GRADUATE PROGRAMME
Whether building your application, honing your interview skills, or preparing for case study questions, these tips will help you showcase your strengths and align your application with what we are looking for.
Explore the sections below to ensure you’re fully prepared, and take the first step towards a successful application for Aurora’s Graduate Programmes.
General Tips
Familiarise yourself with what we look for
Our team looks for evidence of the following qualities in applications:
- An ability to collect, analyse, and interpret complex information
- An ability to communicate and collaborate with a range of people
- Demonstrated quantitative ability and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively in teams
Come and meet us!
We regularly participate in university events and career fairs, giving you the opportunity to meet our team, learn more about career paths at Aurora, and receive guidance to help you make informed career choices.
Research
The more research you do, the better! We expect you to explore Aurora and the work we do, and identify how your skills align with our needs. Tailoring your application accordingly is essential.
We encourage you to go beyond our website—visit our social media pages, read our reports, and engage with our podcasts and webinars to gain deeper insights into our company.
Application Tips
Application & CVs
- Choose a simple layout—selecting simple design elements will make your documents clearer to read
- Organise your CV with clear subheadings like ‘Personal Statement’ or ‘Education’ to highlight each section effectively
- Use consistent formatting throughout your documents
- Cross-reference the job description and identify the desirable applicant traits. Ensure your documents showcase these traits and utilise keywords
- Be specific and use precise language to make your documents stand out and tell us more about you
Quantitative Assessment
Take advantage of completing practice tests on the SHL website to help you better navigate the tests.
The competencies that will be assessed are:
- Deductive and inductive reasoning: your ability to understand written information
- Numerical reasoning: how you think using numbers
- Personality: questions about how you behave in order to predict how you may act in a work situation
Interview tips
Competency-based Questions
- Knowledge building: demonstrate your passion and motivation by undertaking further research about the nature of the role, our company and our industry. Showing an interest in what we do, why you’re applying for Aurora, and what makes you suited for the role increases your chances of standing out.
- General communication: provide structured answers to develop a clear and concise communication style.
- Competencies: arrive to your interview armed with recent examples of a time that you have demonstrated the desirable applicant traits.
Case Study Questions
Our case study questions take the form of market-sizing questions.
- Take a moment to digest the information.
- Ask clarifying questions throughout. The interviewer wants to see your thought process and will prompt you when asked. Try to avoid long periods of silence.
- Begin by breaking down the problem into the fundamental components. Segmenting the question and checking assumptions will create a structured process for finding an answer.
- Think about what you are trying to show with your answer and provide reasoning behind each estimation. Answers do not need to be correct, but they are required to be justified.
