Standard Chartered bank 2012.--International Graduate Programme

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Originally Posted by ighoeve

ah u chatted with the chick? good. hope she was personable. And congrats for getting this very far!!! this global financial crisis thing again. i was asked the same question by one of the world`s largest banks just last year. i think banks generally like the question. beware people!!

you are yet to tell the house the events that led to your being called/invited to the assessment centre. How did it go? I mean, from what time after your first interview were you invited to the assessment centre, and how many interviews did you have before being called for the ac?

thanks.

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Sorry for the late reply. My AC was in Lagos; Ahmadu Bello. The stages where telephone interview - Assesment centre(with some interviews ) and Finally chat with the Head of consumer banking.

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Originally Posted by somebody01

She was pleasant . but unfortunately i was dropped afta the final interview. (they wld snd mail to only pple who got the job , others wld be notified thru d portal)

After the telephone Interview I was invited for the assessment centre and consequently I was invited for the final chat a little bit over a month.

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Your father/mother/siblings should be proud of you. It is not easy to get that far!

I hope they've given you a good reason for dropping you at the very final stage; otherwise I would call/send an email/ visit their office to ask why. Definitely you are far, very far, from being a noncompetitive applicant.

All the best in your job search.

Igh

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Originally Posted by somebody01

She was pleasant . but unfortunately i was dropped afta the final interview. (they wld snd mail to only pple who got the job , others wld be notified thru d portal)

After the telephone Interview I was invited for the assessment centre and consequently I was invited for the final chat a little bit over a month.

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Your friends and family should be proud of you. It is not a simple matter to get this far. I just hope they have given a convincing reason for your rejection, otherwise I would send an email/call/or visit their office to learn about my rejection.

All the best in your job search.

Igh

Hello Aash pls kindly help me with the links as well.I really need them cos am just scheduled to have an assessment test wit SCB.Please kindly inbox me [email protected]. Will be awaiting ur reply*•.¸( *•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*.
«´¨`°•.◦ †нªηкs ◦.•°´¨`»
¸.•* (¸.•*´♥`*•.,)`*•. And God bless.

Enioladayo

Hello ighoeve pls kindly help me with the links to the numerical and logical reasoning as well.I really need them cos am just scheduled to have my assessment test wit SCB.Please kindly inbox me [email protected]. Will be awaiting ur reply*•.¸( *•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*.
«´¨`°•.◦ †нªηкs ◦.•°´¨`»
¸.•* (¸.•*´♥`*•.,)`*•. And God bless.

Enioladayo

@enioladayo, d link cannot be posted publicly on dis forum, in compliance with Ighoeve's instruction. u need 2 give ur email address

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Originally Posted by enioladayo

Hello ighoeve pls kindly help me with the links to the numerical and logical reasoning as well.I really need them cos am just scheduled to have my assessment test wit SCB.Please kindly inbox me [email protected]. Will be awaiting ur reply*•.¸( *•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*.
«´¨`°•.◦ †нªηкs ◦.•°´¨`»
¸.•* (¸.•*´♥`*•.,)`*•. And God bless.

Enioladayo

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Hi,

I guess information contained in those links has long been erased, probably by the bank itself. You may send me a PM after which I will send you the links. Perhaps miraculously you could get relevant info there.

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Originally Posted by enioladayo

Hello ighoeve pls kindly help me with the links to the numerical and logical reasoning as well.I really need them cos am just scheduled to have my assessment test wit SCB.Please kindly inbox me [email protected]. Will be awaiting ur reply*•.¸( *•.¸♥¸.•*´)¸.•*.
«´¨`°•.◦ †нªηкs ◦.•°´¨`»
¸.•* (¸.•*´♥`*•.,)`*•. And God bless.

Enioladayo

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Hi,

I guess information contained in those links has long been erased, probably by the bank itself. You may send me a PM after which I will send you the links. Perhaps miraculously you could get relevant info there.

@house, Finally got a call from dem schedulin me for d fone interview after waitin foreva since last yr november wen i got a successful message that i passed d test. I applied for HR...d annoyin part is dat i will b startin trainin sch wif access bank dis month n as such, will b made to sign a 2yr bond wif d bank. Dnt even knw wat to fink sef, bt wuld have rili love to join d SCB..wel, will just do d interview. Guess God has made access ma path.

Abt d assessment centre, i kinda hate assessment centres atleast from ma experience wif British American Tobacco..kinda scary,lol.. Wishin all dos goin for deirs goodluck.

God help us all

@zeus007 i would advise you to stick with your access bank thing while still waiting for standard chartered, a lot of people have had and passed phone interviews and haven't progressed farther than that but you might be one of the lucky ones though but as they say, a bird in hand is worth a hundred in the bush, good luck

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Originally Posted by Ameenaht

@zeus007 i would advise you to stick with your access bank thing while still waiting for standard chartered, a lot of people have had and passed phone interviews and haven't progressed farther than that but you might be one of the lucky ones though but as they say, a bird in hand is worth a hundred in the bush, good luck

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Even if he gets lucky, the 2-year bond would have been signed. I am sure there is a penarity for disrespecting the signed bond.

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Originally Posted by Ameenaht

@zeus007 i would advise you to stick with your access bank thing while still waiting for standard chartered, a lot of people have had and passed phone interviews and haven't progressed farther than that but you might be one of the lucky ones though but as they say, a bird in hand is worth a hundred in the bush, good luck

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This is good news. Congrats a bunch. But, remember, a bird in hand.......

Meanwhile, why is access so insecure that they force new employees to sign a bond with them? Is there a penarity for not honoring the bond? If there is no penarity, then that will be nice O. You will use them as a waiting point until you get something sensible.

I hope no penarity sha.
Igh

Zeus...Zeus....Zeus.....how many times did i call you?...Bros abeg no dull yourself at all...am not saying you should dump AccessBank but SCB and Access no dey d same levels at all....SCB is faaaarrrr beta than access...isssookaaii, i don talk my own ooo...
@Ighoeve....Bros i hail ooo..Pls continue your good works..God bless you.Have a fab week ahead.Cheers!

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Originally Posted by AAsh

Zeus...Zeus....Zeus.....how many times did i call you?...Bros abeg no dull yourself at all...am not saying you should dump AccessBank but SCB and Access no dey d same levels at all....SCB is faaaarrrr beta than access...isssookaaii, i don talk my own ooo...
@Ighoeve....Bros i hail ooo..Pls continue your good works..God bless you.Have a fab week ahead.Cheers!

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Hey, Fine. Hope you had a great weekend too.

@Zeus. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. U have caught the access bird, if u play for time because u want options, u might end up right back where u started (NO OPTION AVAILABLE). So be wise when making a final decision as time is nobody's friend.

@all, i really do appreciate d concerns n all. @ighoeve, i really do appreciate d assistance u have been givin to dis page n topic. Abt d access bond fin, dere is a penalty of 2million oo..d questuon u askd abt insecurity was wat i askd at a certain point in d interview stages n dey told me dat its cos over d yrs, deir staffs leave after attendin deir trainin sch...accord to dem, dey say na dem get d best trainin sch for naija and dem dey spend alot to train staffs. So d trainin bond fin is like wat u will do as a pay back for d knwoledge dey have rendered.

For SCB, i will just do d interview today n wait to see wat happens... Bt to b frank, i knw it would b more challengin getin d SCB IGP job..dey mite end up just selectin abt 60 peeps out of d millions dat would have applied, will follow which comes first n wait to see wat happens.

@Zeus...all the best today bro!

Hi peeps,

as promised i wld keep u guys updated. I got the e mail below today exactly after a month of passing my telephone interview:

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your application to the Financial Markets International Graduate Programme, we are currently reviewing all applications and will be in contact next week to schedule interviews.

Regards,
Graduate Recruitment

I'm hoping they let me know my assessment centre date next week. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Goodluck to everyone.

Regards,

Kunmi

@zeus, my understanding from a colleague who just started working with access bank was that it was possible to delay the signing of the bond till after training school which is normally 4 months long. You can try as possible to do that, but if its not possible i think u shld go ahead with access bank at least you're sure of that.

Take care

Hi guys...got a call tonyte inviting me for an interview for transaction banking on wednesday 10am....any1 else invited?

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Originally Posted by Charlybobo

Hi guys...got a call tonyte inviting me for an interview for transaction banking on wednesday 10am....any1 else invited?

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Congrats! They even took their time to call you. That means you must be one of their top candidates.

I know someone who got an email from them for the same interview.

All the best!

Congrat bro, God will see u thru. All d best

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Originally Posted by Charlybobo

Hi guys...got a call tonyte inviting me for an interview for transaction banking on wednesday 10am....any1 else invited?

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Congrats @ charlybobo. However, I would like to know if you've been invited for assessment centre before? In brief, is it an invitation for interview or AC? Were they specific?

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Originally Posted by Kunmi101

Hi peeps,

as promised i wld keep u guys updated. I got the e mail below today exactly after a month of passing my telephone interview:

Dear Candidate,

Thank you for your application to the Financial Markets International Graduate Programme, we are currently reviewing all applications and will be in contact next week to schedule interviews.

Regards,
Graduate Recruitment

I'm hoping they let me know my assessment centre date next week. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Goodluck to everyone.

Regards,

Kunmi

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@Kunmi, were you invited for the same interview? please, could you update us on this. thanks

@ igh thanks alot...am encouraged...any ideas on what the presentation topics are? @ flexcy...God go make ??? bigger @ profitable...its actually my first time and caller wasn't specific but i quizzed her abt it and she jus said to get prepared for presentation and an interview panel, guess these are activities that characterize AC.

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Originally Posted by Charlybobo

@ igh thanks alot...am encouraged...any ideas on what the presentation topics are? @ flexcy...God go make bigger @ profitable...its actually my first time and caller wasn't specific but i quizzed her abt it and she jus said to get prepared for presentation and an interview panel, guess these are activities that characterize AC.

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Not really. You may want to go through somebody01's posts on the previous pages or contact him/her directly. He did his AC about 3 weeks ago.

Hi peeps,

I was called 8am yesterday and invited for the financial markets interview @ 11am on Wednesday. I asked the lady who called and she confirmed that it was an assessment centre. Wish me luck.

Regards

Kunmi

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Originally Posted by Kunmi101

Hi peeps,

I was called 8am yesterday and invited for the financial markets interview @ 11am on Wednesday. I asked the lady who called and she confirmed that it was an assessment centre. Wish me luck.

Regards

Kunmi

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Things are really looking good. My predictions are almost coming to pass. Congrats on being invited, and don't forget to come share your full experience here for posterity.

Igh

Hey peeps,

I definitely wont forget to come back and share my experience. Also @ Charlybobo I spoke to one of their grads who got the job, she said we shld familiarise ourselves with the group report from last yr u can download that on their website . You will be asked specific questions on it and asked to make a presentation.

Goodluck.

Kunmi

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Originally Posted by Kunmi101

Hey peeps,

I definitely wont forget to come back and share my experience. Also @ Charlybobo I spoke to one of their grads who got the job, she said we shld familiarise ourselves with the group report from last yr u can download that on their website . You will be asked specific questions on it and asked to make a presentation.

Goodluck.

Kunmi

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was also called for the same assessment, gudluck to us all. hope to meet u there.

@ Cat96...Congrats...wat role ar you interviewing ????...time?...cheers

Thursday, 11am @ head office. Do u have a clue as to what the presentation questions wud b like?

Interview people,

Permit me to use this opportunity to wish all of you a very stimulating and successful interviews tomorrow at SCB, VI. Although experience has very well taught me that there is no one particular hard and rule for acing competitive job interviews, one of the keys to a decently successful interview is to relax, do your best but never act needy. For some strange reasons, which I still cannot fathom till date even after having gotten invites from some of the world’s best companies, neediness distances applicants from potential employers. This is one of reasons why you might have noticed that people getting top jobs are the people already working for decent companies. These people are anything but needy, and employers know this fact and respect this fact.

So, I urge you all to take a clue from such people, and use this clue to your advantage. This is not to say that you should demonstrate pride. No! Pride kills. Instead, it is for you to show your interviewers what you have got and force them to think that they are doing their company a huge disfavor if they by mistake do not employ you. This is my point.

We shall begin to hear positive news soon, and that will culminate this thread which I started more than 7 months ago. It has really been a long and circuitous wait, which some of you would rather term elliptical or sinusoidal or cosinusoidal or tangentnusoidal whilst some of you might call it open ended, or infinitum or boundlessness. At the end of the day sha, the time has finally come. It is before our very eyes.

I am deliriously jocund and gigantically fulfilled that, in one little way or the other, I am privileged to be associated with your breakthroughs which are about to be made and your testimonies which are about to be told. May Baba follow all of you there tomorrow and may we hear some nice news soon. I very much know that job search business is not a small business. Anybody who thinks otherwise should engage me in a debate and I will show the person many first class graduates, with overseas masters and professional qualifications, who are still roaming the streets of Lagos, London, New York and Paris.
There is no gainsaying the glaring fact that you guys, SCB hopefuls, have indeed gone afar.

I wish you all ALL DA BEST!

Sincerely,
Igh.

indeed i am forced to comment. IGHOEVE, ur word have some weight behind and will affect people positively. I am impressed, NICE LINES OF ADVICE.

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Originally Posted by ighoeve

Interview people,

Permit me to use this opportunity to wish all of you a very stimulating and successful interviews tomorrow at SCB, VI. Although experience has very well taught me that there is no one particular hard and rule for acing competitive job interviews, one of the keys to a decently successful interview is to relax, do your best but never act needy. For some strange reasons, which I still cannot fathom till date even after having gotten invites from some of the world’s best companies, neediness distances applicants from potential employers. This is one of reasons why you might have noticed that people getting top jobs are the people already working for decent companies. These people are anything but needy, and employers know this fact and respect this fact.

So, I urge you all to take a clue from such people, and use this clue to your advantage. This is not to say that you should demonstrate pride. No! Pride kills. Instead, it is for you to show your interviewers what you have got and force them to think that they are doing their company a huge disfavor if they by mistake do not employ you. This is my point.

We shall begin to hear positive news soon, and that will culminate this thread which I started more than 7 months ago. It has really been a long and circuitous wait, which some of you would rather term elliptical or sinusoidal or cosinusoidal or tangentnusoidal whilst some of you might call it open ended, or infinitum or boundlessness. At the end of the day sha, the time has finally come. It is before our very eyes.

I am deliriously jocund and gigantically fulfilled that, in one little way or the other, I am privileged to be associated with your breakthroughs which are about to be made and your testimonies which are about to be told. May Baba follow all of you there tomorrow and may we hear some nice news soon. I very much know that job search business is not a small business. Anybody who thinks otherwise should engage me in a debate and I will show the person many first class graduates, with overseas masters and professional qualifications, who are still roaming the streets of Lagos, London, New York and Paris.
There is no gainsaying the glaring fact that you guys, SCB hopefuls, have indeed gone afar.

I wish you all ALL DA BEST!

Sincerely,
Igh.

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It is people like you that make me proud to be a Nigerian and make me believe that there are some people out there who are selfless and dedicated to helping others. I also would like to wish the candidates scheduled for tomorrow's assessment all the best and God speed. Be confident, not cocky. Show enthusiasm and avoid desperation. Remember, those behind the desk asking you questions are just like you. They have flaws too. It is now left for you to use those flaws to your advantage. Once again, all the best

Pa

@ighoeve ......you are doing a good job here....thumbs up

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Originally Posted by ochers

@ighoeve ......you are doing a good job here....thumbs up

indeed i am forced to comment. IGHOEVE, ur word have some weight behind and will affect people positively. I am impressed, NICE LINES OF ADVICE.


t is people like you that make me proud to be a Nigerian and make me believe that there are some people out there who are selfless and dedicated to helping others. I also would like to wish the candidates scheduled for tomorrow's assessment all the best and God speed. Be confident, not cocky. Show enthusiasm and avoid desperation. Remember, those behind the desk asking you questions are just like you. They have flaws too. It is now left for you to use those flaws to your advantage. Once again, all the best

Pa

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Thanks people.

@SCB hopefuls, as you might have guessed, we are anxiously waiting to read from you guys. In fact, we have been waiting since yesterday.

We expect to hear something soonest.

Igh

Hello Folks,

This is my first post on here, I discovered this blog about a week ago when I got an invite for TB AC.

I would not be disclosing the juiciest bits of the day simply because I feel its unhelpful to you. Going through the day, not fully knowing what to expect, having to respond to what is thrown at you would give you an exhilarating feeling when you're done. A feeling of I came, I saw , I conquered (or not) and it would be great for personal development as well. Who wants to get a job anyway and still harbour some doubt as to whether they fully deserve the job? whether they got it solely on their own merit? Right, enough of my life coaching session.

Structure of the day - 30mins - Read a brief (very brief) case study about the bank and make recommendations for service improvement.
45mins - Review half year statement of the Bank and answer 3 questions about the Bank's performance and future as well as implication for the Business you applied to.
20mins - Team meeting on the first activity.
30mins - 45mins - Presentation on the second activity, immediately followed by Q&A and for some, immediately followed by interview.

All you need to go through is composure and common sense, unfortunately for me, I dont think I showed enough of both. Fingers crossed.

Good luck.

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Originally Posted by jogon12

Hello Folks,

This is my first post on here, I discovered this blog about a week ago when I got an invite for TB AC.

I would not be disclosing the juiciest bits of the day simply because I feel its unhelpful to you. Going through the day, not fully knowing what to expect, having to respond to what is thrown at you would give you an exhilarating feeling when you're done. A feeling of I came, I saw , I conquered (or not) and it would be great for personal development as well. Who wants to get a job anyway and still harbour some doubt as to whether they fully deserve the job? whether they got it solely on their own merit? Right, enough of my life coaching session.

Structure of the day - 30mins - Read a brief (very brief) case study about the bank and make recommendations for service improvement.
45mins - Review half year statement of the Bank and answer 3 questions about the Bank's performance and future as well as implication for the Business you applied to.
20mins - Team meeting on the first activity.
30mins - 45mins - Presentation on the second activity, immediately followed by Q&A and for some, immediately followed by interview.

All you need to go through is composure and common sense, unfortunately for me, I dont think I showed enough of both. Fingers crossed.

Good luck.

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Nice one.

Are you the judge? Let's wait and see.

Nonetheless, it is very healthy to critic your own work. It's fine.

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Originally Posted by jogon12

Hello Folks,

This is my first post on here, I discovered this blog about a week ago when I got an invite for TB AC.

I would not be disclosing the juiciest bits of the day simply because I feel its unhelpful to you. Going through the day, not fully knowing what to expect, having to respond to what is thrown at you would give you an exhilarating feeling when you're done. A feeling of I came, I saw , I conquered (or not) and it would be great for personal development as well. Who wants to get a job anyway and still harbour some doubt as to whether they fully deserve the job? whether they got it solely on their own merit? Right, enough of my life coaching session.

Structure of the day - 30mins - Read a brief (very brief) case study about the bank and make recommendations for service improvement.
45mins - Review half year statement of the Bank and answer 3 questions about the Bank's performance and future as well as implication for the Business you applied to.
20mins - Team meeting on the first activity.
30mins - 45mins - Presentation on the second activity, immediately followed by Q&A and for some, immediately followed by interview.

All you need to go through is composure and common sense, unfortunately for me, I dont think I showed enough of both. Fingers crossed.

Good luck.

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And as far as the highlighted is concerned, people will always be luckier than other better and more outstanding candidates during interviews and assessment centres. I have seen this, and I have experienced this. The fact that a person gets a job or gets an advantage over others, does not necessarily mean that person is more qualified or more exceptional than the others. There will always be an iota of doubt because of this.

I commend you though. At least nobody expected a newbie like you to come post your experience the way you did.

igh