I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at NatWest Group (Manchester, England) in May 2022
Interview
Job was posted via LinkedIn and applied through Natwest's website.
A month later I was sent a HackerRank link and told to complete the 10 questions within a week, given around an hour and a half to complete this.
A few days after the week was up I received an automated email saying my test scores were not high enough to pass to the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Python and SQL challenges via HackerRank
Including:
- How many edges does a fully connected (or complete) graph have? Multiple choice
- What is the fundamental difference between k-means clustering and KNN? Multiple choice
- Which command would be used to ensure any local tracked changes are also shared amongst remote repositories? Multiple choice
- Given 2 fair 6-sided dice and a fair coin, what is the probability of rolling a combined score of 7 with the dice and having the coin show heads after tossing? Multiple choice
- Given data matrix X of shape n x d and transformation matrix sigma of shape d x k, which matrix multiplications will produce a transformed data matrix Xdash of shape n x k? Multiple choice
- The sigmoid function is defined. What does its value tend to as its input x moves towards negative infinity? Multiple choice
- SQL challenge of 2 tables with example answer, typed answer in SQL language of choice required
- You are playing a card game with three cards. Both sides of one card are black, both sides of another are white, and the remaining card has one black side and one white side. You pick a card at random and see it has a black side face-up. What is the probability that the other side of the card is white? Multiple choice
- 'Descending Mount Trigonometry' question - code your own answer
Okay until last stage, where they ask bunch of corporate questions. The social skills, being a robot, and not smiling would help. Never again will apply. Hope you make such choice as well
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at NatWest Group (Chennai) in Jun 2025
Interview
Four rounds of technical round Initial HR screening Two rounds of technical round
One HR round Then offer if got selected
Got rejected in first technical round itself
Interview was very difficult for me
I had two meetings: one more about the company and the role itself, and one more technical, but mostly about my previous experiences. Mostly, they asked me about my soft skills, like how I handle conflicts or how much I'm motivated. There were some technical questions, but they referred to what I put in my resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your biggest challenge in your previous role?