We aim to keep the recruitment process for each of our programmes as straightforward and enjoyable as possible.
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We won't just spend time assessing you as a candidate - each stage of our process is designed to help you to better your understanding of us as a business, our company culture and what you can expect throughout your time with us.
For our graduate and internship programmes you'll complete a short application form, psychometric tests and a two-stage interview – firstly with a member of our Humans Resources team and then with your relevant business area.
You’ll find out more about what to expect at each stage and our top tips for success below!
Our application form is an opportunity for us to confirm you have the relevant skills and experience to join our team. We’ll ask a mixture of questions – firstly focused on confirming your academic achievements.
Diversity and Inclusion are important to our hiring practices and overall firm culture. Therefore, as part of our recruitment process we may ask you to fill in our short contextual recruitment form before submitting your application.
We partner with an organisation called UpReach and use their contextualised data model, REALRating, to ensure that we make our selections based on your future potential not just your previous experience.
The information you provide cannot put you at a disadvantage, but it may provide a positive uplift on your recorded academic achievements. For example, whilst we have an A-Level requirement of a B/Scottish Higher-Grade A in Mathematics and a 2.1 Honours Degree, we'll consider applicants who may have achieved this on a contextual basis.
This means if you haven't achieved these grades we can also consider factors such as the school you attended and your background and may be able to award additional points within your application on this basis to give us a fairer indication of your future potential.
The second part of our application form aims to find out more about you – focusing on your interest in Hymans, your careers motivations and your transferable skills.
Ahead of submitting your application, it's worth taking some time to think about what key information we are looking for from you at this stage and how you can structure your answers to show this.
We'll be assessing that you have the relevant skills and experience to carry out the job, that you are enthusiastic about both the job and us as an employer and that you have potential to contribute to the organisation.
Psychometric Tests are not an indicator of intelligence however they can help employers assess your reasoning and cognitive abilities to help us determine whether you have the skills required to do the job on offer.
Though these can often seem daunting the great news is that you can increase your confidence with a bit of practice.
The second stage of our assessment process includes two psychometric tests – a Numerical Reasoning Test and Job Focused Assessment. We use SHL as a provider for these.
Our numerical reasoning tests let us see how you deal with numbers.
The test itself will offer you a few practice questions but you can also find some examples of these on sites such as Assessment Day.
Our Job Focused Assessment is similar to a Situational Judgement Test, where you'll be given a list of work-related scenarios and asked to pick how you would progress from a list of options as well as answering a few questions on your personal drivers. Again, sites such as Assessment Day can give you a good indicator of what types of questions to expect.
The third stage in our process is a telephone interview with a member of our friendly HR Team. This will last for around 30 minutes, and will focus on finding out more about you by delving deeper into some of the questions we asked in your application form and asking you to think about times when you’ve shown the transferable skills we look for in our hires.
The best way to prepare for this is to do a little research on us and the Business Units you are interested in – be prepared to tell us what specifically interests you and why this is. Also think about what types of skills we’ll be looking for within our grads and times when you have shown these.
We’d recommend looking into the STAR Technique for answering interview questions to help you think about how best to structure your answers.
Our final stage is an MS Teams interview with the relevant business unit you are being considered for. Here we will ask a mixture of strengths, motivational and competency based questions. This will last for roughly one hour, and you will be interviewed by a panel of two.
Our interviewers will always do their best to put you at ease, however the best way to ensure you do well on the day is to take a good look at our Gradcracker Company Hub and advert and think about the types of questions you may be asked in line with this. Again, think about how to structure your answers to ensure you give us all of the relevant information we require.
As this is online it can also be a good idea to check your tech beforehand – make sure you are in a place with a strong Wi-Fi signal, that your device is fully charged or connected to a power source and that you are somewhere quiet where you won’t be interrupted.
Why not also reach out to your University Careers team and ask for a mock interview to help give you a practice run beforehand?
We are a disability confident employer, so if you feel like you would benefit from any reasonable adjustments to this part of the process to help you perform at your best please do let us know by emailing chat.to.us@hymans.co.uk
