Graduate Development Program applicants have rated the interview process at National Grid with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Development Program roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 30 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at National Grid overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at National Grid as a Graduate Development Program according to 30 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Group panel interview: 17%
Personality test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Drug test: 9%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
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I applied online. I interviewed at National Grid (Boston, MA) in Oct 2020
Interview
I applied to National Grid in September 2020. Three interviews followed. Two separate phone interviews with recruiter and hiring manager. The last one, in January 2021, was a longer interview day that took 2 1/2 hours long over Zoom. I spoke with two hiring managers at once who were pleasant to talk to. They asked me some questions that I know they were looking for specific answers to. More behavioral and competency questions than technical questions. Our interview was followed by an hour and a half long case study and presentation. The entire interview process took over 4 months to complete and about 1 1/2 months after my final interview. The turnaround time was far too long and left candidates uncertain.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How should a leader communicate?
Recall a situation that you have lead a team/group.
AI interview for the first round that was behavioral but pretty specific and not a fun experience. Think we all prefer speaking to a real person. Decently hard to come up with examples in the moment as they were not prototypical behavioral questions.
I got the first round interview which is a online assessment, have 6 behavioral questions and 2 game question.
EG. Why do you want to work for National Grid? What interests you in the Graduate Development Program?
Tell me about a time you had to change your course of action while working on an assignment.
Tell me about a time when you set difficult goals for a project and the steps you took to achieve these goals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you built a great relationship with someone. How was the relationship helpful?
I applied online. I interviewed at National Grid (Waltham, MA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Started with an initial application then got sent a few skills assessments and had to complete a pre recorded interview. After passing those you get invited for a final interview to decide offers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time where you worked on a team and conflict arose, what steps did you take to resolve it?