How do banks test for language proficiency?
Is there some sort of test they give you or is it just a simple conversation? Curious to know if I need to polish my French before I start FT next summer
Oct 02, 2021Oct 02, 2021
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Depends on the actual situation or deal. I was tested with a native speaker as my interviewer. Large companies have all sorts of language capabilities and they may pull someone into the interview panel if their seniority matches.
Another way of checking your language skills is to see in which country and in which language you studied. If someone, say, studied in China in the local language, their skills are probably good enough. English speaking courses don't count, of course, if that is the language everyone uses.
they got someone on the team who is a native speaker of the language on my CV to interview me in that language
thanks for the insight. are you native in said language, and if not, what did u state in your resume? also, how was the interview?
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