Application Form

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Job Preferences

Role to apply for

Entry-level developer 2025 - career switchers and returners Change

Role details

Permanent, entry-level developer roles for career switchers moving into software development, or those returning to software development after a career break. Please DO NOT apply for this role if you are currently at university or otherwise do not qualify - you should instead apply for one of our other entry-level roles.

Role start/end dates

In 2025 we expect to have intakes in April, June, September and November.

Preferred start date required

Preferred location required

If you're not sure or interested in multiple locations don't worry - we're happy to discuss further later in the process

Have you applied to us before?

Yes No required

How did you hear about us? required

Personal Details

Your name required

How should we address you?

Pronouns

Email address required

Phone number required

Do you need visa sponsorship?

Yes No required

Education - School

GCSEs or equivalent

A levels or equivalent required

Education - Undergraduate Degree

University required

Start and end year

Course

1st Year result

2nd Year result

3rd Year result

4th Year result

Education - Post Graduate Degree (optional)

University

Start and end dates

Course

Result

Other Degrees

Education - Other

Academic achievements

Employment

Employment Experience

First year of permanent employment

Earliest / actual: Latest: required

The year when you expect to leave full-time education and enter permanent employment (or already did so)

Coding Experience

Note that we are interested in your potential, so you need not be a very experienced coder to apply.

How did you become
interested in coding?

What coding experience
do you have?

Roughly how much coding experience do you have? hours required

You should include all coding you have done, whether as part of employment, coursework, hobby projects or otherwise (but please do not include time spent with static HTML/CSS). This figure will influence the way we assess your application. Your interests are best served by being as accurate as possible, within reason, and by neither understating nor overstating your amount of experience. We are likely to mark down candidates who provide an obviously incorrect figure here.

Favourite coding experience

Other Interests

Other interests

Any other information

Diversity Information

We are committed to promoting diversity and equality at Softwire, and to help us with this we would be grateful if you could complete the following questions. Your answers allow us to track applicant diversity and to ensure equality in our interview tests.

Your answers will not appear on your application and will not influence our decisions in any way.

Please complete this part of the form only if you consent to the use of this information for internal statistical purposes. This information will be kept for five years and will then be used to create anonymised recruitment statistics from which you cannot be identified.

What is your gender? required

What is your nationality? required

What is your ethnicity? required

Do you consider yourself to be disabled or have a long term/chronic health condition? required

Do you consider yourself to be neurodivergent? required

We are keen to ensure that all candidates are assessed fairly.
Please let us know below if you might require adjustments to our assessment or interview process, for example if you suffer from a condition such as dyslexia. You do not need to let us know at this stage of any factors affecting the dates / times on which you are available for interview

Will you need adjustments?

Yes No

required

Declaration

I confirm that no information has been omitted which is relevant in evaluating me as a potential employee for Softwire and that all information supplied is accurate.

(Softwire consider information regarding serious misdemeanours to be relevant.)

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