Graduate Software Engineer application

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To initiate your application with us, all you have to do is submit your CV/resume.

All information provided by you to Metaswitch Networks will be held solely by Metaswitch and will not be forwarded on to any third parties without your consent.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact a member of our Recruitment Team.

All UK application forms will be anonymised. Any reference to name, gender or age will not be disclosed during the initial review stage.

Metaswitch is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the USA, an Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable national, state and local law.

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Step 1: Your Personal Details

Contact Details

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First Name

Last Name

Phone number

CV/Resume upload

Browse to find your CV/resume and optional covering letter to upload. The CV/resume will be uploaded when you submit the form.

CV/Resume

Covering letter

Health

We welcome applications from people with health conditions or disabilities and we will consider any special requirements, resources or facilities needed by you, during the recruitment process. Please provide details if relevant.

Location and Availability

Please indicate where you would like to be based. You can choose more than one location.

Enfield	Coventry
Edinburgh	Other
Cambridge

If successful, please give us a rough idea of when you will be able to start work.

Do you require a work permit for permanent employment?

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Preferred Business Area

Product Development	System Testing	Customer Support
Sales Engineering	No Preference

We are looking for an exceptional academic record, ideally all A grades (predicted or acheived) at GCSE and A-level (or equivalent). When providing equivalent qualification details, please do not convert your grades/marks as we will do this for you.

We are looking for an exceptional academic record, ideally all A grades at A-level or equivalent, and a good degree. When providing equivalent qualification details, please do not convert your grades/marks as we will do this for you.

GCSE or Equivalent

These are qualifications traditionally taken at the age 14 - 16.

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Qualification Type

School/Institution

Country

Date

Subject

Grade

A/A2/AS Level or Equivalent

These are qualifications traditionally taken at the age 16 - 18.

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Qualification Type

School/Institution

Country

Date

Subject

Grade

Your Own Opinions

Please comment on your view of the level of difficulty, standard of teaching and the amount of work that you did for your GCSEs and A levels or equivalent.

Where do you rate/rank yourself within your year in comparison with others?

Your University Plans

Please enter details of the University courses for which you have applied/intend to apply.

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University

Course

Entry Requirements

When do you plan to commence the course?

What influenced your choice of university?

Why have you decided to seek employment before going to university?

Undergraduate Degree Course

Degree Details

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University

Department/Faculty

Degree Type

Degree Course Title

Degree Course Dates

Degree Course Results

Please check this box if your grade is predicted rather than obtained.

Degree Subjects

Please summarise briefly the subjects you have studied (optional).

Year 1 - Subjects

Year 1 - Results

Year 2 - Subjects

Year 2 - Results

Year 3 - Subjects

Year 3 - Results

Year 4 - Subjects

Year 4 - Results

Other Details of your Undergraduate Education

Please give details of major projects, field work or course work.

Please express a view on course content (complexity, strengths/weaknesses and variety of the syllabus).

Where do you rate/rank yourself in your undergraduate year in comparison with others?

Please comment on your view of the level of difficulty, standard of teaching and the amount of work that you did for your GCSEs, A levels and degree (or equivalent).

Postgraduate Degree Course

Not applicable

Degree Details

Country

University

Department/Faculty

Degree Type

Degree Course Title

Degree Course Dates

Degree Course Results

Please check this box if your grade is predicted rather than obtained.

Other Qualifications

If you have any other qualifications, please provide details here.

Previous Employment

If you have had any previous employment, please provide details here. Include information on the work you did, the duration of the employment and the benefits you think you derived from it.

Other Vacation Activities

Apart from vacation employment, how have you spent your vacations?

Interests

Give details of your main activities or interests outside the immediate scope of your education, indicating the level of involvement and the time you spend on each.

Achievements

Which of your achievements has given you the most personal satisfaction and why?

Ambitions

What do you want/expect from your job? When answering this please consider: interest/challenge; remuneration; management/technical/marketing content; work environment; status.

Strengths

What do you think are your 3 key strengths?

What aspects/events in your life illustrate these?

Areas for Improvement

What do you regard as the 3 areas you need to improve and why?

Additional Details

Please use this space for any information not covered elsewhere which you think is relevant to your application. This may include personal or family information, historical and/or current, that will allow us to form a complete picture of you as an individual. If you were referred to us by another Metaswitch employee, please provide their name here.

References

Give the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two people who are familiar with your academic and/or work ability stating their relationship to you, eg. tutors, past employers etc.

Please note we will not contact your references until you have accepted an offer of employment with us.

First Reference

Name

Phone

Address

Relationship

Second Reference

Name

Phone

Address

Relationship

How did you hear about us?

Please check all relevant boxes.

If other, please tell us where you saw the role advertised

Metaswitch Insight Night

Did you attend a Metaswitch Insight Night?

Salary

What are your salary expectations?

Diversity & Inclusion

We want Metaswitch to be an awesome place to work, where anyone will feel welcome, encouraged and supported to be the best they can be. Therefore, creating a diverse and inclusive workforce is important to us.

Diversity helps make happier employees and it makes sense, more diverse groups create more diverse thought and informed decision making, making us stronger, more innovative and more successful.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and have a number of initiatives in place to drive this forward (please see our Diversity and Inclusion page for more details).

Therefore, we’d be really grateful if you would complete this form to help us understand how we’re doing and inform our efforts!

This form is separated from your application on receipt and the information provided remains confidential and has no impact on our selection or assessment process.

We hope you will be comfortable providing the data, but, of course, we respect that you may not want to share you data so, if you do not wish to answer the questions, you have the option to decline (please select prefer not to say). Thank you for your help!

Gender

Are you (select all that apply)

Prefer not to say

Cis (your gender is the same as the one doctors assigned you at birth)

Trans (your gender is not the same as the one doctors assigned you at birth)

Intersex (you have physical, hormonal or genetic features considered by doctors to represent a "combination" of gendered traits)

Other - please specify

Age

DoB (e.g. '6 Feb 1998')

Ethnicity

Religion

Please advise us of your religion

Disability

Do you have a disability as defined under the Equality Act 2010?

If you would like to share more details please do so here

The Equality Act 2010 definition of disability: A person has a disability if -

(a) a person has a physical or mental impairment, and
(b) the impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Sexual orientation (select all that apply)

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Homosexual/gay/lesbian

Bisexual, pansexual or similar

Heterosexual/straight

Asexual or similar

Other - please specify

Declaration

I confirm that the information provided is truthful and accurate to the best of my knowledge and I understand that Metaswitch will process my personal data included in this application pursuant to the Recruitment Privacy Notice available at https://www.metaswitch.com/careers/privacy.

(Optional) I consent to Metaswitch contacting me about other relevant roles at Metaswitch.

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