Siemens UK does not read your CV at screening; it checks minimum requirements, then sets a behavioural assessment

Siemens UK describes its apprentice online stage as a behavioural assessment, and Siemens Healthineers, a separate company, adds cognitive ability to its own. Our reasoning test is the right warm-up if your invitation includes a cognitive section, and our mechanical test suits engineering technician applicants who want to sharpen the practical science behind the role.

A behavioural assessment cannot be rehearsed with right-or-wrong questions, and Siemens UK does not say its apprentices sit a cognitive test at all. It names no supplier and publishes no time limit or pass mark. Neither of our tests covers the assessment centre or interview.

Three separate businesses recruit apprentices under the Siemens name in Britain. Siemens in Great Britain and Ireland, including digital industries, smart infrastructure and Siemens Mobility, publishes the UK apprenticeship guide described on this page. Siemens Healthineers runs its own scheme for medical technology. Siemens Energy is an independent company with its own careers site and assessment dates.

This matters because the steps differ. Healthineers describes an online assessment covering both behavioural traits and cognitive ability, followed by a strengths-based interview and a group exercise. One Siemens group advert scheduled its assessment centre for the May 2026 half-term at a single site. Read the advert footer to see which employer you are dealing with, then prepare for that process.

Siemens UK's guide says CVs are not reviewed at the screening stage. Instead, you are checked against minimum requirements, which for Level 3 programmes typically means at least four GCSEs at grade 4 or above including maths and English. Higher levels ask for more.

That makes the form itself important. Enter predicted and achieved grades accurately, choose the right programme and location, and answer any motivation question in plain, specific language. If you meet the bar, the behavioural assessment follows.

Siemens says the online assessment is designed to see whether you align with its core values and show potential. Behavioural assessments usually present work situations or statements about how you like to work, and ask you to choose or rank. Unlike a maths test, there is no fixed right answer; your pattern of choices is compared with what Siemens values.

Read Siemens's stated values before you start, then answer as yourself on a good day. People who try to play a role often contradict themselves across similar items. Our situational judgement guide explains how these tools are typically scored.

Siemens UK does not describe a technical test for apprentices. Still, interviews for engineering technician roles often touch on why things work. A quick session with our mechanical aptitude test refreshes forces, gears and circuits so you can talk about them comfortably. If you are applying to Healthineers, where a cognitive section is stated, a run through our numerical reasoning practice is more relevant.

Siemens UK describes the last step as an in-person assessment centre or interview, designed to get to know you and introduce you to Siemens. Expect to explain why you chose the programme and to show how you work with others. Prep sites say some Siemens centres run virtually, depending on role and location, so your invitation is the final word.

Bring questions about the site and the training. Showing that you have thought about the four years ahead is a quiet but strong signal.

These come from anonymous reviews, university careers pages and prep guides. They often disagree, and Siemens UK has not confirmed them. Read them as leads, not rules.

• Prep sites list situational judgement tests, game-based assessments and video interviews for Siemens, mainly describing graduate processes.
• One prep site names Aon Assessment Solutions as the supplier of Siemens situational judgement tests.
• Prep sites say Siemens assessment centres can be virtual or in person depending on role and location.
• Siemens Healthineers says its online assessment covers behavioural traits and cognitive ability, and its centre includes a strengths-based interview and a group exercise.