Graduate Programme Application Process

What’s involved in the graduate application process?

Online Assessment

We will invite you to take an online assessment in early November.

These are a series of short, timed online activities in a gaming format, which help us to find out more about your personality and what makes you tick, and to assess your numerical and cognitive abilities.

You will be provided with full details of what to expect and instructions on how to complete the assessments.

You will have ten days to complete the assessment and you will receive a feedback report on your performance after you’ve received your results.

Video Interview

If you have been successful in the online assessment, you will be invited to take part in a video interview. You can complete this at whatever time is convenient to you. It will be made up of several timed questions to which you will record your responses.

You’ll have a window of at least 5 calendar days to complete the video. We’ll provide you with feedback on your performance after you have received your results.

Invite to the assessment centre

If you are successful at the video interview, we’ll invite you to book yourself onto an assessment centre. These face-to-face assessments will take place in the Heathrow offices in February. 

It’s a great opportunity to visit the airport and meet us in person. 

At this final assessment, you will interact with leaders from Heathrow, including former graduates, and complete a range of activities. These will typically include an interview, a group exercise and a short presentation, details of which you’ll be given on the day.

You’ll have the chance to demonstrate your potential through these tasks, which we’ll tell you about in more detail through the joining instructions. 

To avoid disappointment, we highly recommend that you secure your assessment slot as soon as you get the opportunity to do so. We’ll likely be in touch in January to invite you to take part.

Following your assessment centre, you can expect to receive your outcome in February.

Note that dates may be subject to change.

Assessment Centre Preparation - Webinar

To help you prepare, we will be running an online webinar to tell you more about our Assessment Centre. It’s a great opportunity for you to meet some of our team and to find out about life at Heathrow

This will take place in January. (Please note that this date may be subject to change.)

Next Steps

All candidates will receive feedback following the Assessment Centre and those are successful will join us in September 2025.

Adjustments

If you need to request adjustments during the graduate recruitment process, you will have the opportunity to do so when you apply, and to discuss them with our team.