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From 9 candidate accounts, updated Oct 12, 2026

Candidate accounts
9
Rounds on average
1.8
Fewest and most rounds
1 to 3
Open roles at AECOM
5,413

How the loop works

AECOM is a global design and consulting firm in infrastructure, transport, environment, water, buildings and program management (its federal-services arm spun out in 2020 to become Amentum). First-hand candidate accounts skew heavily to two hiring streams: the large UK/Ireland ADVANCE graduate scheme (civil, structural, water M&E, environmental, building surveying, project controls) and the Middle East ADVANCE programme, plus a smaller pool of North American environmental-science and construction-management loops. The graduate loop that repeats across most UK writeups is: online application, an online strengths-based Situational Judgement Test (SJT), a one-way video interview, and either a virtual or in-person interview with a hiring manager or small assessment centre. Second-round grad interviews frequently include a live, in-interview technical task (e.g. a 15-minute flood-risk-management exercise) rather than a take-home. Middle East hiring uses a talent-acquisition screening call before a technical interview with the delivery team. A Philippines-based (onshore) hiring track uses a longer HR-screen to technical-interview to onshore-manager chain before offer. Recruiter behaviour is inconsistent across regions and offices: many candidates describe ghosting or feedback silences of 7-10 days to 7 weeks after the final interview, and one Construction PE applicant in the US had a six-minute Teams screen where the recruiter had not read the resume. Reddit search returned useful search-page selftext, but per-post fetches were rate-limited hard from this IP, so US-side coverage below is thinner than UK.

These 9 writeups cover civil engineering, structural engineering, environmental consulting and other roles, UK-heavy, Middle East + US + PH. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.

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Interview experiences at AECOM

Graduate Water Consultant

Received an offer

New grad, GBP 28,000 starting, raised to 28,500 after 1 month, then 29,700 in April. 3 rounds. Shared by Nicolendu on edu, 2022-02-01

  1. 1Situational Judgement TestOnline assessmentAfter the November online application, the candidate was invited to sit AECOM's online SJT: multiple-choice scenarios about professional-life judgement calls, described in one thread as management- and situational-awareness style items. Passing this was the gate to a live interview. The candidate did not have to sit a numerical reasoning test in this cycle.Covered: Situational judgement, Behavioral
  2. 2First competency interviewBehavioralRoughly one-hour interview held in December for the Graduate Water Consulting role. Format was standard competency-based questions with one technical question mixed in. The candidate was rejected at this stage but was contacted again by the recruiter shortly after and offered a re-interview for the same role in a different UK location.Covered: Competency questions, STAR stories, Motivation
  3. 3Second interview with in-interview taskCase studySecond-round interview with two interviewers. A task was sent in advance and the candidate was given 15 minutes during the interview itself to work through it, then answer questions about it. The exercise tested how the candidate thought about flood risk management and how they would weigh different mitigation options.Covered: Flood risk management, Domain knowledge

Graduate Environmental Consultant

Received an offer

New grad. 2 rounds. Shared by CatiCollector on edu, 2024-08-01

  1. 1Online application and SJTOnline assessmentApplied to the environmental-consultant grad opening in May and moved through AECOM's standard online SJT plus application form. The candidate found out about the offer roughly 2.5 months after applying.Covered: Situational judgement, Motivation
  2. 2Interview with hiring teamBehavioralA remote interview with the hiring office team. The poster reported that AECOM took around seven weeks after the interview to come back with a result, which appears to be a pattern rather than a one-off across UK grad hires in this thread.Covered: Past projects, Competency questions, Motivation

What AECOM is hiring for now

5,413 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $42k to $250k (median $70k, from 26 postings that state pay).

Most-posted roles

  • Senior Electrical Engineer28
  • Electrical Engineer25
  • Structural Engineer25
  • Structural Engineers and Designers21
  • Senior Civil Engineer19
  • Civil Engineer18

Top locations

  • London180
  • Manchester140
  • Glasgow128
  • Abu Dhabi126
  • Birmingham120

Open roles at AECOM

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AECOM interviews: FAQ

What is the interview process like at AECOM?
AECOM is a global design and consulting firm in infrastructure, transport, environment, water, buildings and program management (its federal-services arm spun out in 2020 to become Amentum). First-hand candidate accounts skew heavily to two hiring streams: the large UK/Ireland ADVANCE graduate scheme (civil, structural, water M&E, environmental, building surveying, project controls) and the Middle East ADVANCE programme, plus a smaller pool of North American environmental-science and construction-management loops. The graduate loop that repeats across most UK writeups is: online application, an online strengths-based Situational Judgement Test (SJT), a one-way video interview, and either a virtual or in-person interview with a hiring manager or small assessment centre. Second-round grad interviews frequently include a live, in-interview technical task (e.g. a 15-minute flood-risk-management exercise) rather than a take-home. Middle East hiring uses a talent-acquisition screening call before a technical interview with the delivery team. A Philippines-based (onshore) hiring track uses a longer HR-screen to technical-interview to onshore-manager chain before offer. Recruiter behaviour is inconsistent across regions and offices: many candidates describe ghosting or feedback silences of 7-10 days to 7 weeks after the final interview, and one Construction PE applicant in the US had a six-minute Teams screen where the recruiter had not read the resume. Reddit search returned useful search-page selftext, but per-post fetches were rate-limited hard from this IP, so US-side coverage below is thinner than UK.
What topics does AECOM test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include Behavioral, Competency questions, STAR stories, Past projects, Resume deep-dive, Domain knowledge.

These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.