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Arup interviews

Project selection, lifecycle scope and baselines

Prepare to explain a project decision

“The process includes an online application, psychometric testing, application review, case study, interview and offer stage.”

Arup CareersGraduate Project Manager, Advisory, Energy, Water & Resources, Leeds, UK

Arup Careers · Undated

Revise the pilot after a delay

This Leeds graduate posting lists a case study and an interview. Practice defending a choice when a partner changes its dates.

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Include the work needed for reuse

“By bringing together material recovery, testing, remanufacturing, engineering and low-carbon logistics, we want to demonstrate how reuse can become viable at much greater scale”

Kerry GreevesDirector and Redevelopment Specialist, Arup

Arup · Updated 13 October 2026

Compare later work over the same period

Greeves describes a pilot planned for East London. Include the later work each option needs to provide the same service.

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Name the comparison design

“Measured against the finalized design — which already reflected embodied-carbon reductions achieved through dedicated design effort”

ArupMuseum of Exploration project account

Arup · Undated

State the boundary of the baseline

The Washington, D.C. case compares a concrete specification with the finalized design. Say what your comparison includes.

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