I applied online. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at FDM Group (Leeds, England) in Jun 2016
Interview
I applied online in Dec, a recruiter called next day. Since I have not finished my degree by Sep, they said they are going to do interview in May. In May, she called me again, I had arranged an phone interview time. The questions are provided below. After the phone interview, receiving the result in a hour saying I passed it and I was invited to an assessment centre on 8th June. It was quite easy but I had some personal things needed to handle at that time, I did not make it well. Only one interview with a person from China, HK or Singapore. The interview was really simple lasting for 10-15 minutes as well. After the assessment day, they emailed me I have passed which surprised me a lot. Some hints for people who are applying ASPA, the interview question would be quite different from those people applying in UK, they are very easy HR questions. Focusing more on IT attitude test, this one is the most difficult part, as long as you practice, it is easy as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone interview:
What do you know about FDM ?
// Can you describe the graduate role and what the business structure is like at FDM?
Why the FDM training program ?
What do you know about the training program ?
What is investment Bank?
What systems Investment bank are using?
Assessment centre:
Tell me about yourself?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
How do you proactively develop your programming skill?
About your programming language? Why do you choose Java rather C++?