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      Graduate Training Programmer Interview

      13 Feb 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Edinburgh, Scotland
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Sotheby's (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Jan 2013

      Interview

      Met with the company at a career's fair, and was advised that I should contact HR (with a specific email address) to receive a copy of the application form. Information about the role at this stage was minimal (deliberately, I think). Application form was quite long but a useful exercise in itself for preparing for the next stages. It addressed your current academics and experience and how that related to the role, what your career plans were, as well as detailed questions about previous qualifications. The interview was very short, and I had been advised this would be the case before hand - just 25 minutes. I was asked the 4 questions below and then the USP question. The process was then explained more fully. For this round I was told there had been 400 applicants and they were conducting 140 interviews - so it is highly competitive. The next stage, if i am successful, will be an assessment centre.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Tell me your USP.
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      Question 2

      Tell me why you are taking this course/why did you change universities for your post-grad studies.
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      Question 3

      Tell me about how you work in a team.
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      Question 4

      We work with a number of difficult clients. Tell me about a time that you have had to deal with a tricky customer service situation.
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      Question 5

      Why do you want to work for Sotheby's?
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