RBS GBM technology

Hey did you have your interview? How did it go?

Hi guys, I applied yesterday for the RBS GBM technology programme and today I have been invited to take a psychometric test, which they said is designed to look for key behaviours essential to the position that I have applied for.
I was wondering if it's numerical, verbal or personality test? I would be very pleased to know about your experience.
BTW how was your interviews???

Thanks in advance.

the super center was tests(numerical and verbal ) and interview...i got selected and asked for AC on 17th Dec.

Chris,
when is ur interview?

BABa,
did u apply for GBM technology as well....that pychometrical test is neither numerical nor verbal and simple stuff to asses ur behavior.

any questions,let me know

cheers

Congratualions n8net for being selected. U made me feel a bit relax because I'm not 100% ready yet for the numerical test but if it's just behavioral I'll do it ASAP because I think I'm really late in my applications. Again congratulations !!!!!!

BTW I too applied for the GBM Technology in London.

Hey

Are you going for the AC on 8:30 17 DEC? probably, we will in the same team then : )

Hey guys I'm going to a Super Centre on 4th Jan for GBM Technology, do you have an idea of what the tests/interviews will be like?
Cheers

Hi kamen,

tests are numerical and verbal SHL-styled tests...if u practice them u shud be ok.interviews is normal bank competency stuff.y rbs? example of u led a team/had to make a difficult choice
etc....

hope it helps..all the best for ur SC

cheers

Hi n8net and jessica_rc,

I applied for RBS GBM tech in London, and been invited to ac on 8:30 17 DEC, hope to see you then.

yeah...jessica_rc and raistlin i hope to c u all thre too.........

Hi n8net,

Yesterday I got a call from HR for booking me for a Super Centre. I think it's getting quicker or was it the same for you, as I submitted my online questionnaire on Friday and I got my invite yesterday without telephone interview.

I just wanted some clarifications regarding your previous post. Did you mean Fastrack and Able test when you said the tests at the Super Centre are numerical and verbal SHL??? Because the HR guy told me that I'll have Fastrack and Able test (+ interview if successful).

Good luck for your final AC and good luck to jessica_rc and raistlin533 too. Keep us posted.

For those going to the 17th AC good luck guys and come back to us with some details please :)).
All the best.

hey,guys
I hv got a corporate banking initial assessment day on 29th January 2009. The HR guy told me I'll hv two tests, folowed by an interview if i can get the benchmark of the tests. Is this initial assessment day the same as super centre or it is already the final assessment centre?

ThnX...:-)

Hi three,

I don't know about corporate banking, but for the IT and many other programmes the initial assessment day is what they call Super Centre in which, from what I understand, there are 2 tests (Fastrack and OPP ABLE Test). If successful in these tests you will progress to the interview stage the same day. Then if successful at the interview you will be invited to the final assessment centre another day. Sorry if I couldn't respond exactly to your question.

Good luck for your January initial assessment

hi Baba

Thank u for ur advice. It really helps...

Good luck to u~~~

Hi folks.
Firs of all merry XMAS to all....I have my super center on 4thJan.. Everyone is talking about Fastrack and Able test . Can anyone light on what are these? This is my first interview and I am little nervous. What were the questions asked in the interview?
Please help

Have a look at the rbs telephone interview thread - the ac process is discussed in great detail there.

lil.x

Hi three,

I forgot to update this page and I wanted to inform you to forget everything I said regarding your previous question. I had my Super Centre a couple of days ago and to my surprise it wasn't exactly what the HR guy told me over the phone. Also, I talked to someone who had his SC yesterday and he told me that it's not what I said in my previous post. It was competency based interview followed by usual SHL tests (numerical and verbal) or the other way round for other candidates (I mean you can also start with the tests and finish with the interview). As I said the tests are usual SHL numerical (20 qs in 20mn) and verbal (32 qs in 18mn) and they are both paper-based (not computer-based). So, I didn't do any Fastrack or OPP ABLE test as their HR guy told me when I got the invite. Also, it was not like you have to pass the tests before reaching the interview stage. We were assessed on everything. However, bear in mind that I applied for IT and the friend I asked also applied for IT so just keep on what they told you. But, in my case what I have been told was neither exactly right. Nevertheless if it's the same format as I did then the tests are just usual SHL.

Sorry for all the confusions I may have caused you and I hope this may help.

I was wondering if there is a way to delete my previous post to avoid any further confusion.

Hi Baba
Many thnX for letting me know~~~hope everything is going well with u...:-)

Hi everyone.

I just finished my fisrt assessment day with RBS GBM technology and recieved an invitation for the final stage assessment centre next week.

Can anyone provide some related information about the final round interview? What do I need to prepare? Many thanks!!

Hi~~
I receive the inviteation for super centre assessment next friday~~
Could you tell me what exactly do in competence interview?
does it include competence questions, presentation, role-play or group discussion?

Hi!
I receive the invitation for super centre next friday~~

I see you are so kind that you update the information about the interview!
So, I hope you can see my question and give me the reply

I wanna know after the SHL tests, is there only competence interview? or more things, such as presentation, group discussion?

Thanks a lot!
-x-

Hi, it is just a competence interview followed by two SHL tests, a numerical (20 minutes 20 questions) and a verbal test (18 minutes 32 questions). Hope it is helpful.

Thanks a lot :)
Happy New Year -x-

Hey All

I am a new member. I applied to RBS GBM Technology and have to arrange a date for my SC.

Seems to be a competence interview, a numerical and a verbal test (NOT fastrack or ABLE) which is all good.

One question I have though is I read somebody saying they ask you: How have you researched RBS and the role? I read somebody in another post (telephone interview) say they only had researched the rbs website and was the reason they did not make the next stage. What other sources would be good for this? I up til now have only researched the website also. I guess newspapers, FT etc for information on RBS but where can you find out more about the specific GBM technology roll?

TY in advance

Dear Jessica & raistlin533,

Since you both have been to the AC on 17 Dec... can you pls brief us about the AC with respect to the test, interview questions, case studies, Group exercises etc...This will help us...

Thankx in advance,

Alive4ver...

Hey guys,

I have an AC coming up in the first week of march and am really worried about some test call spatial reasoning. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how heavily does this feature at the AC?

Thanks

I guess the spatial reasoning test is a kind of diagrammatic test. Google it and you can find examples.

What are the exercises in final assessment day at RBS ?

hey guys, I received online test invitation from RBS, just wonder what the online test consists of, is it like numerical test and logical? or does RBS online test have verbal test? could anyone give me a rough idea about how hard it will be?

Thanks!!

Hello mz6785!

If you have applied for GBM Technology, same as me, then you will be asked to do a psychometric test. It tests your personality and questions would be something like: do you like leading a group?, do people think you are social? etc. Numerical & Verbal tests would be organised in later stages like Super Centre & Final AC, both of which are categorised as an AC itself.

But be careful and try to reflect the competencies that RBS has been looking for. I say so because a couple of people i know were not invited further on because they couldn't reflect what RBS had been looking for.

Hope this info helps!

Hey SoulB, thank you very much! that really helps..I just completed the test and it's just like what you have described....I'm not sure if my answer will match their criteria....emm...do u know how long it usually takes for them to get back to us?

Hi mz6785,

In my case they replied very late, like a month or so. Don't know why, but surely there were no ac's arranged around that time back.

Most of the people at my ac got their ac's invite within a 2-3 weeks time. So hopefully yours should be on its way too!!

Cheers!

Dear all,

I will have an initial assessment centre in RBS Technology soon. It will have numerical, verbal and competency questions. I wondered whether there are anything I need to take care /prepare/concern??? I am so worried!!

Thank you! :-)

Hey, I got an invitation for first assessment centre in rbs techonology on 15/03 as well.

any hints for that?

and I`ll update later.

Hi, how was your A/C?

Was it in London?

I passed the first round interview, and have been invited for a final assessment, which will be at the end of march.

What I can suggest is, prepare, prepare, prepare!

Thanks. Please elaborate on the preparatiion.

How many of you got through the final round?

I completed the online test a few weeks ago but have yet to hear back from them. How long do they take before sending invitations to the interview stage?

hey guys i am planning to apply i know i am a bit late but i see there is still time.

Hoe did you guys answer the competency qs on the form. Any keywords and where can i find what competency does RBS looks for.

Thanks guys.

Hi,

Does anyone know what the final assessment day consists of?

hi guys...I've applied for RBS GBM Technology Analyst position,and have been invited for an online Abstract Reasoing Test could any of you help me with what and Abstract Reasoing Test is about and what should I be expecting from it?

I have just done my Abstract Reasoning test for GBM Operations.
They are standard SHL Logical Reasoning tests that ask you to select the shape to follow next etc. See here for examples and good luck. http://www.shldirect.com/inductive_reasoning.html

hi, i hav ac in next week for GBM Technology n its final ac, any hints, tips or idea of what kind of exercises involved would be great help, thnks...

Hi waleed,

Congratualions for being selected.
I also did the phone interview today and they invited me to the AC, but the date is not confirmed.
Did u mean that u passed the initial round of AC before? How did it go?

Good luck for your final AC

hey kimlam

no AC straight after tel int, no round inbetween however i m still not sure wat activities would be on AC specially if numerical test n ABLE would be conducted on that day ?

hav u any idea ?

hey waleed

From the previous posts, the ac includes:

SHL numerical test
20 qs in 20mn

SHL verbal test
32 qs in 18mn

Competency based interview

Questions were: why investment banking, why RBS, your leadership skill, who's the CEO of RBS

people from last year mentioned there would be 2 rounds of ac, u sure there is only one this year?

Hey kimlam and waleed,

I read your posts and also the website and the website says that there's only one AC and that this is the final stage, you can check here... https://www.makeitrbs.com/uk/gbm/apply/selection-process

And also... I have a question, The website only mentions maths and diagramatic tests, however, I have been reading about verbal tests, could you please tell me if there are going to be any verbal tests?

Cheers

hey kimlam

thnx for the questions n yes it is only one AC no ability centre for GBM Tech....

Hi guys,

Can I just check when you applied for the programme? I applied last week and did my tests but I'm wondering if I applied too late to get an interview...