Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)

Application Process

The application process is as follows:

• Application Form
• Online numerical and verbal reasoning aptitude tests
• Competency based [[telephone Interview
• Assessment centre

Telephone Interview

RBS screen candidates with a telephone interview at the first stage. Your interview will be with a member of HR and will last 35-40 minutes. It is a mix of career motivation questions and competency based interview Questions that you are likely to be asked include:

• Why RBS?
• How is RBS is different from other firms?
• What can you bring to RBS?
• Tell me three facts about RBS.
• Why your university?
• Why your degree course?
• Give me an example of when you have shown leadership.
• Tell me about a time where you have had to work towards excellence (why such a high goal, difficulties, what would you do differently, next goal)
• Tell me about a time where you had to collaborate with others towards success (how did you contribute, what was your role, problems, what would you do differently, what did you learn)
• Tell me about a time where you have found a solution to a problem where there was no obvious solution (how did you find the solution, what were the other options, how did you decide on the solution, problems, what did you learn)

You can reasonably expect questions about the service line to which you have applied. For example, commercial banking:

• Why commercial banking at RBS?
• What attracted you to the RBS graduate commercial banking programme?
• Why are you suited to for commercial banking?

They will be writing your answers down, so you may be asked to repeat yourself several times. The questions will be read from a list, so the interview may also feel scripted. Consequently you should be prepared to do most of the talking and not expect too much input or chemistry from the interviewer. Don't be afraid to repeat yourself-your responses to each question are marked separately.