I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at MBDA (Stevenage, England) in Dec 2018
Interview
General competency based interview with questions asked about knowledge of the company, its operations and the role. Very positive experience. Formed part of an assessment centre along with a presentation, group task and interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General competency questions based on online application
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at MBDA (Filton, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
All the usual background information and competency questions in the initial application form.
Found out several months later that I'd been invited for an assessment day - this was to consist of a group task with other applicants, a presentation, and an interview.
The presentation topic was given in a separate email a couple of weeks after the initial assessment day invitation, the presentation was to be made and sent to MBDA within 2 weeks.
The interview day ran smoothly, all staff were friendly throughout. The group project involved a design related task with a short presentation of results after 45 minutes of preparation time. This whole task was observed by 4-5 assessors, they also questioned our design choices after the presentation.
Following the group work, we had to deliver our pre-planned presentations one at a time to the 4-5 assesors. The 10 minute presentation was then followed by 5 minutes of questions which related to the presentation and our ideas on related topics.
Following this we went for a lunch, paid for by MBDA in their cafeteria.
After lunch we returned back to the assessment area and went to interviews, this was with 2 assessors.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about MBDA - products / services / background etc.
What are the issues you think surround our work - this was then led into possible issues regarding exports/markets/dealing with international customers.
Why the specific role was applied for
The usual competency based questions:
Give examples of... Teamwork, displaying integrity, dealing with a difficult person, had to meet a strict/tight deadline.
Relating experience in degree course to areas within the company
CV based questions - picking up on past work and project experience
Areas of my course I'd specifically enjoyed
The later part of the interview was more of an interesting chat and I was also given the opportunity to ask the assessors questions