Student Online Registration / Virtual Interview

General Questions

Name:

Surname:

Email:

Photograph (jpg, gif or png format):

Date of birth:

South African citizen: (select) Yes No

Other citizenship?

Landline number:

Cell number:

Cell phone

Home Phone

Which university are you attending? (select) UCT Rhodes Wits Fort Hare UKZN Other

If other, which university?

What year will you/did you graduate with an undergraduate degree? (select) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Are you going to study towards a postgraduate degree, if applicable? (select) Yes No

If so what year will you graduate with a postgraduate degree? (select) 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Which postgraduate are you studying towards? (select) Honours Masters PhD Other

Are you planning on studying towards a further degree? (select) Yes No

If so which further degree? (select) Honours Masters PhD Other

What are you interested in as a starting position? (select) Business Consultant Software Developer Other

If other, please specify:

Education Questions

Academic

Please indicate what form of secondary education you completed: (select) Matric AS A Levels

What subjects did you study for Matric / AS / A Levels and what were your final results for each? Please indicate HG or SG if applicable.

Degree you are studying towards:

Have you changed your degree whilst studying? (select) Yes No

If so, please provide details:

Have you taken longer to complete your degree than the normal allocated time? (select) Yes No

If so, please provide details:

Did you take longer than allocated to complete any subjects at university? (select) Yes No

If so, which ones:

Did you take any additional subjects at university? (select) Yes No

If so, which ones:

Indicate which academic achievements you have been awarded:

Academic colours at school

University Class Medal

Dean's Merit List

Scholarship(s)

If other, please specify:

Systems Development Project

The following questions are applicable for UCT and Rhodes IS third year and honours students.

Select your Systems Development project team from the list: (select) Blue Print Crystal Technology Gecko SD Genesis Technology RU WebConneX Smile Spartans Starfish Team Titans The Unit Ubersoft Other

If other, which project team?

Select the role(s) you played in your Systems Development Team:
Team Leader Head Documenter Head Programmer Communications Officer Quality Assurer Project manager Developer Tester Analyst Designer

What were your responsibilities in your team? For example deliverables or specific functions?

The questions that follow are based on data we shared with you in the past.

From the BSG 10 Guidelines for Successful Project Delivery:

Select the guideline(s) you found most useful:
DEFINING THE PROJECT SET AND AGREE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS UP FRONT WITH THE CLIENT ALWAYS CONDUCT DETAILED PLANNING ENSURE CORRECT PROJECT GOVERNANCE DIVE READILY INTO THE DETAIL ENSURE CONSISTENT DOCUMENTATION DEVELOP ITERATIVELY AND VISUALLY STRIVE TO BRIDGE THE BUSINESS-IT GAP ALWAYS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNICATE

Describe why you found them most useful?

Select the guideline(s) you found most challenging:
DEFINING THE PROJECT SET AND AGREE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS UP FRONT WITH THE CLIENT ALWAYS CONDUCT DETAILED PLANNING ENSURE CORRECT PROJECT GOVERNANCE DIVE READILY INTO THE DETAIL ENSURE CONSISTENT DOCUMENTATION DEVELOP ITERATIVELY AND VISUALLY STRIVE TO BRIDGE THE BUSINESS-IT GAP ALWAYS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNICATE

Describe how you dealt with/are dealing with these challenges?

Did you have the same Systems Development team in honours as in 3rd year? (select) Yes No

If so, how many of the team are you with? (select) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

In 3rd year, did your Systems Development project group come in the top 3 in the class? (select) Yes No

Sports and Culture

Did you participate in any cultural activities at high school? (select) Yes No

If yes, which ones?

Did you receive any awards these? (select) Yes No

If yes, please provide details:

Did you play any sports at high school? (select) Yes No

If yes, which ones?

Did you receive any sporting colours at high school? (select) Yes No

If so, which ones:

Did you play any sports at university? (select) Yes No

If yes, which ones?

Did you receive any sporting colours at university? (select) Yes No

If so, which ones:

Did you participate in any clubs, groups or societies at or outside of university? (select) Yes No

If yes, which ones?

Leadership

Select which leadership positions you have held:

Prefect

Captain

Class representative

Team leader

Chairperson

Head Boy/Girl

Other:

Work experience

Do you have any relevant work experience? (select) Yes No

If so, what did you do and where did you work?

When did you work? (select) During vacations While I was studying During gap year

Have you had any other kind of work experience? (select) Yes No

If so, what did you do and where did you work?

When did you work? (select) During vacations While I was studying During gap year

Life During & After University

Have you been overseas? (select) Yes No

If yes, for how long were you overseas?

If yes, where have you been?

Do you have plans to go overseas once you finish studying? (select) Yes No Undecided

Are you planning on going to the United Kingdom? (select) Yes No Undecided

Why are you planning to go overseas? (select) Study Travel Vacation Work

If you selected work, for what time period would you be going for? (select) < 6 months > 6 months 1 year 2 years > 3 years

Working at BSG

If you think you would potentially like to work for BSG sometime in the future, please complete the questions below:

Why do you want to join BSG?

What do you envisage you would be doing on a day-to-day basis?

What makes a good Business Solutions Consultant/Software Developer? (Please expand on the position you are interested in)

How do you think you could contribute to a company like BSG?

If you had two offers of employment, prioritise how the following would impact your decision (1 being most important and 8 being least important.  Please do not rank two criteria with the same score):

Location

Remuneration package and benefits

Company brand

Type of work

Accelerated career growth

International travel

Company culture and values

Friends already at the company

First Choice: (select) Cape Town Johannesburg London

Second Choice: (select) Cape Town Johannesburg London

Third Choice: (select) Cape Town Johannesburg London

Documents

Latest CV:

Latest academic transcripts (matric and tertiary):