Our Graduate Recruitment process differs slightly depending on which part of the organisation you wish to join. There are two procedures outlined here; please ensure that you read the correct process flow for the job you wish to apply for.

View the procedure for Finance, HR, Marketing, Sales and Customer Services.

 

 

You will need to complete all the following sections for your application to be considered:

•  General information about yourself, your education and your work experience.

All questions must be answered. We will contact you about your results within 2-5 days.

  You will have a scenario-based questionnaire of around 20 questions. You need to choose the response that best fits your personality from the available multiple choice options.

You can’t prepare for this test: it is designed to see if your personality and values are suited to Royal Mail and will also give you a good idea about what Operations is all about. 

Once you have completed it, we will send you an email informing you of your results. If you have been successful, we will give you a link to the available telephone interview slots, where you’ll be able to choose the most convenient time for you.

  We will call you at the arranged date and time. The interviewer will ask you questions to assess your career aspirations and reasons for wanting to join the Royal Mail Graduate Programme.

We will also ask you competency questions which assess your experience based on our graduate skills. The questions will follow the format of “Tell me about / describe a time when you...”

We will email you your results within 2-5 days. If you have been successful, the email will explain how you can arrange a date to attend the Royal Mail Graduate Assessment Centre.

 

At the Royal Mail Graduate Assessment Centre, we will ask you to complete a range of exercises that will evaluate your suitability for the Graduate Programme. We also want to see if Royal Mail would be the right employer for you. These will include: 

•  Analysis Exercise and Progress Review Meeting
• Role Play
• An interview based on your motivations for joining the programme

We will contact you with your results within 3 days.

  If you are successful at the Assessment Centre, you will be invited to an interview with a Senior Managers in your allocated area . The interview will include competency questions (asked in the “Tell me about / Describe a time when you...” format) set against our graduate skills.

  To help you prepare for our recruitment process, please see our application hints and tips.

 

Stage 1 : Online Application Form
You will need to complete all the following sections for your application to be considered:

• General information about yourself, your education and your work experience.
• Competency questions, which evaluate your experience against our graduate skills.

All questions must be answered. We will contact you about your results within 2-5 days.

  Stage 2 : Online Tests
We will send you a link to complete an online verbal and numerical reasoning test. Don’t worry; you will have access to some practice questions to get yourself prepared and in the right frame of mind.

Once you have completed these, we will send you an email informing you of the outcome. If you have been successful, we will give you a link to the available telephone interview slots, where you’ll be able to choose the most convenient time for you.

  Stage 3 : Telephone Interview
We will call you at the arranged date and time. The interviewer will ask you questions to assess your career aspirations and reasons for wanting to join the Royal Mail Graduate Programme.

We will also ask you competency questions which assess your experience based on our graduate skills.The questions will follow the format of “Tell me about / describe a time when you...”

We will email you your results within 2-5 days. If you have been successful, the email will explain how you can arrange a date to attend the Royal Mail Graduate Assessment Centre.

 

At the Royal Mail Graduate Assessment Centre, we will ask you to complete a range of exercises that will evaluate your suitability for the Graduate Programme. We also want to see if Royal Mail would be the right employer for you. These will include: 

•  Analysis and customer relationship exercises
• Role Play
• An interview based on key graduate skills

We will contact you with your results within 3 days.

To help you prepare for our recruitment process, please see our application hints and tips.