Episode

How to land a graduate scheme with no relevant experience

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Future You: achieve your career goals
Published
Mar 11, 2026
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1351
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https://prospectsfutureyou.podbean.com/e/im-doing-a-competitive-grad-scheme-with-transpennine-express/
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https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pk3uex4g9aqu57gt/Transpennine_DRAFT_1.mp3
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Summary

Want to land a competitive graduate scheme with no rail experience? In this episode, Megan Taylor shares how she went from studying psychology and working in healthcare to securing a place on the TransPennine Express graduate scheme, beating 1,500 applicants. We cover: The full graduate scheme application process (psychometric tests and assessment centre) What it’s like day-to-day How transferable skills helped her stand out What happens after the graduate scheme ends --- 📝 Unsure what to do? Take the Prospects job match quiz: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-match?utm_source=Podbean&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_campaign=Job+Match_transpennine+ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futureyou_pod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@futureyou_pod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProspectsJisc 📜 Episode transcripts: https://www.prospects.ac.uk/podcasts/future-you-podcast-transcripts