The Inside Track: Six steps to Graduate Programme success
My experiences of what you can expect before, during and after going through the Scott Logic Graduate Programme, and how onboarding worked during Lockdown.
Jonny Spruce
Want to work with world-class consultants?
At Scott Logic, we take the development of our graduates seriously. We want you to grow in confidence, skills and impact so that your career in software gets off to the very best start. About 40% of the Scott Logic community joined us as graduates, and many of our grads have moved on to senior positions within the organisation.
You can find out below all about our Graduate Programme, including all the benefits and opportunities it offers, how the application process works, and the experiences of previous graduates.
Recent enhancements to our programme
Certification opportunities
Once you discover what you’re passionate about, we’ll support you to develop in those areas through two certifications, one after 18 months and the other after 2.5 years.
Co-located training days
We’ll bring you and your fellow grads together once or twice a year for training days, and so that you can socialise and build your network.
Associate role
After six months with us, you’ll advance from Graduate to Associate, reflecting a milestone on your graduate journey with us as you progress through further training and support towards a consultant role.
Regular pay reviews
We see graduates make great and rapid progress in the time after joining us, and so for the first 18 months of your time at Scott Logic, we will review your pay every six months.
What's it like being a Scott Logic graduate?
By starting your career as a Scott Logic graduate, you'll feel supported every step of the way. Hear from some our recent graduate joiners as they share their experiences.
They describe our learning culture, the different routes you can follow into the business, and how they've been supported to grow and flourish.
View our current graduate vacancies
Graduate Software Developer
Are you an undergraduate or postgraduate who wants to build a career as a Graduate Software Developer, creating complex and richly interactive software applications using the latest technologies?
Graduate Test Engineer
Are you an ambitious and self-motivated undergraduate or postgraduate who wants to build a career as a tester, working on complex and sophisticated software solutions using the latest technologies?
Meet some of our graduate recruits
Martha
Developer, Newcastle
"One of the many reasons I see myself staying at Scott Logic is the open and collaborative culture where everyone supports one another. It means we never end up feeling like we’re working in morale-draining silos, cut off from one another."
Charles
Test Engineer, Bristol
“I was thrilled to be hired and was enrolled on the Graduate Programme... The great thing was all the graduates were located in the same open area of the office, so you could get feedback from someone who was coming to the end of the scheme or reach out for help from employees.”
Graham
Chief Strategy Officer, Edinburgh
“I’ve always wanted to be part of an organisation that actively encourages you to explore new territories. The fact that I’ve now been at Scott Logic for 15 years is testimony to the fact that the company lets you do just that. You really can’t ask for more from a job.”
How does our graduate recruitment process work?
Simple online application
You’ll find the link on the page for the graduate vacancy you’re interested in. We’ll ask for some basic information including your latest CV.
Time to talk
A member of our recruitment team will give you a call for an informal chat about your application.
Assessment Centre
An assessment day for you and your fellow candidates to show us how well you can work together on team activities.
Interview
A one-to-one, 90-minute interview: 60 minutes focused on your technical discipline followed by a 30-minute chat with the hiring manager.
Hybrid working at Scott Logic
We offer a hybrid working approach at Scott Logic which you can find out about here. As a graduate, we recommend that you spend most of your time in the office. This will enable you to connect more easily with your mentors, build your network, and benefit from learning by ‘osmosis’ within the office environment.
Here’s what you can expect from our graduate programme:
Packed induction programme
Your induction programme includes presentations from our founder and senior managers, plus hands-on sessions to help you understand the kind of clients we look after and the diverse technology services we deliver.
Challenging projects
You’ll work as part of a team on intense design and build projects, created to give you hands-on experience of working in a real-life, professional environment.
Real industry insight
As well as tackling challenging graduate projects, you’ll get to work on broader internal projects with more experienced team members, and bolster your skills on even more progressive client projects.
Experienced mentors
Your exposure to our experienced consultants isn’t limited to one-off presentations though. You’ll get to meet and learn from talented designers, developers, testers and project managers, helping you understand the opportunities open to you in your career at Scott Logic.
Diverse technologies
Our clients trust us to develop innovative solutions to complex software challenges, so our technology-agnostic approach is key. This means that, even on the graduate programme, you’ll be exposed to a massive array of new languages, platforms and approaches.
Packed induction programme
Your induction programme includes presentations from our founder and senior managers, plus hands-on sessions to help you understand the kind of clients we look after and the diverse technology services we deliver.
Experienced mentors
Your exposure to our experienced consultants isn’t limited to one-off presentations though. You’ll get to meet and learn from talented designers, developers, testers and project managers, helping you understand the opportunities open to you in your career at Scott Logic.
Challenging projects
You’ll work as part of a team on intense design and build projects, created to give you hands-on experience of working in a real-life, professional environment.
Diverse technologies
Our clients trust us to develop innovative solutions to complex software challenges, so our technology-agnostic approach is key. This means that, even on the graduate programme, you’ll be exposed to a massive array of new languages, platforms and approaches.
Real industry insight
As well as tackling challenging graduate projects, you’ll get to work on broader internal projects with more experienced team members, and bolster your skills on even more progressive client projects.
Some of our client projects
Saxo Bank
Scaling up with a small-scale team
During a period of significant expansion at Saxo Bank, Scott Logic proactively recommended an agile and low-cost approach to improving the scalability of a key platform for its customers, and implemented the new architecture at pace.
EDF Trading
Putting the user first
EDF Trading is a leader in the international wholesale energy markets. It manages a portfolio of assets which gives it the ability to source, supply, transport, store, blend and convert physical commodities around the world. We helped our client to transform the energy trading user experience and build a platform that will evolve with the business.
Newcastle Building Society
Driving customer value from the cloud
Planning to launch its first mobile app, our client saw this as an opportunity to start its transition into the cloud – and looked for a high-calibre local partner to provide UX design and mobile app delivery, and support its cloud ambitions.
From the blog
My three-year journey from grad to Senior Developer
Three years after graduating and joining Scott Logic as a consultant, I was recently promoted to the position of Senior Developer. It can be challenging to find the right second job after leaving university; in Scott Logic, I found myself in the perfect environment to reach that particular milestone within the company. I wanted to share my experiences through this blog. post.
Jamie Morris
“Keep getting better, because there’s no limit” – Grad Week 2019
In this blog, we will introduce four of our new graduate colleagues as they share their experiences of their route into Scott Logic and how Grad Week has gone.
Paul Dykes
Challenging graduate projects
Working in small teams, all our graduates get to tackle a design and build project, putting into practice skills gained after several weeks of general and specialist technical training. The group project is designed to introduce you to new ways of working and give you a hands-on experience of developing software in a commercial environment.
Team building, development and go-karting: my induction week at Scott Logic
This blog post, written by a graduate developer joining the Edinburgh team, reflects on his induction week experience at Newcastle. A total of sixteen graduates across UX, development, and testing joined this August, and the induction was an ideal opportunity for everyone to meet.
Stock Watcher - Newcastle summer graduate project
After a few weeks of HTML5 and Java training, the Newcastle summer graduates were given the task of creating a stock portfolio watchlist application that allowed the user to track the prices of various stocks.
If you’d like to know more about our graduate programme, we’d be happy to chat.
Drop an email to applications@scottlogic.com