Offered 2 jobs at the same company!

[aaazza]

Don't normally post in the GD but thought this might be worth a mention.

Had an interview on Tuesday (7th) for a year in industry placement (I'm in my second year at Nottingham doing Comp Sci) at QinetiQ in Malvern, Worcs.

I was a little nervous as I really want my year in industry sorted so that I can concentrate on the mountain of coursework I have got. (Hope your all thinking poor student...)

Got a phone call today from year in industry people saying that both people that interviewed me want me to join their team next year !

Of course I was pretty damn chuffed but now I have to choose between the two positions : - Signal and Information Processing or
- Networked Solutions (Commercial and Military)

I'm slightly swayed towards networks but I'm not decided. Just wondered if anyone had any advice.

Cheers,

aaazza

 

[aaazza]

Yeh it does, I'm reading up on both job specs now. After speaking to people that work there it seems like a fairly decent and flexible place to work. The training is meant to be top notch and they do allow you to move between departments at a later stage.

aaazza

 

[aaazza]

There's a fella in my year at Uni who works at QinetiQ, he works on the website though I believe. One of my mates Dad use to work there as well, there both pretty strange.

Lets hope it doesn't rub off on you.

Lol, I *might* have noticed that when I went for interview. And also the fact that they openly admit it in their presentations.

Networking! Such a wide and varied field and in demand more than ever - your experience will be more useful.

(Advice provided without warranty )

Cheers, for advice, will take into consideration (even though not proven! )

aaazza

 

[aaazza]

Well I am not sure what I want to do after uni, I want to use my year in industry to help me decidee (/me answers interview style question).

As for the networking side I would be in the Command and Intelligence Systems sector working on textual analysis and stuff (had a phone call earlier from one of the managers explaining more about the position), which isn't really networking lol but other sections of that department do more networking style stuff.

I was also told that I could have an option to do 6 months in both departments and that they are fairly flexible.

I suppose I would be interested in either a graduate job there or somewhere like GCHQ which I might be a good candidate for after working for a company like QinetiQ.

Hadn't had a phone call from either manager that I left voicemails for so I go to the shop, and bam - have a 15 minute phone call while examining the cheeses on display in the shop.

aaazza

 

[aaazza]

I might do both for a bit of variety and experience

aaazza

 

[aaazza]

Great company to work for. I used to be a supplier theirs working on behalf of their purchasing team. You won't go far wrong working for them. Nice one

Cool thanks.

I think I am going to go with the sixth month each thing, it will offer me the most variety in a year and hopefully they will like me enough to offer a grad job.

Cheers for input all,

aaazza