RBS telephone interview

Which graduate scheme/job role was this for?

Many thanks for the info!

Group Purchasing....

Andy,

That is a handy summary of the questions (I couldn't remember what I was asked during mine when I wrote up my experiences on the other RBS threads). In my experience it is actually quite rare to get those 'why?' questions in competency-based interviews. But in reality it is probably the most important part of the answer, as it gives such great insight. Although to articulate a good answer can be tricky, unless you have thought about it beforehand.

I have added a couple of those questions onto the RBS wiki page to help others in future.

Were you successful? If you have any further questions about the application process you can PM me.
Good luck with your applications,
Ucayman.

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Has any one applied to RBS MARKETING AND INNOVATION?

I was asked to proceed to numerical test , but i also had to do a personality test with 80 questions.

Has anyon else done one?

I have a telephone interview with retail banking. Can anyone please help me with what questions I should expect?

Thanks.

hey everyone

 i have an telephone interview with RBS Retail business leadership ...........

help help hel p!!

Hi

Just wondering, got this email after my telephone interview

- Thank you for making the time available to participate in the telephone interview for The Royal Bank of Scotland Group graduate development programme. We enjoyed talking to you, and after considering your responses we remain interested in your application.

 At this time, we are unable to confirm whether we will be progressing your application to the next stage. However, we will be in contact with you as soon as possible to confirm how we wish to proceed

Thanks for any help

Hi Malachi, yes that is a standard thing and it means exactly what it says. I got a call a few days after receiving this email to invite me to the assessment centre.

ive got assessment centre for retail leadership on 30th march..can anyone help me pls....esp with regards to more info on role play and group discussion!

I just had my telephone interview with RBS yesterday. I've applied for the Group Sourcing and Vendor Management Scheme. When the lady called, she informed me that the interview would be conducted in two parts. The interviewer then told me that I would only move on to the second part of the interview if she was satisfied with my answers for the first part.

The first part covered my knowledge about RBS and about the role I was applying for as well as asking why I wanted to work for RBS and for that role. I also had to discuss how RBS had been affected by the credit crunch. I think I was also asked what I thought I would be doing in the graduate programme.

The second part of the interview was competency based questions. The three I was asked were:
-Describe a time when you had to work under pressure to produce high-quality work
-Describe a time when you had to collaborate with a team to work towards a goal
-Describe a time when you had to prepare in order to persuade someone to see your point of view

As I said, there were only three questions in this part of the interview, but very detailed answers were required for each and the interviewer asked me several questions to probe more deeply into my answers.

Hope this helps anyone else going through a telephone interview!

Dose any one got the tel interview from RBS wealth management yet? i will have it the next week. the HR said it is only competency based, but i don't know whether there will be some motivation questions.

can anyone give some clue what kind of the question they gona to ask? cheers,

Hi Cathycathy

I had the telephone interview for RBS Wealth Management yesterday and it was exactly like ljd767's (see comment just before yours).

I had to satisfy the interviewer on the first question - tell me what you know about RBS, how did you obtain this information, tell me about the graduate scheme to which you have applied etc - before moving on to the next three questions. It's all competence-based (with the exception of the first question of course) so get your real life examples ready.

All the best with your interview.

Hi ljd767

Thanks for your post, it was really useful. Have you heard back yet?

Sorry, only just noticed your reply! I had my assessment centre on the 8th of April and just got the call today offering me the job. Glad to hear that my post helped you!

Congratulations ljd767!

hey,

has anybody had a telephone interview with RBS for customer advisor telephony sales position?

If so, what sort of Q's are likely to be asked

any help would be appreciated

thanks

hi sue01, did you have your telephone interview, ive got one on tuesday...wondering what questions they asked you?

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Has any one had to talk about 'something they were passionate about' ? What sort of questions came up for this ?

Thanks

Hi guys I really need some help.

How would you answer this question

Why do you believe it is the Right Time for you to join the Retail Business Leadership Programme?
Please use this section to talk about what you know about the Retail Business Leadership Programme and how this fits with your career aspirations.

any suggestions would be much appreciated

Thank You @username234

Has anyone had a telephone interview with RBS for the 2012 programme? Any help would be much appreciated. I have one this week! Thanks a lot!! xx

Hello pratik,
Hope your telephone interview went well.

I am booked in for one on 30th Nov. I have applied for Technology services.
Could you please describe the kind if questions and how long did it last for?

I was told by email that it is a two stage interview and two questions in the second stage.

Could you please give an insight into the telephone interview?
Which prog did you apply for, what kind of questions were in the first stage.
Did they stick to the two questions they have sent through email?

I would be really grateful for your help!

Cheers