Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Interview Questions & Answers

The interview was the initial part of the recruitment, it was split into 3 parts:
Testing - a set of 2 tests were used (numerical and verbal reasoning) - 20 mins, this was round a boardroom style desk in front of management and with the other candidates
Group session - 35 mins this was a set group work which was monitored by senior management of the division.
Presentation - 20 mins the company carried out a presentation and then actively seeked for the candidates to get involved and ask questions relating to the presentation in order to find out more about the company.

1 on 1 interview:
competency questions 30 mins
questions regarding cv spec - 30 mins
questions about the company - 30 mins

How to respond in real life working situations.

Use a logical approach when answering questions and relate your answers to previous examples of similar work.
The role required a large amount of data analysis and experience from this, so by proving past examples and using organised answers and solutions to problems would help.

Group work

4 people given 35 minutes to complete a communication task. We were given a task that helpes the group to communicate, all participants were required to communicate without showing their given cards, all data had to be communicated verbally and then an answer can be derived after working through all the parts of the end question. required a very methodical approach between the group.