Application process

We want you to show yourself at your best. Our application process lets you do that. We’re thorough, so there are a few stages involved. But they’re all designed to make sure that, from your first day on the job, you’re where you’re supposed to be.

Application process for all roles

Please be advised that you’ll only be able to work from the country where the role is based (i.e. your employing country). We're unable to support international remote working because of the complex rules and regulations associated with cross border working.

Take a good look through the opportunities available, and decide what’s right for you. If you’re not sure what you’re looking for, thinking about your career drivers can really help.

Once you’ve find the ideal job, click the apply button. This will take you to our Workday environment where you can upload your CV. If you have an account with us already then you can log in, but if you don’t you’ll need to create one.

After you’ve uploaded your CV we’ll ask you to fill out a few questions to make sure you meet our criteria. It’s simple and quick.

In some cases you’ll also answer a motivational questionnaire to explore the type of work you enjoy. This helps us make sure that job will be right for you, but there are no right answers, so it’s best to answer honestly.

Video assessment

For some jobs you’ll also complete a video interview by filming yourself answering questions. You can film yourself through your webcam, or by using a smartphone or tablet. We use a simple platform and we’ll guide you through the whole process, including giving you hints and tips on how to make a great video, and what to talk about in your answer.

Once you’ve passed any assessments at the last stage, we’ll look at your experience and your skills to see how well they match to the job. If we agree that you’re a good fit, we’ll invite you to an interview.

Every job at NatWest Group is assessed against the same personal qualities, chosen because we know we need them to succeed into the future.

We call them our Critical People Capabilities.

Improver Innovator: You bring and push forward new ideas, ways of working, and improvements for customers. You learn from experience, are digitally focused and make the most of technology.
Change Ready: You embrace change, and are comfortable working with ambiguity. You’re resilient, adaptable, curious, and open to learning. And you can work at pace when needed.
Critical Thinker: You understand the bigger picture, using information, data and insight to solve problems and make decisions. You have great attention to detail, and make the complex simple.
Connected: You’re a natural collaborator who works across boundaries and brings teams together, including from different parts of the business. You share knowledge, value difference, and promote fairness.
Trusted Advisor: You’re credible and knowledgeable in your field, keeping up to date and bringing in outside thinking. You create trusted relationships built on warmth, empathy and emotional intelligence.

Assessment centres

For certain jobs we’ll ask you to come to an assessment centre. It will include an interview, along other exercises that let you show how your practical skills and decision making, as well as how you work with others. An assessment centre is a really thorough way for us to make sure the job is right for you, and for you to decide the same.

We’ll let you know our decision as soon as possible after your interview.

If we make you an offer a recruiter will be in touch to talk you through everything you need to know. We’ll do some pre-employment checks on the information you’ve given us, like your address history. Once that’s all in order, we’ll bring you aboard and get you started.

Application process for Apprenticeships

Once you’ve found the ideal apprenticeship, click the apply button to go to our Workday environment. If you have an account with us already then you can log in, but if you don’t you’ll need to create one.

We’ll ask you to fill out a few questions to make sure you meet our criteria. It’s simple and quick.

You’ll also answer a motivational questionnaire to explore the type of work you enjoy, this helps us make sure that job will be right for you.

You'll then be invited to complete online tests, which should take around 20-30 minutes. These include a situational judgement test, where you’ll be given real life work situations to see if you share our values; as well as a numerical test which looks at your ability to think analytically, whilst using figures, data and statistics.

Video interview

Pass the online assessment, and it’s time for your video interview.

You’ll complete the interview by filming yourself answering questions. You can film yourself through your webcam, or by using a smartphone or tablet. We use a simple platform and we’ll guide you through the whole process, including giving you hints and tips on how to make a great video, and what to talk about in your answer.

Once you’ve passed the last stage, we’ll aim to book you in for an interview.

Every job at NatWest Group is assessed against the same personal qualities, chosen because we know we need them to succeed into the future.

We call them our Critical People Capabilities.

Improver Innovator: You bring and push forward new ideas, ways of working, and improvements for customers. You learn from experience, are digitally focused and make the most of technology.
Change Ready: You embrace change, and are comfortable working with ambiguity. You’re resilient, adaptable, curious, and open to learning. And you can work at pace when needed.
Critical Thinker: You understand the bigger picture, using information, data and insight to solve problems and make decisions. You have great attention to detail, and make the complex simple.
Connected: You’re a natural collaborator who works across boundaries and brings teams together, including from different parts of the business. You share knowledge, value difference, and promote fairness.
Trusted Advisor: You’re credible and knowledgeable in your field, keeping up to date and bringing in outside thinking. You create trusted relationships built on warmth, empathy and emotional intelligence.

We’ll let you know our decision as soon as possible after your interview.

Graduates & Interns

Application process

We recommend that you start your application on a laptop or desktop, as the online tests at the next stage won’t work on smart devices.

When you apply you’ll be taken to our Workday environment, and if you don’t already have one you’ll be asked to create an account.

The application form asks for some key information, such as your contact details and educational history.

You don’t need to add a CV for the majority of our programmes but if you’re applying for one of our NatWest Markets programmes, please include a CV and a covering letter as one document.

We’ll automatically invite you to complete a situational judgement test after you apply, which should take around 20-30 minutes. You’ll be given real life work situations to see if you share our values.

Score well on the situational judgement test and we’ll invite you to complete numerical and logical reasoning tests. These look at your reasoning skills when using figures, data and statistics and your ability to think conceptually and analytically.

Pass the numerical and logical reasoning tests, and it’s time for your video interview.

It’s not a live interview over Zoom or Skype; you’ll record timed answers to questions we give you, and then send them to us to watch. There’s a mix of motivational, competency, and scenario based questions, and it should take around 20-30 minutes to complete.

We’ll email you a link to the interview, and you can record your answers on mobile, tablet, or a desktop with webcam. We’ll send you help and advice to support you in setting everything up.

Impress us in the video interview, and we’ll consider you for one of our virtual assessment centres. Our graduate and intern assessment centres are a full day of activities. Depending on which assessment centre you attend, you could be asked to do a mix of the following:

Competency based interview
Group exercises
Individual tasks
Our NatWest Markets Quant roles also include coding and maths tests

The assessment centre will run virtually using digital platforms such as Zoom. The tasks have been designed to explore how you work on your own and collaboratively with others. This gives you lots of chances to show us what you can do, and gives us a rounded view of your skills, how you think and make decisions, and how you build relationships with colleagues.

You’ll hear the outcome of your assessment centre within one week. If you’re successful, a member of the Early Career team will contact you to take you through your offer for the internship or graduate programme.

Insight Weeks

Application process

We recommend that you start your application on a laptop or desktop, as the online tests at the next stage won’t work on smart devices.

Once you’ve found the ideal placement, click the apply button. If you have an account with us already then you can log in, but if you don’t you’ll need to create one.

We’ll ask you to fill out a few questions to make sure you meet our criteria.

You’ll then be invited to answer a situational judgement questionnaire to explore the type of work you enjoy. This helps us make sure that job will be right for you, but there are no right answers, so it’s best to answer honestly. Score well with the situational judgement and we’ll invite you to complete an online numerical and logical reasoning test.

Pass the online assessment, and it’s time for your video interview.

It’s not a live interview over Zoom or Skype; you’ll record answers to questions we give you, and send them to us to watch. There’s a mix of competency, situational and motivational based questions, and it should take around 20-30 minutes to complete.

We’ll email you a link to the video interview, and you can record your answers on mobile, tablet, or a desktop with webcam. We’ll send you help and advice to support you in setting everything up.

Once you’ve passed the video interview we’ll review your application as a whole, and contact successful candidates to offer a place on our Insight Week. If you attend our Insight Week you’ll also have the chance to be made an offer for the following years’ internship programme. We’ll invite you to an assessment centre to help us make that decision.

Our intern assessment centres are a full day of activities. Depending on which assessment centre you attend, you could be asked to do a mix of the following:

Competency based interview
Group exercises
Individual tasks
Our NatWest Markets Quant roles also include coding and maths tests

EU, EEA & Swiss nationals applying for UK-based roles

The deadline to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme has now passed, we can only sponsor you if the job is eligible under the UK Government's points based system. Please refer to the Gov.UK pages for more Home Office information and read the update to see what help is available (PDF 130KB).