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Retail graduate interviews: the questions to expect

Interviews and assessment centres

Take a look at the most common interview questions for graduate retail roles and prepare to give the best possible responses. Get some tips from Donna Miller, too – European HR director for Enterprise Mobility when we spoke to her.

Retail, business & commercial services

Kickstart your career as a trainee solicitor with Farrer & Co

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Try your hand at being a solicitor at Farrer & Co! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

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Farrer & Co

Are you the next scientist at AWE?

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Try your hand at being a scientist at AWE! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

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AWE

Meet Ioana, a graduate chemical engineer

Advice

Meet Callum, a Graduate Materials Engineer

Advice

Callum is a graduate materials engineer, based in Barrow-in-Furness.

Are you the next product manager?

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Try your hand at being a product manager! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

Are you the next data analyst?

GradSims

Try your hand at being a data analyst! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

Are you the next UX designer?

GradSims

Try your hand at being a UX designer! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

Are you the next social media manager?

GradSims

Try your hand at being a social media manager! Gain insights that prepare you for the role and decide if this is the career for you.

Country feels with city crimes: What it’s like being a police detective in Bristol’s Bridgwater ward

Choosing an employer

Elisabeth Dane is a Detective Constable in the Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID). She spoke to us about completing Police Now’s two-year National Detective Programme, which is designed to train graduates to become leaders on the policing frontline. If you’ve got the determination and grit, there are few careers more rewarding.

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Visual merchandiser: job description

Advice

Visual merchandisers plan how retail products are displayed, creating engaging environments for customers and increasing sales for the retailer.

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Nine things I would've done differently in my final year at uni

University life

Don't want to leave university with any regrets? Here are nine things that one graduate would go back and change if they could turn back the clock.

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