I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Panasonic (Bracknell, England) in Feb 2020
Interview
I wrote a cover letter and sent my CV into an email address I found on ratemyplacement. I was then invited for a telephone interview where they asked a bit about my degree, why I wanted to go into PR and how I would fit the role. I was then invited to an assessment centre where there were 5 other people. On the day we had lunch with the other placement students and then went to do some group exercises. We then did some numerical and verbal reasoning tests adn prepared for a job-related task which in this case was to write an award entry for a product and present during the interview how the product would be campaigned. Following the presentation there was then around a 20 minute interview going through the cover letter and CV as well why Panasonic and why PR once again.
Not a super difficult interview. I had to implement a recent research paper as homework. Once implemented, I came in and talked to the team members for half an hour and made it through.
Got notified by recruiter about interview.
Setup a time for an onsite interview that week.
Started with a facility tour and job explanation the proceeded to an interview with engineering manager.
About 1 hour from start to finish.