Role: Graduate Software Engineer

Starting Salary: 30K

Job Locations: Osterley, West London

Application deadline: 11th October (for UCL on campus Assessment Day)

Employment start date: July 2014

Minimum degree requirement: Predicted 2.1 (BOTH Undergraduates and Postgraduates CAN apply – must be in final year)

Discipline(s) recruiting from: All, but focusing on computer science related subjects if possible

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Sky’s Software Engineering Academy

Sky is the UK and Ireland’s leading home entertainment and communications company. Around 40% of all homes have a direct relationship with Sky through its range of TV, broadband and home telephony services. Sky distributes its content broadly over several platforms, including satellite, cable, IPTV, mobile and WiFi. NOW TV, Sky’s second consumer brand, builds on the company’s leadership in internet TV. We recruit exceptional talented graduates into our Software Engineering Academy which is a 7 month accelerated scheme during which they learn the fundamentals of being a software engineer at Sky.

The scheme offers an initial 4 week technology boot-camp, the opportunity to work on real life projects initially in a safe environment where the graduates make all the delivery choices, before joining an established delivery team from our commerce, mobile, online and Internet TV departments.

Recruitment process

Submit this application form by 9am on the 14th of October

If application is successful, you will be invited to complete an online coding test (5 days to complete)

If test is completed successfully you will be invited for a telephone interview

If you are successful in the telephone interview you will be invited to the assessment day on campus at UCL

Assessment day = 13th November

Software Engineering Academy application form – UCL

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  1. Do you have 300 or more UCAS points (excluding General Studies)?

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  1. Do you have or are you predicted to achieve a 2:1 or above at degree level?

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  1. Are you eligible to work in the UK?

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  1. This position is based in Osterley (West London). Please confirm that you are happy to commit to this location?

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  1. Are you able to begin a full time position starting in July 2014?

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Q1. What attracted you to working for Sky and why does this appeal to you?

Q2. At Sky we offer a range of programmes and opportunities for graduates. What aspects of the Software Engineering Academy appeal to you and why did you choose to apply for this specific programme?

Q3. Have you ever developed a software application? (This can include websites or mobile applications). If yes, please explain what you did and include any programme languages and links, if applicable.

Q4. Have you contributed to open source projects or used open source Technology? If so, what did you do?

Q5. There’s no denying that life at Sky is full-on. The fast paced environment is exciting yet challenging and you’ll find that standards are high. We’ll expect and empower you to manage and your priorities inside and outside of work. Please give an example of a time when you had multiple deadlines. Please highlight what you did to meet your targets.

Q6.At Sky, we encourage our employees to take responsibility for their own work, performance and development. This includes sharing your ideas with others. Discuss how you effectively persuaded and influenced someone into your way of thinking when they have had a different opinion from you. Please describe the situation and explain how you bought them round to your way of thinking.

Thisapplication form WILL be screened by a recruiter from Sky Software Engineering Academy