taylorboosh
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Well a while back I did a thread about applying for apprenticeships. I applied for one with BT telecom section and have recieved an email today saying i was invited to a hub day in 2 weeks time and if im succesful i will have my interview straight afterwards. Now thing is I know fuck all about networks ect and wiring shit up and thats the side i want to get into...
any one been through this and know what to expect? any one know any good sites i can go and do some reading up on and what to read up about? 
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daymoon
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IIRC Will_Doyle works for them.... U2U him...
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by daymoon
IIRC Will_Doyle works for them.... U2U him...
i doubt he will share his secrets, he will most likely be planning a takeover bid
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Whittie
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Good luck, I seriously fucking hate BT & their farce that is customer service.
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taylorboosh
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Good luck, I seriously fucking hate BT & their farce that is customer service.
i already work for them through an outsource company but want something more hands on. i am part of that farce 
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oceansoul
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Mate of mine went for the interviews last year. She didnt get through tho. Next time i speak to her ill ask what she had to at the interview day.
If its anything like my thames water one i did, it will be some kind of team exercise, then somthing phsyical like wire a plug top or a lamp or summing. Then you have to talk about yourself for a bit and then sit some 'aptitude' tests. Like basic math, matching shapes, sentences etc
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by oceansoul
Mate of mine went for the interviews last year. She didnt get through tho. Next time i speak to her ill ask what she had to at the interview day.
If its anything like my thames water one i did, it will be some kind of team exercise, then somthing phsyical like wire a plug top or a lamp or summing. Then you have to talk about yourself for a bit and then sit some 'aptitude' tests. Like basic math, matching shapes, sentences etc
thanks mate if you could id really appreciate it.... whittie your a pc geek iir? what should i look into?
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noshua
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I applied and went to the HUB day some time last year, in Sheffield.
Don't worry about job knowledge as you don't have to show you know anything - that's what the apprenticeship is for.
Haven't got enough time to go through it all at the minute so I'll reply later, but what basically happens is;
You arrive at the "hub", there's about another 50 people there for the apprenticeship too. There's around 20 members of staff who work for BT, a lot of them are apprentices from previous years and the remainder are people you'd expect to find at an interview - managers and the likes. They split you up into groups of 5 and ask you to introduce yourself into your group members and generally see how you get on within a team. You sit around for 10-15 minutes, chatting (hopefully) before moving on into another room to do a series of activities. At around dinner time all members of staff will leave the room and decide who they want to come back (later on that day, usually around an hours time) for an interview and who they don't want to come back.
Almost forgot, they do a 'colour blind test' when you're in the groups of 5 - IIRC when I went they had a bunch of wires and told me to pick a certain colour. It's a simple as that.
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Budgie
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Originally posted by a friend on facebook
FUCK YOU BT
sums it up nicely 
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Neo
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Originally posted by daymoon
IIRC Will_Doyle works for them.... U2U him...
I think you got BT and NASA mixed up, or maybe even Sky, or BK...who knows.
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taylorboosh
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Originally posted by noshua
I applied and went to the HUB day some time last year, in Sheffield.
Don't worry about job knowledge as you don't have to show you know anything - that's what the apprenticeship is for.
Haven't got enough time to go through it all at the minute so I'll reply later, but what basically happens is;
You arrive at the "hub", there's about another 50 people there for the apprenticeship too. There's around 20 members of staff who work for BT, a lot of them are apprentices from previous years and the remainder are people you'd expect to find at an interview - managers and the likes. They split you up into groups of 5 and ask you to introduce yourself into your group members and generally see how you get on within a team. You sit around for 10-15 minutes, chatting (hopefully) before moving on into another room to do a series of activities. At around dinner time all members of staff will leave the room and decide who they want to come back (later on that day, usually around an hours time) for an interview and who they don't want to come back.
Almost forgot, they do a 'colour blind test' when you're in the groups of 5 - IIRC when I went they had a bunch of wires and told me to pick a certain colour. It's a simple as that.
thanks mate good reply.... so did you get a job?
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ashleh
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Originally posted by noshua
I applied and went to the HUB day some time last year, in Sheffield.
Don't worry about job knowledge as you don't have to show you know anything - that's what the apprenticeship is for.
Haven't got enough time to go through it all at the minute so I'll reply later, but what basically happens is;
You arrive at the "hub", there's about another 50 people there for the apprenticeship too. There's around 20 members of staff who work for BT, a lot of them are apprentices from previous years and the remainder are people you'd expect to find at an interview - managers and the likes. They split you up into groups of 5 and ask you to introduce yourself into your group members and generally see how you get on within a team. You sit around for 10-15 minutes, chatting (hopefully) before moving on into another room to do a series of activities. At around dinner time all members of staff will leave the room and decide who they want to come back (later on that day, usually around an hours time) for an interview and who they don't want to come back.
Almost forgot, they do a 'colour blind test' when you're in the groups of 5 - IIRC when I went they had a bunch of wires and told me to pick a certain colour. It's a simple as that.
thanks mate good reply.... so did you get a job?
He didn't, hes stuck on a shitty university course with me .
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Mark Prydderch
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I'm a 3rd year BT higher apprentice and will be at the HUB day in Oswetry. U2U me if you want to ask anything.
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noshua
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Forgot to mention I went for the higher apprentice job - more responsibility and more money. Speaking of money - the job its self paid very well.
Basically on the day the staff are watching you to see how well you interact with people, seeing if you're a good team member etc. If you've been invited to a HUB day they obviously have seen something they like so I wouldn't go in thinking that they don't!
The tasks they ask you to do on the day don't count towards anything so again don't worry about getting these right or wrong - one of the ones I did was rate, in order from most important to least important, 20 items (given in a list) to have when you're stranded on an island.
Advice; make sure you have ALL your documents that they asked you to bring, don't be on time - be early, once you enter the chosen HUB day building (it'll be a BT one) be polite to members of staff as they all belong to BT - the guys who took my documents and ID were apprentices who all have an impact on who is chosen for an interview (I'm sure this is what they was telling us), don't sit there thinking of things to say - just say them, the worst thing you can do is show that your NOT a good team member.
Good luck.
Mark is probably the guy you'll want to chat to for the best advice
edit: there's some good information in this thread (I read it prior to the HUB day) http://www.avforums.com/forums/general-chat/954529-anyone-done-bt-apprenticeship-part-2-a.html
[Edited on 15-04-2010 by noshua]
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taylorboosh
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yea cheers noshua ive read that and part 1 all 67 pages of it 
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