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by excellent-chriss
Haha no worries. But no prep necessary…? Did you prep?


I didn’t no, honestly as long as you know about the role you’ve applied for and values you’ll be sound

Reply 16

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by em296
I didn’t no, honestly as long as you know about the role you’ve applied for and values you’ll be sound


Brill thanks!!

Reply 17

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by excellent-chriss
Brill thanks!!


No problem!

Reply 18

Were there any video questions in the initial online assessment at all?

Reply 19

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by daisy3104
Were there any video questions in the initial online assessment at all?

No in the first test it's just situational judgement and was very quick to do

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