Arup recruitment process

The stages of an application to Arup, what happens at each one and how to practise for the online tests.

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The Arup recruitment process, stage by stage

Five stages, in the order we have them for Arup. The role and the intake can change them: the emails you get from Arup say what yours are.

  1. Stage 1: Online Application & CV

    A form with your CV: your education, your work history and usually a few questions on why you want the role. Answer those in your own words, and check every date and grade before you send it.

  2. Stage 2: Phone Interview

    A first conversation by phone, usually about your application and why you want the role. Take the call somewhere quiet, with your CV in front of you.

  3. Stage 3: Online Reasoning Tests

    Sent by email, with a deadline that is usually a few days away. The score decides who goes on to the next stage. It is the one stage you can rehearse in advance.

  4. Stage 4: Assessment Centre / Group Exercise

    A day of exercises with other candidates, in an office or online: usually a group task, a case study or a presentation, and an interview. Each exercise is marked on its own, so keep going after one that went badly.

  5. Stage 5: Partner Interview

    A last interview with someone senior, about why you want the role and how much you know about the business. Read the latest news about the organisation before you go.

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The Arup interviews and assessment centre

What usually happens at each, what we know and do not, and how to get ready for every stage.

What are the Arup interviews like?

We do not know the questions Arup asks, and the invitation to each interview says how it will run. Most large employers interview twice: a short first interview, often recorded on video, and a longer final one in person or on a call.

In a recorded interview a question appears on screen, you get a short time to think, then a minute or two to answer, with no interviewer on the call. Expect questions that ask for an example: a deadline you met, a problem you solved, a time you changed someone's mind. The final interview goes further into why you want this role and what you know about the business.

What happens at the Arup assessment centre?

An assessment centre is a day of exercises with other candidates, watched by a team of assessors, in an office or online. Most run a group exercise, a case study or written task, a short presentation and an interview.

Some employers also have you sit a shorter version of the online tests again, to confirm the first result. Every exercise is scored on its own, so a weak start can be made up later in the day. We do not know the programme Arup runs: the invitation lists the exercises and the times.

For illustration only. We are not affiliated with Arup, and our practice tests are not its own.

How do you prepare for each stage at Arup?

For the online tests, take timed practice tests of the kinds your invitation names, and work through the solution to each question you miss. The other stages are about what you have done and how you explain it.

For the interviews, have three or four examples ready from your studies and work, each with what you did and how it turned out. For the assessment centre, practise talking for a few minutes about something you have only just read, which is what a presentation exercise asks of you.

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