Guides
Get through grad recruiting with fewer surprises.
Straight answers to the questions Australian students actually search during application season, drawn from the same firm research that powers the app.
New · Applications · 7 min read
Engineering graduate program dates in Australia, by employer type
No single season: consultancies, miners, defence, contractors and networks each open at different times. The full calendar with 2026 examples.
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The short version
- 1Engineering runs at least four application windows a year, set by employer type, not by your degree.
- 2Consultancies, networks, miners and defence mostly close by April. Contractors and state government open in June. Boutiques open in October.
- 3Allow three to four months from close to offer, longer for government and defence.
Applications
Timelines, eligibility and the documents, before anyone interviews you.
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October 2026 · 6 min read
Engineering work experience: the 12-week rule and vacation work
Accredited engineering degrees need about 12 weeks of work experience. One summer vacation program clears it and often leads to the grad offer.
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October 2026 · 6 min read
Citizenship and PR for engineering graduate jobs in Australia
Which employers take citizens only, citizens or PR, or any work rights, what a security clearance involves, and where international students should aim.
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August 2026 · 7 min read
Optiver internships in Australia: how they work and how to get in
What Optiver's Sydney internships actually involve, who can apply, how the famous 80 in 8 maths test works, and how to prepare for one of the hardest programs to crack in Australia.
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July 2026 · 7 min read
How to write a cover letter for a graduate program in Australia
Whether anyone reads them, the four-paragraph structure that works, what to do when you have no experience, and the swap test that catches a generic letter before a recruiter does.
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July 2026 · 7 min read
When do Australian grad programs open and close? The intake timeline explained
Most big Australian employers open applications in February and close by May, a full year before you start. Here is the month-by-month picture, the field-by-field differences, and what to do if you missed the window.
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Interviews
What each round actually looks like and how to walk in ready.
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October 2026 · 7 min read
Graduate software engineer coding tests in Australia
Product companies test code, trading firms test code and maths, banks test neither. What Canva, Amazon, Optiver, Westpac and Deloitte publish, and the AI rules.
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July 2026 · 7 min read
What actually happens at a graduate assessment centre
The exercises, what assessors are really scoring, how the group exercise is won and lost, and the one rule about lunch. A field guide to the strangest half-day in Australian grad recruiting.
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July 2026 · 6 min read
How to pass a one-way video interview for a grad program
Recorded video interviews feel unnatural because they are. How the format works, the setup that makes you look competent, and how to structure answers when a timer is counting down.
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July 2026 · 5 min read
Questions to ask at the end of a graduate interview
The do-you-have-any-questions moment is a scored part of the interview wearing a casual outfit. Six questions that work, the ones that quietly hurt you, and what to do with the answers.
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July 2026 · 6 min read
What interests you about this position? How to answer it in a graduate interview
Whether they phrase it as what interests you about this position, why this job interests you, or why this firm, the answer has the same three layers. Worked Australian examples and the swap test that catches a recycled answer.
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Answers
The questions that come up every time, and answers that do not sound rehearsed.
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Reading is the easy part.
Follow your firms, get emailed when they open, and practise the interview before it happens.