Alliance & Leicester

Corporate Banking Interview Questions

Alliance & Leicester recruit approximately 20 graduates each year for their corporate banking graduate scheme, based in both London or Manchester.

The application and itnerview process is as follows:

• Online application
• Telephone interview
• Assessment centre
• Final interview

Telephone interivew

Your telephone interview will be conducted by a third party recruitment firm called Pareto. Someone from this firm will call you and ask if now is a convenient time to speak. If you say yes, they will talk to you about your application, ask you why you want to work for Alliance & Leicester and what your aspirations are of working at the bank.

You will then be asked three or four competency questions, or you will be asked to discuss what you belive are your key competencies and give examples to prove you have these skills.

If successful you will be informed at the end of this telephone interview, and invited to the next available Alliance and Leicester assessment centre.

Assessment centre

The Alliance & Leicester assessment centre is held in Manchester, not at the Alliance and Leicester office, but instead at the offices of Pareto. The centre will start early, at 9:00am and finish at 6:00pm. If you are travelling from London it is advisable to stay the night in Manchester before your assessment day, rather than get the early train from London, and risk delays.

The dress code for the assessment centre is formal business dress (for more information see general interview advice.

The assessment centre consists of:

• A series of group exercises
• Individual presentation
• Informal interview

Presentation

Candidates are required to give a three minute presentation entitled "why Alliance & Leicester should select me for their graduate programme". Candidates will be told of this before the assessment centre and the presentation should be prepared in advance. Candidates are welcome to bring notes, cue cards, handout or props with them.

The presentation will take place in front of 3 or 4 assessors, but not the entire candidate assessment group.