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      Nuclear Science and Engineering Industrial Placement Interview

      Mar 5, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience

      Other Nuclear Science and Engineering Industrial Placement Interview Reviews for EDF

      Nuclear Science and Engineering Industrial Placement Interview

      Apr 1, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at EDF in Feb 2016

      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at EDF

      Interview

      Friendly feel, interview lasted about 30 minutes. The questions were strength based rather than competency based, asked two warm up questions about motivations for working at EDF, then moved onto 10 strength based questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you stay motivated?
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      Interview

      I applied online, then took situation-judgement and numerical tests. This was followed by a competency-based phone interview ("Give me an example of a time when you've worked under pressure / come up with an innovative solution to a problem"). It took six weeks to hear that I had a face-to-face interview for a specific position at a nuclear site which I traveled to. On arrival I retook the numerical test. The interview was partly competency with some technical questions specific to the areas that I was interviewing for. The technical questions were reasonable enough but under the pressure of the interview I couldn't answer everything. The interviewers understand that you're nervous and that you're a student so just try to think through logically and explain your thought process (and it's ok to admit you don't know, I drew some blanks and still got an offer).

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Draw a nuclear power plant. Describe how it could be made more efficient.
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      Question 2

      Tell me about EDF as a company.
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      Question 3

      Tell me about a time when you've had to pay very close attention to detail.
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      Question 4

      Tell me about a time when a project has gone wrong.
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