Relevant work experience, from a placement for example, is a definite plus. However any form of work experience can add weight to your application. The financial realities of student loans and fees mean that most applicants these days will have had to work during their degree. To help your application stand out, make sure you do more than just list your employer and job title. Tell us what skills you’ve gained from your work experience and how these can be applied to Logica. Examples of transferable skills you may have obtained include dealing with customers, working in teams and working to deadlines.

The competency-based questions on the application form allow you to give examples of how you have dealt with particular situations. You can draw on examples from your degree course, from work experience or from extracurricular activities. It’s important to focus on how you dealt with the situation, particularly when describing team working experience. We want to know about your contribution to the team and how this enabled the team to meet their overall objectives. So describe what ‘you’ did, not what ‘we’ did.

In the technical focus section, make sure you put your skills into context. A long list of programming languages and platforms does not tell us anything about your skills. So it’s essential to give some examples of how you have used a particular language. Don’t just say ‘I have three years Java experience’, describe how you’ve used Java giving examples from projects at university or from work experience.

We have offices throughout the UK. You can express location preferences on your application form and we will bear these in mind when assessing your application. Please be aware however that there may not always be positions available in all of our offices.

Please check for mistakes in spelling and grammar before you submit your application. This may be pointing out the obvious but every year we receive a significant number of application forms littered with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Although the online application does not have a spell check facility, you can type the details in a Microsoft Word document or similar and use the checking facilities available. Remember however that even these will not pick up words spelt correctly but used wrongly so do please read your form through first. If you have spent some time working on the form have a break before proof reading or perhaps ask a friend to read to provide a fresh view.

In some ways these sections are like ‘tie-breakers’ and as such can be the final elements that clinch an assessment centre invitation. As with work experience and the competency based questions, use these areas to bring out skills you’ve gained that you can apply to within Logica. For instance, you can use your involvement in sports activities to highlight your team working skills or your time as social secretary of your halls of residence to demonstrate your ability to plan and organise.

We look for enthusiastic people, so show us you’re enthusiastic about the achievement that has given you most satisfaction. Believe or not, we have had candidates respond to this question with ‘none’.