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-Strength/Weakness questions with some situations -Technical questions about the role and industry -Describing any specific topic in detail then asked how you would explain the same thing to someone who doesn't know much about it -Questions for them towards the end
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Graduate Quantity Surveyor

Interviewed at Mott MacDonald

3.9
Feb 25, 2022

-Strength/Weakness questions with some situations -Technical questions about the role and industry -Describing any specific topic in detail then asked how you would explain the same thing to someone who doesn't know much about it -Questions for them towards the end

4) Your first task in a new placement is to produce the monthly performance report for your unit. There is a procedure to follow clear guidance on what information to include as well as which teams you need to consult to find out the information. After speaking to a few of the teams, they seem reluctant to help you, as it will take time for them to compile figures and they are not convinced that all of the information in this report is useful. (a) What would you do? Why? (b) What difficulties are you likely to face? (c) What are the risks of doing that? (d) What are you trying to achieve?
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Property Surveyor

Interviewed at Network Rail

3.8
Apr 15, 2018

4) Your first task in a new placement is to produce the monthly performance report for your unit. There is a procedure to follow clear guidance on what information to include as well as which teams you need to consult to find out the information. After speaking to a few of the teams, they seem reluctant to help you, as it will take time for them to compile figures and they are not convinced that all of the information in this report is useful. (a) What would you do? Why? (b) What difficulties are you likely to face? (c) What are the risks of doing that? (d) What are you trying to achieve?

3) You have recently started a placement in Finance and are working on a project to review and reducing spending on mobile phones across teams. You emailed a maintenance manager at a depot because his teams mobile phone bills are twice as much as they should be. He is very reluctant to speak to you about the problems because he doesn't think you understand and says he does not want to you interfere with the work of his team. (a) What would you do? why? (b) What factors did you consider? (c) How would you try to build a relationship with him? (d) What if he still refuses to change his behaviour?
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Property Surveyor

Interviewed at Network Rail

3.8
Apr 15, 2018

3) You have recently started a placement in Finance and are working on a project to review and reducing spending on mobile phones across teams. You emailed a maintenance manager at a depot because his teams mobile phone bills are twice as much as they should be. He is very reluctant to speak to you about the problems because he doesn't think you understand and says he does not want to you interfere with the work of his team. (a) What would you do? why? (b) What factors did you consider? (c) How would you try to build a relationship with him? (d) What if he still refuses to change his behaviour?

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