This page helps graduates preparing for the Aurecon graduate programme video interview. Read excerpts on motivation, resilience, project teamwork and task management, then choose the pack that matches your stage. Each excerpt shows the kind of question you can practise before recording your answers.
1 pack · 6 question entries · all with model answers in the With answers edition · Global. Question excerpts from every pack are free to read below. 1 short sampler is free to read in full; its answer edition costs £6.
Sources: Aurecon careers page. Checked 24 October 2026. Formats change by programme, market and year, so your invitation is the final word.
1 pack · 6 question entries
Question excerpts · options, diagrams or other context may be omitted.
From Graduate Programme – Motivation & Project Scenarios · With answers edition £6. Each answered question in that edition has a model answer like this one.
I am in my final year of civil engineering, and I came to it by a fairly ordinary route: I liked maths and physics but wanted to see what they were for. A school trip to a water treatment works settled it, because it was the first time I understood that the infrastructure nobody thinks about is what makes a place liveable. What has held my interest is the constraint side of the discipline. My favourite module was geotechnics, where the honest answer to most questions is that the ground is uncertain and you design for that, and my dissertation on sustainable drainage in retrofit urban sites has the same character, working around what already exists rather than on a clear field. The appeal of consultancy in the built environment is variety and the fact that projects have a visible end. I would rather move between sectors and clients in my early years than specialise immediately, and I want to be somewhere sustainability sits inside the engineering brief rather than in a separate report at the end. That is the part of the work I would most like to grow into, and it is what excites me about this kind of role.
Model answers are practice examples written for this catalogue, not the employer’s answers or scoring guidance. Compare the structure and level of detail, then answer with your own experience.
Our Aurecon pack includes questions such as 'Tell us about yourself and what drew you to your chosen field of study' and a scenario about a project with team members from different departments. The recurring themes are motivation, resilience, achievements, project teamwork and task management.
Give a direct answer first, then one or two specific points, then a short close. For scenario questions, describe what you would do, why, and what you would watch for. Practise to a timer and record yourself to check you finish within the limit.
There is one pack, 'Graduate Programme – Motivation & Project Scenarios', for the Global video interview stage. Start there, as it covers both the motivation and the project questions in the stage. If your invitation names a different market, choose the pack that matches it.
Our question banks are compiled from questions reported by candidates who took the actual recruitment assessments and interviews.
Packs are preparation material, not a prediction of your assessment questions. Model answers are practice examples, not the employer’s answers or scoring guidance. Check the question excerpts, role, market and stage before choosing a pack.
Every pack opens in your browser after purchase. The Questions edition has every question in the pack; the With answers edition adds a model answer to each answered question. Prices are in GBP. The full list of Aurecon packs is in the catalogue.
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