There are various tests in the first stage of the NatWest hiring process. There are tests designed to test your numerical skills, inductive and deductive reasoning skills and a personality test.
I applied online. The process took 12 months. I interviewed at NatWest Group (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Mar 2026
Interview
Initial skills assessment (logic/maths, video interview), then 6 hr zoom assessment center, finally a SQL test and 2 HackerRank style questions. If you are rejected for HackerRank, maybe can be given another assessment center for a different program.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at NatWest Group (Bristol, England) in Nov 2025
Interview
Starts with uploading CV and standard questions. Then it opens up the application portal that contains multiple stages: A logical reasoning round, a values based assessment, a SQL test, coding assessment and video 'HireVue' style interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you know about this role?
How do you keep up to date with technological advances?
What's a technical advance we can apply at NatWest?
Customer focussed etc
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at NatWest Group in Oct 2025
Interview
It is a typical hirevue interview with 7 questions. Some are general and related to your interest to banking but mostly on your experiences. No technical questions at that stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you faced a challenge and how you overcame it.