FirstRand interview questions
Updated 29 Apr 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 17%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 15%RecruiterRecruiter
- 10%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 6%In personIn person
- 2%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
Interview search
66 interviews
FirstRand interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at FirstRand as 31.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Risk Analyst and Senior Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Applications Support Analyst and Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at FirstRand takes an average of 40 days when considering 16 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Senior Software Test Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 182 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at FirstRand according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Group panel interview: 23%
One on one interview: 15%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Skills test: 5%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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