My Allah bless and guide you akhi Bg: Im 15, boutta do GCSEs, interesting in Physics and Maths mainly Obviously, taking a loan is haram. So my choices are: 1) Do dentistry, in which case my dad said he would give me a non-interest loan (I'm not interested really in biology or doing 5 years of stressful uni, even if dentists are well paid) 2) Do some other degree, probably engineering or maybe maths (I'd have to save up during summer holidays and A levels with a job, and a part time job in uni aswell, and I dont even know if that will cover it) 3) Apprenticeship Seems pretty good, considering: -Salary -Experience -No fees for a degree! I've picked A level Maths, Chemistry, Biology (my dad made me) and Physics I have more than enough time to change these even after the courses begin (I'd rather to FM than Bio, and if thats too much then just Phys Chem Math) For now I put my trust in Allah, and ask for any advice.
Ameen. Jazakallah Khair. My mum also really wanted me to go uni but it's just a case of convincing. The benefits of a degree apprenticeship speaks for itself. If you are already against the Alevels you've chosen, it's going to be very hard to stay motivated
Hi, I’ve gotten to the last stage of recruitment for both AJ bell and PwC, any tips for the assessment centres? Specially pwc’s virtual assessment centre via google meets
I didn't get very far with PwC. It was my first application and it was through UCAS. I don't have a lot to say regarding assessment centres beyond what was mentioned in this video: ruclips.net/video/XnJ3rUJoooE/видео.html
Assalamu'alaykum Mahdi, Could you please make a video on how you prepared for interviews, what common interview questions you prepared for, how you wrote your answer, how you applied for assessments given by the companies?
Mashallah. I'm wondering how you manage living away from home (If you do) when you are completing a DA as a young muslim. Especially when there is no Uni provided accommodation etc.
@@Mito-mp9fk I lived away for two years. I really enjoyed the experience because I know I'll never get the chance to do that kind of thing again. Naturally, there was a lot of difficulty around getting used to living alone e.g. learning how to cook but those are hurdles that everyone quickly adapts to. Finding a place is not that bad. You'll be a lot more flexible than a typical uni student because it's up to you how much of your salary you want to spend on rent.
Hey Mahdi, I hope you are well. I have a question, is it necessary to have a driver’s license for degree apprenticeships as I have seen so many listings requiring a license. I don’t have one, will this impact my chances significantly?
@@Delacroix0402 I've never heard of that before so it must be new. I didn't have a listence before applying and over half the cohort that applied with me didn't. It's more so the case that they require you to live close by therefore you'll likely be required to move out if you aren't local. Definitely still apply even if it says that, then you can clarify your situation.
salam Alaikum I was wondering for people who are going to y13 and want do degree apprenticeship in engineering what do you think we should do so we increase our chance in getting accepted in sha allah and another question what grades did u need for your degree apprenticeship (entry requirement wise ) and does the quality of the degree apprenticeship depend on its entry requirement or is more of how big the company is ?
WaAlaykumSalam WRBT, I always say the best way to increase your chances is to gain unique experience that others at your age wouldn't commonly have. If you don't gain any unique experience, all you'll have to prove yourself are your A-levels which everyone will also have so it won't make much of a difference. In my apprenticeship, the requirements were ABB, but grades are simply an entry point and almost mean nothing when it comes to interviews etc.
Salaam , I heard you could do apprenticeship part time hand you could do college . Do you think I will miss out on anything in college while I do apprenticeship or will I regret doing cs apprentaship. Also my untimate goal is to make my own cs company so is it right to apply to apprentaship or is college just a better option ?
@@SaymaBronte WaAlaykum Salam wrbt. I've never heard of a part time apprenticeship. Just to clarify my apprenticeship is at degree level and not college level i.e it is level 6 not 3. I personally did regular Alevels at college and thoroughly enjoyed it Alhamdulillah. I don't know anyone that did a computer science apprenticeship at college or if that commonly exists so I don't have much of an opinion on it. Choosing an apprenticeship in my case was a way to avoid riba from uni loans, so college wasn't an issue since it's free.
Yo brother, I am in y12 and I want to go to a fintech degree apprenticeship but I currently dont know how to program. I four a levels; maths, econ, french and philsophy. Do you recommend me taking a gap year and getting a fulltime job if I dont get accepted this year? In the gap year I contjnue teaching myself how to program. However I am worried because i didn't do a comp sci a level. Will they care aboit this if I teach myself how to code and make several projects? What do you recommend brother?
You don't need computer science at all, maths is the one they care about more. If U get rejected, taking a gap to improve you programming skills is definitely the way to go - essentially build yourself up to a level where you are too good to be rejected. Self teaching and creating projects is an example of having passion. So definitely do it even from now. Don't assume you'll get rejected first time round, try your best to get in because most people fall into the trap of becoming way too lazy in their gap year.
Salam brother, I wanted to ask how do you get experience, in your previous video you said you can do online courses, if you dont mind can you tell me which websites and which courses would stand out of software developers. Jazakallah
WaAlaykum Salam. It depends where you're applying for. I recommend learning at least one object orientated programming language like Java or c# - there are many courses for these everywhere E.g. RUclips, udemy and Coursera. Putting that on your CV is the bare minimum to improve your chances. Beyond that it's really anything even slightly related e.g. I did some of University of Helsinki's AI course. I did some 5 day coding challenge related to html and CSS. I read a book called 'life 3.0'. Putting these 'extra' things on your CV would make your application a lot more unique and shows that you have passion since you went beyond the normal framework everyone follows (I.e just doing GCSE and A level computer science isn't enough on its own).
Alsalmu Alikum akhi, I wish you all the best I just have one question : do you have any international colleagues ? I mean apprenticee from outside the UK
Salam bro, I have some assessment centers coming up. Could you possibly give some tips. I didn't make it through J.P. Morgan's one but i felt like the experience was beneficial. Jzk bro
WaAlaykum Salam Akhi. Being at the assessment centre stage is very good Allahumma barik. The assessment centres you're referring to are group interviews I'm guessing. I'm going to echo my tip from my last video: try to speak out your line of reasoning as much as possible so the examiners know how you can break down the problem. The other thing is volunteer to keep track of time and regularly keep everyone updated - there's a lot of benefit to this which I mentioned in my previous video. If that doesn't cover your question, lmk Insha'Allah
وعليكم السلام ورحمه الله وبركاته اخي I personally don't think the level 7 is necessary. It's not very common either. The level 6 gives you a degree, job and experience so that's more than enough Insha'Allah
@@hhh11. Jzk. Alhamdulillah. Do a lot of past papers - make that your main focus. Also, try to cover the content before your teacher covers it so it's revision by the time they teach you. Doing this is really good because you'll know what to ask the teacher by the time they teach it e.g if you didn't understand something.
@@maaahhhdi hi, do you think it is necessary to do computer science alevels to get a degree apprenticeship in computer science? i am planning to do maths further maths and physics but im not sure..
Hey Mahdi, I am from Pakistan. I learned about degree apprenticeships and want to pursue it but I can't figure out some stuff. Can I somehow get in touch with you to get answers to some of my queries. Probably by email or whatever may be convenient for you.
Sorry, I haven't got a clue how international students get into these. I haven't come across an international student yet so it may not be available but have a look just in case.
salam bro, I wanted to know for people that have degrees already and want to do a career change. would you go for the level 6 or the level 7 apprenticeships@?
WaAlaykum Salam. I don't think level 7s are that available. I have only heard of people doing level 6 which gets you a degree. I'm guessing level 7 is master level rather than bachelor so you're going to have to make the decision whether you want another degree or a masters.
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mashallah brother ☝
Thank you so much for your advice. I took an assessment centre at Aston Martin and have gotten the offer!!!
Well done! 🎉🎉🎉
Salam Alaikum, may Allah bless you for your videos. I had AC interview yesterday and it went really well. I kept your advice in mind.
WaAlaykum Salam Warahmatullahi.
Allahumma barik, that's good news👍
Alahumma barik
This is great, you should make a video focusing more on the university side of things: Assignments, deadlines, what and how you're taught.
Yeah you're right. I completely missed that out even though it's half of the experience.
Thanks for the very useful content. Can you make a video about how to succeed in an AC since a lot os ACs are approaching next month. Thanks.
Maybe, I don't have much to say beyond what was mentioned in this video: ruclips.net/video/XnJ3rUJoooE/видео.html
My Allah bless and guide you akhi
Bg: Im 15, boutta do GCSEs, interesting in Physics and Maths mainly
Obviously, taking a loan is haram.
So my choices are:
1) Do dentistry, in which case my dad said he would give me a non-interest loan
(I'm not interested really in biology or doing 5 years of stressful uni, even if dentists are well paid)
2) Do some other degree, probably engineering or maybe maths
(I'd have to save up during summer holidays and A levels with a job, and a part time job in uni aswell, and I dont even know if that will cover it)
3) Apprenticeship
Seems pretty good, considering:
-Salary
-Experience
-No fees for a degree!
I've picked A level Maths, Chemistry, Biology (my dad made me) and Physics
I have more than enough time to change these even after the courses begin (I'd rather to FM than Bio, and if thats too much then just Phys Chem Math)
For now I put my trust in Allah, and ask for any advice.
Ameen. Jazakallah Khair.
My mum also really wanted me to go uni but it's just a case of convincing. The benefits of a degree apprenticeship speaks for itself.
If you are already against the Alevels you've chosen, it's going to be very hard to stay motivated
@@maaahhhdi Yea, my dad said that I can change it now. So I will switch to further maths in sha Allah.
Salam alaikum akh, been waiting for a new vid lol. JazakhaAllah
Wa Alaykum Salam Akhi. Insha'Allah I'll lose my laziness one day. Wa iyyak
Hi, I’ve gotten to the last stage of recruitment for both AJ bell and PwC, any tips for the assessment centres? Specially pwc’s virtual assessment centre via google meets
I didn't get very far with PwC. It was my first application and it was through UCAS. I don't have a lot to say regarding assessment centres beyond what was mentioned in this video: ruclips.net/video/XnJ3rUJoooE/видео.html
Nice Video Mahdi!
Assalamu'alaykum Mahdi,
Could you please make a video on how you prepared for interviews, what common interview questions you prepared for, how you wrote your answer, how you applied for assessments given by the companies?
@@sayedur6456 WaAlaykum Salam Akhi. Yeh I really need to come back to making these. insha'Allah I'll make this when I can... one day
Allahumma baarik akhi i just watched the after 1 year video and your beard looks even better!
Sorry for the late response. Jzk akhi, may Allah make it bigger 💪
Also what kind of projects does the company make you do , e.g I would like to focus on programming so do we do that in the apprentaship ?
@@SaymaBronte definitely, that's the majority of what you will do since that's the actual job.
Mashallah. I'm wondering how you manage living away from home (If you do) when you are completing a DA as a young muslim. Especially when there is no Uni provided accommodation etc.
@@Mito-mp9fk I lived away for two years. I really enjoyed the experience because I know I'll never get the chance to do that kind of thing again.
Naturally, there was a lot of difficulty around getting used to living alone e.g. learning how to cook but those are hurdles that everyone quickly adapts to.
Finding a place is not that bad. You'll be a lot more flexible than a typical uni student because it's up to you how much of your salary you want to spend on rent.
Hey Mahdi, I hope you are well. I have a question, is it necessary to have a driver’s license for degree apprenticeships as I have seen so many listings requiring a license. I don’t have one, will this impact my chances significantly?
@@Delacroix0402 I've never heard of that before so it must be new. I didn't have a listence before applying and over half the cohort that applied with me didn't. It's more so the case that they require you to live close by therefore you'll likely be required to move out if you aren't local. Definitely still apply even if it says that, then you can clarify your situation.
what company do you work for?
salam Alaikum I was wondering for people who are going to y13 and want do degree apprenticeship in engineering what do you think we should do so we increase our chance in getting accepted
in sha allah and another question what grades did u need for your degree apprenticeship (entry requirement wise ) and does the quality of the degree apprenticeship depend on its entry requirement or is more of how big the company is ?
WaAlaykumSalam WRBT, I always say the best way to increase your chances is to gain unique experience that others at your age wouldn't commonly have. If you don't gain any unique experience, all you'll have to prove yourself are your A-levels which everyone will also have so it won't make much of a difference.
In my apprenticeship, the requirements were ABB, but grades are simply an entry point and almost mean nothing when it comes to interviews etc.
Salaam , I heard you could do apprenticeship part time hand you could do college . Do you think I will miss out on anything in college while I do apprenticeship or will I regret doing cs apprentaship. Also my untimate goal is to make my own cs company so is it right to apply to apprentaship or is college just a better option ?
@@SaymaBronte WaAlaykum Salam wrbt. I've never heard of a part time apprenticeship. Just to clarify my apprenticeship is at degree level and not college level i.e it is level 6 not 3. I personally did regular Alevels at college and thoroughly enjoyed it Alhamdulillah.
I don't know anyone that did a computer science apprenticeship at college or if that commonly exists so I don't have much of an opinion on it.
Choosing an apprenticeship in my case was a way to avoid riba from uni loans, so college wasn't an issue since it's free.
Brother. Please help me to apply for apprenticeship as a software engineer ❤
Yo brother, I am in y12 and I want to go to a fintech degree apprenticeship but I currently dont know how to program. I four a levels; maths, econ, french and philsophy. Do you recommend me taking a gap year and getting a fulltime job if I dont get accepted this year? In the gap year I contjnue teaching myself how to program. However I am worried because i didn't do a comp sci a level. Will they care aboit this if I teach myself how to code and make several projects? What do you recommend brother?
You don't need computer science at all, maths is the one they care about more. If U get rejected, taking a gap to improve you programming skills is definitely the way to go - essentially build yourself up to a level where you are too good to be rejected.
Self teaching and creating projects is an example of having passion. So definitely do it even from now.
Don't assume you'll get rejected first time round, try your best to get in because most people fall into the trap of becoming way too lazy in their gap year.
@@maaahhhdithank you so much for the advice, have a nice day
Salam brother, I wanted to ask how do you get experience, in your previous video you said you can do online courses, if you dont mind can you tell me which websites and which courses would stand out of software developers. Jazakallah
WaAlaykum Salam. It depends where you're applying for. I recommend learning at least one object orientated programming language like Java or c# - there are many courses for these everywhere E.g. RUclips, udemy and Coursera. Putting that on your CV is the bare minimum to improve your chances.
Beyond that it's really anything even slightly related e.g. I did some of University of Helsinki's AI course. I did some 5 day coding challenge related to html and CSS. I read a book called 'life 3.0'.
Putting these 'extra' things on your CV would make your application a lot more unique and shows that you have passion since you went beyond the normal framework everyone follows (I.e just doing GCSE and A level computer science isn't enough on its own).
@@maaahhhdijazakallah brother
Alsalmu Alikum akhi, I wish you all the best
I just have one question : do you have any international colleagues ? I mean apprenticee from outside the UK
@@Absoon5 wa Alaykum Salam, I don't unfortunately.
Salam bro, I have some assessment centers coming up. Could you possibly give some tips. I didn't make it through J.P. Morgan's one but i felt like the experience was beneficial. Jzk bro
WaAlaykum Salam Akhi. Being at the assessment centre stage is very good Allahumma barik. The assessment centres you're referring to are group interviews I'm guessing. I'm going to echo my tip from my last video: try to speak out your line of reasoning as much as possible so the examiners know how you can break down the problem. The other thing is volunteer to keep track of time and regularly keep everyone updated - there's a lot of benefit to this which I mentioned in my previous video.
If that doesn't cover your question, lmk Insha'Allah
jazakallah bro appreciate it. I'll look through your other video too.@@maaahhhdi
What company did u apply for when getting your software engineering apprenticeship
You can find a list of some of the good ones I applied for in the below video at 3:50:
ruclips.net/video/ewalkAKRzVE/видео.htmlsi=g4wly21LUmjz_rQd
Asc Akhi after u finish your degree apprenticeship, will you do level 7 or just go to an entry job? What do you advise?
وعليكم السلام ورحمه الله وبركاته اخي
I personally don't think the level 7 is necessary. It's not very common either. The level 6 gives you a degree, job and experience so that's more than enough Insha'Allah
ما شاء الله
Beard looks nice. But why are you covering the hair?
جزاك الله
Yk👀😎 post Umrah phase
What grade did you get alevels?
A*A*A*
@@maaahhhdi Subjects?
@@YDO111 maths, computer science and accounting
@@hhh11. Jzk. Alhamdulillah. Do a lot of past papers - make that your main focus.
Also, try to cover the content before your teacher covers it so it's revision by the time they teach you. Doing this is really good because you'll know what to ask the teacher by the time they teach it e.g if you didn't understand something.
@@maaahhhdi hi, do you think it is necessary to do computer science alevels to get a degree apprenticeship in computer science? i am planning to do maths further maths and physics but im not sure..
Bro let’s just say you have apprenticeship interview and there’s a female how do you deal with no eye contact or no handshakes
Be unapologetic about your deen akhi
@@maaahhhdi thank you brother make dua for me so that I can get a coding apprenticeship only if Allah will it to me good for me.
Hey Mahdi, I am from Pakistan. I learned about degree apprenticeships and want to pursue it but I can't figure out some stuff. Can I somehow get in touch with you to get answers to some of my queries. Probably by email or whatever may be convenient for you.
Sorry, I haven't got a clue how international students get into these. I haven't come across an international student yet so it may not be available but have a look just in case.
salam bro, I wanted to know for people that have degrees already and want to do a career change. would you go for the level 6 or the level 7 apprenticeships@?
WaAlaykum Salam. I don't think level 7s are that available. I have only heard of people doing level 6 which gets you a degree. I'm guessing level 7 is master level rather than bachelor so you're going to have to make the decision whether you want another degree or a masters.
Remember, if you already have a degree, you could instead apply for graduate level jobs