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About the Company
NatWest, a prominent retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom, has a rich history dating back to 1968, although its roots trace back much further through its predecessor banks. As a subsidiary of NatWest Group, the bank offers a wide array of banking services to individuals, businesses, and institutions across the UK. NatWest is known for its commitment to customer service, innovation in digital banking, and support for local communities, striving to make banking simple, straightforward, and accessible for all.
Company Profile
Year founded: 1968
CEO: Alison Rose
Employee Number: c.60,000
Headquarters: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Core Values: Integrity, service excellence, community involvement, innovation, and sustainability
Official website: https://www.natwestgroup.com
Student & Graduate Recruitment Process
Stage 1: Online Application
Candidates apply through NatWest's official careers portal, submitting their CV and completing application questions tailored to the specific role and location.
Stage 2: Online Assessments
Once the application is submitted, if it meets the minimum benchmark, you will be invited to complete some online assessments. The online assessment stage includes three different assessments - a Work Scenario Assessment, which is a situational judgement test, a Reasoning Skills assessment, which includes various numerical and logical questions, and a video recorded interview, known as More About You.
If you are applying for data and technology roles, you will also complete a coding test.
You will need to score enough in each part to progress to the next stage of the recruitment process.
Stage 3: Assessment Centre
If you are successful in your online assessment, you will be invited to the assessment centre. Natwest's assessment centres take place in their offices.
A typical assessment centre includes a welcome session, which introduces Natwest and the business area, a business case study, which is a group exercise, and a behavioural interview.
Stage 4: Offer and Feedback
Following the assessment centre, candidates receive feedback and are informed about the outcome of their application. You will receive a job offer if you are successful.
How to Prepare for the Online Assessment
Natwest's online assessment stage includes three different tests - a Work Scenario Assessment, which is a situational judgement test, a Reasoning Skills assessment, which includes various numerical and logical questions, and a video recorded interview, known as More About You. The entire assessment is provided by SHL.
⌛️ Overall Time Needed to Practice: 4 days
⏰ Overall Time Needed to Complete the Test: 100 minutes
Work Scenario Assessment:
This is a situational judgement assessment. This assessment presents you with work-related scenarios that are common at NatWest Group. You will be given a chance to experience real-life work situations and asked to share how you would respond if you were facing the situation. In order to be successful in this part of the assessment, you need to understand what NatWest is looking for, its corporate culture and its values. Your answers need to closely align with them.
There is no time limit for completing this part of the assessment, which normally takes around 30 minutes. You will need to answer 14 questions by choosing the most effective and least effective responses to a given scenario.
You can practise our rating style Situational Judgement Practice Test to prepare for this part of the assessment.
Reasoning Skills Assessment:
NatWest's Reasoning Skills assessment consists of several business-like scenarios that will assess your level of critical reasoning as well as your numerical ability. You'll be using your problem-solving, numerical and logical reasoning to answer questions that are presented to you.
This part of the assessment has 24 questions, and you will have 36 minutes to complete them. If you practise our set of questions and become comfortable with them, you can easily pass this part of the assessment.
In order to be successful in NatWest's Reasoning Skills assessment, we advise you to practice our Numerical Reasoning Tests and Logical Reasoning Tests with a focus on SHL Style Practice Tssts in each category.
More About You
This is essentially an interview. In order to learn about how to prepare for this part of the assessment, please read our guidance here.
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> Basic & advanced numerical skills training
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> Cappfinity-style logical reasoning tests
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