Application Process & Interviews at DXC Technology New Zealand

there was an assessment center and then a formal interview

The interview process does not differ from other companies too much. For the graduate program there is a 5 step process to when you are handed your contract. the process is as follows: 1. CV submission 2. Behavioural activity 3. Short Interview 4. Assessment Centre 5. If needed, another interview I have been through the process and I have interviewed new potential graduates and the general consensus is the process is not something is unenjoyable. I personally found the time getting back to me with the progress of my application was relatively fast.

The interviews were pretty standard, just generic stuff like how you are as a person whether you are a culture fit and what experience/motivations/aspirations you have. The assessments were majority team building assessments where you have to collaborate in a small time frame to deliver on a problem and present it to a customer.

About the usual you would expect, 3 interviews, 1 of those was a group one with assessments. There was an opening assessment/test that you had to do before getting to the interview stage.

The interview/assessment process was well executed by DXC. It began with submitting your CV to the company. From there you were selected to take a personal assessment where scenarios would be shown to you and your response is assessed given the scenario. the next step was to attend the presentation/interview activity where you would be placed into groups with other people who had applied for the company graduate program and taken part of a group presentation that explained your IT solution to a certain situation. After the presentation you are broken off into a one on one(or two) interview from a lead of the company and your field of selection.

There were a few stages to the interview process, in turn this ensures suitable applicants are selected.

The interview process was very good. Relevant to my role and the assessments were very relevant too. I didn't find it as tedious as the other interview and assessments that I did for other companies. It was straight to the point. I was asked about topics related to my degree, my experience level in some topics, and some scenario questions relevant to how i handle pressure, team work / collaboration, and self management.

The usual ones nothing tricky

who are you as a person, experience, motivations, goals generic stuff. you do get role specific questions, so make sure to know what type of work you will be doing.

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Generic experience, what are you like as a person. In terms of role questions, whether I had experience in .NET, SEQUEL, and stored procedures. What experience i had using 3rd party tools like Microsoft dynamics/365/PowerApps/platform

The general questions asked were mainly about your experiences in certain situations for example "Provide a challenging experience you had within a group setting" or "give me a time where you used critical thinking to come to a beneficial conclusion".

Mostly scenario questions, along with group exercises & problem solving. Also general conversation to get to know each other on a personal level.

I was asked about what I studied in university, a summary of what kind of classes I took and what I did in them. I was also asked if I had heard about the DevOps process, or if I have experience in Delivery, not just in terms of business but in real life and how I have performed it. I was asked about situational questions where I portrayed my ability to handle situations, de-escalating them in an appropriate way, etc... They were all very relevant compared to my interviews with other companies which I honestly found efficient and great.

Be confident and ask questions

The main tip I would give is be your authentic self. The interviewers love being asked questions so don't be afraid to ask anything that comes up during the interview or something you discovered To prepare, I found researching the company very helpful as it allowed me to have an understanding of what DXC actually did for both the commercial and public sector here in Aotearoa.

Know your role, be your best self and sociable, be willing to try and fail. Ask questions on your role, how best to prepare, recommendations for how you can be better. All that type of stuff.

Know your role, understand what you will be doing, if you don't know, do not be afraid to ask. learn, learn, learn and do not be afraid to make mistakes.

As someone who didn't have much past experience to go off, the best thing to prepare for possible interview questions is to try and apply it to any experience you had no matter how small it is and explain it in every detail you can.

Be yourself, and come prepared with scenario questions from uni group work or internship roles. Think about how you could apply these learnings to the role you are interested in.

My advice is to be yourself and not act like someone you're not. My manager has personally told me that they wanna hire who they talk to during the interview. You wouldn't wanna keep up with the 'fake image' that you established during the interview. I would recommend they prepare by gathering all their personal experiences and knowledge, and skills.