Software Engineering Graduate Assessment
Prepare for Thales UK's online tests, video interview and virtual assessment centre with original defence software, secure coding, code-reading and test-data practice for software engineering graduates.
- Role family
- Software Engineering
- Last verified
- 25 October 2026
- Status
- Open — closes 11:59pm on 6 January 2027 (single intake window)
Published process vs practice
What to prepare for
Register and upload CV
Register interest online and upload a CV, then complete the full application from an emailed link. Thales says you can apply for one primary role and up to three more.
Online tests
Thales describes online assessments of suitability for the role but does not publish the test types, timings or provider.
Video interview
Candidates who pass the online tests are invited to a video interview. The format and provider are not published.
Virtual assessment centre
May include presentations, group exercises and competency-based interviews between February and May 2027. Thales says it will contact applicants by the end of February 2027.
Defence software practice focus
Our original sample trains secure coding choices, loop tracing, data-rate arithmetic, test failure rates and handling sensitive information.
Free mock test
Try a Thales-style mock test
5 original questions built around this programme’s published assessment mix, with a worked explanation for every answer. 10 minutes, no sign-up.
Questions
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This is independent practice, not a reproduction of Thales questions or any provider's test. The scenarios are original and written around general software and security engineering skills.
Question 1 of 5.
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Your preparation plan
Work through the plan, one step at a time
Graduates applying to the Thales UK 2027 Software Engineering Graduate programme. Each step matches a format in Thales’s published process to a full AceJobTest practice test. Finish a step and the next one opens — your progress is saved to your account, so you can stop on one device and carry on from another. Pro tests unlock with the 90-Day Pass or a Pro subscription.
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Logical Reasoning — Free Sample
FREESequences, patterns and rule detection
Thales doesn't publish its online test types, so start with the reasoning skill every software role relies on: fast, accurate rule detection.
Start step 1 → Logical Reasoning — Free SampleFinish the test and this step is ticked off automatically.
Numerical Reasoning — Full Practice Test 1
PROTimed data interpretation: tables, charts, percentages and ratios
Unlocks after step 1
Situational Judgement — Full Bank 1
PROWorkplace scenarios rated on an effectiveness scale
Unlocks after step 2
Workplace Aptitude Profile — 20 Questions
PROWork-preference statements with employer-alignment feedback
Unlocks after step 3
These are AceJobTest practice banks matched to publicly described assessment formats. They are not Thales tests. Unlock every Pro test →
Sources and independence
AceJobTest is an independent preparation service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Thales. Employer-published facts are labelled “verified”; our recommended practice areas are labelled “practice focus.” Processes can vary by programme, country and invitation.
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