RBS Royal Bank of Scotland Interview Questions

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Interview Experience (97%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

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The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

3.9
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Interview Difficulty (93%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.9
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% Interns - FT Offers (92%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at RBS Royal Bank of Scotland

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Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2018
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Quantitative Research
Location Chennai
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
N/A
Year 2017
Job Title N/A
Group/Division Debt Capital Markets
Location Stamford
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2022
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Risk
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Quant
Year 2017
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Generalist
Location london
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2018
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Program Management Group
Location Stamford
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Structured Products
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2019
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Structured Products
Location
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location London
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location London
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - RBS Royal Bank of Scotland Examples

Quant Analyst Interview - Quantitative Research

Anonymous employee in Chennai
Interviewed: March 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
First round is intro call with HR. They let you know about the role and different aspects of the team job. Then, I had 4 rounds of interviews. First round was with hiring manager, where I was asked a bunch of python questions basic ones not very advanced- LC(easy-medium). Then I had 2 rounds with Quant teams in London. Here, mathematics, stats and stochastic calculus was tested. In the final round, I had with the head of the practise. Last round I was given a choice to select my favourite topic from mathematics and a question was asked from there. Lastly, I had salary negotiations with the HR.
Interview Questions
1. Which is greater e^x or x^e?
2. Tell why is Heston model better than BlackSchloes model in modelling?
3. What is 'finally' used for in Python ?

Intern Interview - Debt Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in Stamford
Interviewed: February 2017
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
3-4 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Drug Test
Background Check
Other
Interview
Interview process through on campus recruiting. Fairly straight forward summer intern process - Resume through school career center, HR phone screen, 1-1 interview with full time analyst, superday. Everyone was super nice and easy to convey your interest in finance even if you do not have tons of relevant experience. Ultimately did not get an offer, but was on the waitlist.
Interview Questions
How would a $10 decrease in depreciation affect a company's cash flow from operations.

Quantitative Internship Interview - Risk

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: January 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Step 1: Apply online - fill out the usual things about the university, experience etc.
Step 2: Online video assessment - 6 pre-recorded questions, mostly about competency
Step 3: Assessement Centre - 5 hour-long interviews with people from the team. There are two maths interviews, where you have to answer ~10 questions in 45 mins, one coding interview, a cometency interview and a group exercise.
Step 4: Offer
Interview Questions
How do you reverse a linked list? , What is the difference between python, Java and C++

Quant Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in london
Interviewed: November 2017
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1 phone interview, then super day to meet 4-5 groups. Lunch with team. Asked about option pricing, brainteasers, math/probability problem.
Interview Questions
Typical quant interview questions

Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: April 2018
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Interview
Relatively straightforward. 2 rounds of interviews. Each one with D/MDs, mostly technical questions around bond/derivatives pricing.
Interview Questions
Questions on nuances around curve construction, hedging, derivatives pricing, and several brain teasers.

1st Year Analyst Interview - Program Management Group

Anonymous interview candidate in Stamford
Interviewed: October 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
Applied on the company's website for the specific role. Received an invitation to complete an online numerical reasoning test. After passing this test went on to next round of virtual video interview consisting of competency assessment.
About a month later received an email from the hiring manager to schedule a 30 min phone interview with himself and a colleague. Mostly behavioral questions: "Walk me through your resume" "Why this role", etc. Had the opportunity to ask interviewers about the role and company culture.
The phone interview was on a Thursday, heard back the following Monday moving me forward to the in-person interview for the same week. Came in that Friday and had two rounds of about an hour each with two employees in each round. Very good interview with friendly people. Again mostly behavioral, personal motivation and some questions asking to explain the nature of the team and business. Some trick behavioral questions of the type: "What superpower would you choose?", "Dogs or Cats?".
Was walked out by hiring manager and had a very friendly chat about other things not related to work/the interview.
Heard back about 2 weeks later that I was not moved forward. I believe that it was the final round
Interview Questions
Explain to me what our team does and how the business work?

Analyst Interview - Structured Products

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: February 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
The application process consisted of online tests then a prerecorded video interview before being progressed to the AC. The AC included a group exercise, a case study/presentation and 2 1:1 interviews
Interview Questions
To pict how a digital banking idea

Graduate Banking Analyst Interview - Structured Products

Anonymous interview candidate in
Interviewed: November 2019
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
IQ / Intelligence Test
Personality Test
Interview
This was specifically with the Natwest Markets entity.

3 stages total:
- Personality test, Quant/verbal/reasoning tests
- Video interview via Hirevue
- Assessment centre with 1 case study interview and 2 further interviews

2 further interviews were insanely hard asking random sfuff about the credit markets, yield curves etc. Was asked all these questions from traders despite applying for a banking role
Interview Questions
Questions about yield curves, credit markets, interest rates, and worst performing equity sectors of 2019

Structured Finance Summer Internship Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in London
Interviewed: November 2020
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Personality Test
Interview
I applied online from NatWest website. Completed a situational judgement test, a logic test and a math test. Upon being successful at all of the online test, an online interview is next. If passed, you will be invited to an AC. Results from the AC will be released after a week.
Interview Questions
Tell us about a time when you used technology or a digital approach to try and do something differently and what you learnt from the experience.

Summer analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: September 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Starts of with Situational judgement and numerical tests, followed by Hirevue. Basic motivational questions, why RBS etc. Final stage is assessment centre including interviews with senior bankers and group activities.
Interview Questions
No difficult questions. Basic motivational and behavioural questions with a few Situational questions. Took 30 minutes.