Role-specific questions
1. How do you verify the income of a self-employed applicant?
How to answer: Answer with a short framework (two or three steps), then back it with a specific example and the result.
2. When would you decline an application that meets policy?
How to answer: Structure your answer, give one specific example from your experience, and finish with the result.
3. How do you assess collateral?
How to answer: Answer with a short framework (two or three steps), then back it with a specific example and the result.
4. How do you handle pressure from sales to approve a loan?
How to answer: Answer with a short framework (two or three steps), then back it with a specific example and the result.
Common questions for Banking & Lending roles
How do you balance targets with risk?
What interviewers look for: Show you do not compromise policy and describe how you escalate and say no.
Describe a difficult customer case.
What interviewers look for: Explain empathy, rules you applied, escalation and the resolution.
What regulations affect your day-to-day work?
What interviewers look for: Name the relevant regulations and explain how they change what you do.
Prepare a STAR story bank
- Situation: one or two sentences of context.
- Task: what you were responsible for.
- Action: what you did, step by step.
- Result: the outcome with a number, plus what you learned.
The Interview page in the app saves your own answers for each question and has a practice timer.