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Updated Jan 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Operations Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Jan 28, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
basic behavioral questions. HR will send out email several days before the interview, outlining the questions which may be asked in the interview. I am asked to describe a situation when I feel chellenged. They also put much attention on team work experience.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Spring Week In Technology at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took a day)
Applied online, and was invited to assessment centre. This consisted of a 1:1 interview with a manager from the division you'd applied for, which mainly dealt with competencies and motivation, with one question on economics. This lasted 25 minutes. The next phase was a logical reasoning test, which was very difficult and noone finished. The entire process lasted no more than 90 minutes.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Telephone Sales at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Jan 20, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Intital competency based telephone interview, which lasted about 10 minutes. As soon as that was finished I was asked to attend a group interview the next week. It lasted for a few hours and most of it was paperwork and a lot of time wasted waiting around. After one-to-one interview (again, mostly competency based with very similar questions to the phone interview) there was a short role-play on the phone, which we had time to prepare for beforehand.
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Reason for Declining
I realised I never really wanted the job in the first place.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Personality Test.
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Vice President at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Stamford, CT (took 2 months)
There was delay in background check and people being on vacation, otherwise pretty straighforward. Phone screen, skills test, in person interview, background check, offer, decsion, notice, start date.
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Negotiation Details
Stay firm in what you want. If it is reasonable from your background, experienc and market conditions.
Other Details
I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Summer Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Jul 6, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Stamford, CT (took 2 months)
The phone interview was basic resume dissecting. Then the candidates are invited to the office where there is a rotation with two employees and a tour of office. Everyone was nice some technical questions and personal questions. The company has great facilities and good people. I heard from another candidate that they picked him up from airport and paid for his hotel.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Graduate at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Jan 10, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 in Singapore (Singapore) (took a day)
There will be 3 stages of application process if they considered you as potential candidates in Graduate Programme (back office position)
1. Online logical reasoning and numerical test from SHL
2. Phone interview (they will send you an email informing you what kind of questions you should prepare, and some useful tips when conducting phone interview)
3. Assessment center
This AC consists of 3 components: IQ test / reasoning test, 30 mins case study, two 1:1 interviews
Interview questions mostly include behavioral questions such as "do you think what other areas you can improve if you could conduct the case study again?", technical questions such as " what kind of skills do you think you can contribute to the program?, and some brain teaser questions such as "what's square root of 0.5"
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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RBS Global Banking & Markets Program (GBM) at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Nov 6, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)
After submitting my application/CV through my university career website, I was informed that I was given an on-campus interview. The interview consisted of a 2:1 interview, with a recent grad from my university who was working where I applied, and a senior member from another office. The interview was about 30 minutes, and was mainly fit (they did toss a brain teaser in as well). On the whole, the interviewers looked for primarily people centered and educated in finance, and a strong background and prior work experience in either investment banking or capital markets seemed to be extremely advantageous.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Oct 20, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Houston, TX (took a day)
I did not have any contact with the company previously. I simply dropped my resume online and was asked to interview while they were on campus at my university. I was interviewed by two men: one VP and one analyst. The interview was almost entirely technical and one of them seemed to enjoy watching me suffer through the interview. I did okay at best.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Lead Business Analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Oct 19, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Gurgaon, Haryana (India) (took 6 weeks)
RBS interview process was quite methodological. The process started with a prometric type of online test which was weird but was not difficult. Once I cleared it, 2 rounds of telephonic interview followed. The interviews were more focussed on what you have written in resume and looking for instances of what you have done in your past projects. The interviews generally starts with the interviewer's introduction and what they are looking from the profile.
There is generally a f2f interview scheduled before HR round.
My advise would be to very well versed with your resume first and make sure that you dont write anything just for sake. Be ready with all instances to prove what you have written. Ask for complete JD before you apply to understand the profile and skills required and prepare your interviews in advance.
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Negotiation Details
I didn't negotiate much as my preferences were more on designation, role and location. However I have heard that RBS is a good paymaster so try to gather your feedback from recruitment agency and then do your negotiation.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Fixed Income at Royal Bank of Scotland
Posted Oct 16, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took 3 days)
technical questions related to programming and market trends
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