Credit Suisse Numerical Doubt

I got my verbal test right after the numerical. You can phone the graduate recruitment helpline and ask if they have recieved the results of your 2nd attempt. Good luck!

By the way, mind if I ask you if any of your friends have received their application outcomes since both tests? If so, how long after the tests please?

As you can see our wiki profile on Credit Suisse is rather lacking. If you guys get to interview could you help us by contributing some information? It would be massively appreciated!

For ppl who successfully completed the tests, it says "Application under review", i guess they would wait until the last date before sending out invites for interviews...but not sure though !

I wouldn't worry too much. If you don't hear back after 3 or 4 days, just give them a call and ask them. No doubt they'll tell you to keep waiting, but they won't mind you asking.

I just took CS numerical reasoning test. My feeling was bad since I got stuck at some questions and finally had to guess. But I immediately receive the invite of verbal test. I was not informed my numerical test result (no email receive.). I am wondering whether they assess numerical and verbal together?

They assess results of both tests, along with your application form, before inviting you to an interview (or not). Passing those tests are mandatory but cannot guarantee your an interview.

I suspect CS is in a hiring freeze though.

I am "under review" after the tests.. anyone ever had an assessment center @ CS? What divisions have people gone for - I've applied for Equity Sales

hey guys, i just finished both tests. had some problems receiving my results for numerical test at first. thought i had to redo the test. after about 4 business days, they sent me an email and told me i passed. then i was on to the verbal reasoning test. completed that too, but now "under review". not sure if my post needs to go thru assessment center. i applied for IT...
cooldudehere70, just wondering if we pass the verbal test, do we still get the "under review" status? or it would have been different. just want to know if i passed verbal...thanks.

Ycart01, mine is still under review and they haven't got back regarding the outcome of application...

Hey guys

Did my numerical test and missed quite a few questions! Somehow I had convinced myself that I could not skip questions --- very odd since I skipped all the time when I did practice tests and read the instructions before taking the test; test stress i guess. Got invited to sit for the verbal immediately though. Does this mean I had passed the numerical?

I applied for the Private Banking Analyst position.

Cheers!

hey cooldudehere70, thanks for your info. guess we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed then. it would be great to hear from someone who has passed that stage and actually gone to the other side: to be invited for an interview. anyone??

summers, i don't think anyone of us are quite sure yet. what does your application status say?? "under review" as well??? if so, then you're in the same boat as us...

Update guys !!! I got rejected !!! REASON : " I have not passed the online tests ", it is completely ridiculous as the application status was "under review" for over a month. And just after the deadline date, they say you are rejected.

i'm so sorry to hear that cooldudehere70, now i doubt how i did...-_-
so i have sent out an email to find out...not sure how long that takes though...
in a way, i think they should have told you immediately that you didn't pass the tests, i'm sure those answers were marked instantly once they were submitted...
to wait a month to hear that, is somewhat unfair...

heya guys so do they assess the verbal and numerical together? I've just completed the numerical and then it went straight to the verbal but do they assess it together? and Cooldudhere70 what programme did you apply for?? It seems they take a long time to get back to you guys?!

I just took both tests back to back also. Not sure if I did so well on the verbal. Wonder how long it will take before I hear back . . . Has anyone here passed them? And, if so, how many did you miss?

Hi people,
Just wondering if you were invited to do the online numerical tests immediately after submitting your application? or was it a few days/weeks later?

I haven't been invited to take the test yet..

Hi londonmonkey
I was asked to take the tests immediately.
However, I just received an email that there were technical issues with the tests and that I have to take them again :-(
So yours may be a technical issue. Not too sure though.

Thanks Summers.

Hey, jus finished both tests!! I thought the numerical was ok, managed to finish with time to spare, but the verbal was hard, what did you guys think? When did you guys hear back about the results?? My application is now under review?

Hi summers,

Just wanted to ask you the same question. I applied to the analyst investment banking division and got an invite for numerical test. Howver, I ended up having less time and had to guess some answers. Howver, afterwards I got an invite for verbal test immediately, does it ean I passed numerical test? I know someone who gave the test and is getting status as application under review...so does it mean he has failed?

What happened with your application...if you dont mind me asking...just becuase yr situation was same as mine...

can i ask if anyone's had an interview with CS? How did you do on the online tests? By that I mean how many were you sure of at the time of submission?

Hey I completed the online application over 6 weeks ago and have not heard anything since. I am applying for an analyst internship for summer 2009 I would have thoguht I would have atleast a numerical test request by now but nothing. How long did it take to receive an invite after applying? thanks. Has anyone been invited for a face to face interview already? I dont understand what is taking so long, do you think I could call them to see what is happening with my application? cheers

I am applying to summer intern 2009 and I got an invitation straight after submitting the application.
You should definitely call them cause I think if u don't take tests before the deadline u'll be kicked out.

It took them more than 2 months to get back to me after I completed numerical and verbal tests. My application was rejected and the reason is the same as COOLDUDEHERE70 mentioned earlier: "Failed Online Tests". It is so ridiculous because I finished both tests with 2-3 minutes left and was quite sure about the correctness of majority questions...

that is so true! Not sure what exactly they are doing. It is all good

i have been waiting over two months to hear about my application...I received an email about a week ago saying that it was still under consideration, did anyone get the same email? I emailed them back again and they say my application is being 'actively considered' but have no idea what that means, it's been so long since I took the tests I've forgotten how I found them!...

I fear that credit suisse may have finalised it Graduate intake and now concentrating on the Internship 2009 intake!!

yeah also with internship intake, a lot of people have had rejections even after performing well on the tests, are all places filled?

hey kkhimji2001 are you applying for an internship?? Also, I dont think that they have finalised their internship process? There website states they dont start interviewing ppl till after Jan. Does anyone have a first round interview with Credit Suisse? Is it mainly competency based?

Hi ether
I did the tests for Credit Suisse nearly 2 weeks ago and havent heard anything back from them yet. do u know when will they contact to u back after the test normally?
I applied for a summer intern - Finance Division.

Hello guys
can someone please update me on wht kind of questions CS asks on the numerical tests...
thanks

Its the same as most of the other banks, percentages, ratios etc. Have you submitted your form?

Thnks for the reply. I actually sent my application through someone i knw

Hi Guys,

Has anyone applying for the graduate program been invited to take online tests yet? I have submitted my online form since 10/09/09 and have gotten neither an invitation to take online tests nor a rejection.

Thanks,

same here sphynx

posted on 7 sep.

im in the same position sphynx...

same!!!! also the application system is weird, it tried to transfer my resume to the application form, but resulted in chaos~~~

I know someone who has been invited to the online test for FT analyst programme.

I took the tests on Sept 30th. IB_Haunter what was the status of the guy you know who took the tests just after he submitted them.

dont know that... will keep you posted though!

hey guys did you all write up the cover letter too? how long were your letters? thanks

Took them 3 weeks from my application to get invited to do online tests (numerical and verbal). Did them on them on the 5th and have heard nothing so far.

Cover letter was approx 500 words.

What division have you applied to?

thanks for the advice willymacd, i am applying to shared serv, what about you?

EMEA - Finance Graduate Program - Analyst

Sorry for the shocking grammar above

oh right, yes that's the same one as i'm applying for. good luck with your app i hope you do well, let me know how it goes!

Has anyone applying for CS IT received the online tests yet. I applied on 23 sept but no news since then. :-(

Hey, I also applied in the week of Sept 23rd and received the invites to take the online tests yesterday. Verbal went well, I had time left over to check my answers and as far as the numerical goes, I missed 3-4 questions but am quite confident that I answered most of the other ones correctly.

I went back online today after submitting the tests, and noticed that the status messages had changed for the three positions I applied for. Two of them said "in progress" and one of them said "you will be contacted shortly"

@senna21, what was the status for the three applications prior to this?

Something along the lines of "application received"

what does it show for you?