Bank of Ireland Graduate Programme

billwonga

congrats mate!! which division do you get in?

Underground

Business banking, not the area I applied to but chuffed nonetheless.

finguy

congratulations underground. where the other applicants for similar groups? or some for corporate and treasury etc?

Underground

I found that most people I talked to had applied to finance or retail banking. Has anyone else done the assessment centre yet?

finguy

I'm still waiting on a PFO/hoping they are doing separate assessment centres for different groups on a different date.

Underground

finguy wrote: »

I'm still waiting on a PFO/hoping they are doing separate assessment centres for different groups on a different date.

They said they're running those assessment centres till mid December, which I found quite surprising as I thought they ended around the end of this month, so it could be a case of playing a waiting game for a while.

cribbit

Congrats underground - chuffed for you!

pancake55

Had an assessment centre last week, there are three components to it: a competency interview, a group discussion and then an individual presentation, the latter two are based on fictional companies. I found it quite tough! They told us that they'd be getting back to people 'this side of Christmas'. The majority of people at mine were corporate and treasury, but my first preference was HR. Congrats underground and good luck to anyone still in the running :-)

RoseDeBu

Congrats, Underground!

Here's hoping that not having heard anything at all needn't be a bad sign. I applied literally half an hour before the application deadline & did the video interview on the last day possible, so maybe they haven't even looked at it... hate the waiting!

Congrats to everyone who made it & best of luck to everyone who's got an invite!

freeze4real

Just got an email now for Friday. Applied for credit risk and corporate treasury.

Xsxo

Has anyone heard back for the UK? Or is it just Ireland atm?

RoseDeBu

Congrats, freeze4real & best of luck!

Has anyone here applied for Governance Risk Division?

cribbit

Same as freeze4real - just got the same email today. They are still conducting assessment centres and contacting candidates.

PearlUK

Got my acceptance email at 17.21 for the UK. Just gotta plan a trip to London now! Quite short notice!

lovelabel

Anyone interviewing for group manufacturing? Its my third prefernece and I dont even know what I really applied for

Mac87

Congrats to Underground and anyone else that got invited to the assessment centre.

RoversRudie

Got called for HR next Tuesday at about five today.

billwonga

PearlUK wrote: »

Got my acceptance email at 17.21 for the UK. Just gotta plan a trip to London now! Quite short notice!

hi when will be your assessment?

Xsxo

RoversRudie wrote: »

Got called for HR next Tuesday at about five today.

Hi is this for uk?

jack747

Just wondering for anyone that got called to the assessment center does it state in the email what the position is for i.e in Retail Banking or group manufacturing . Mine doesn't seem to say what area its for and I'm just wondering should it or do you presume its for what you put down in the application

PearlUK

billwonga wrote: »

hi when will be your assessment?

2nd December in London. I believe it's the only UK assessment day, they seemed to have more events in Ireland.

Unlike RoversRudie though, in my invitation email they didn't specify which one I was being put forward for. It was just a general "Bank of Ireland Graduate Programme"

PearlUK

jack747 wrote: »

Just wondering for anyone that got called to the assessment center does it state in the email what the position is for i.e in Retail Banking or group manufacturing . Mine doesn't seem to say what area its for and I'm just wondering should it or do you presume its for what you put down in the application

I don't think it's the case of just being put forward for your preference, somebody else earlier in the thread passed the assessment centre and said the position wasn't the one he had applied for. So I think they will assess us and place us where they think we fit best. I certaintly wouldn't want to pigeon hole myself at this stage.

RoversRudie

Xsxo wrote: »

Hi is this for uk?

No Dublin.

sibby

Underground and pancake55 what was involved in the competency interview part of the day?

Xsxo

Also, does anyone know what was involved in the presentation part of the day? / duration etc?

Much appreciated

pancake55

jack747 wrote: »

Just wondering for anyone that got called to the assessment center does it state in the email what the position is for i.e in Retail Banking or group manufacturing . Mine doesn't seem to say what area its for and I'm just wondering should it or do you presume its for what you put down in the application

No it's not specified when you get called to the assessment centre which stream they're considering you for, I was even told in my interview that I was still being considered for my second choice and to use the interview to that effect.

I saw a few pages back that someone got offered a job in an area they hadn't even applied for, so it seems they're quite open to where they could place you, it depends on how you perform in the assessment centre I guess.

pancake55

sibby wrote: »

Underground and pancake55 what was involved in the competency interview part of the day?

The competency interview is quite straightforward, just questions like 'tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult situation at work' etc.

As for the presentation, you get a certain amount of time to prepare it, then you are asked questions on it after.

Can't really reveal too much else as they specified not to discuss it so as to make it fair for everyone going in!

Xsxo

pancake55 wrote: »

The competency interview is quite straightforward, just questions like 'tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult situation at work' etc.

As for the presentation, you get a certain amount of time to prepare it, then you are asked questions on it after.

Can't really reveal too much else as they specified not to discuss it so as to make it fair for everyone going in!

Fair enough! Was there any technical questions or on the financial markets/ economy or anything as such. Just narrows down what to prepare for.

Thank you

pancake55

Xsxo wrote: »

Fair enough! Was there any technical questions or on the financial markets/ economy or anything as such. Just narrows down what to prepare for.

Thank you

Not in my interview, it focused more on past work experiences and situations but it may be because I don't have a financial background.

Xsxo

pancake55 wrote: »

Not in my interview, it focused more on past work experiences and situations but it may be because I don't have a financial background.

Does anyone that's done the AC know whether the interview is conducted by HR or someone in the business or a combination?

Thanks

RobbieHawkins

Two questions to anybody who did the assessment If anyone could help me out it would be great;

1. How long does it take? My presentation is on at half 8 Thursday morning and i'm wondering will I make it back to Galway for 6 as I'm working.

2. For the presentation is PowerPoint used as that's the only software I know.

Thanks

RobbieHawkins

Two questions to anybody who did the assessment If anyone could help me out it would be great;

1. How long does it take? My Assesment is on at half 8 Thursday morning and i'm wondering will I make it back to Galway for 6 as I'm working.

2. For the presentation is PowerPoint used as that's the only software I know.

Thanks

pancake55

RobbieHawkins wrote: »

Two questions to anybody who did the assessment If anyone could help me out it would be great;

1. How long does it take? My Assesment is on at half 8 Thursday morning and i'm wondering will I make it back to Galway for 6 as I'm working.

2. For the presentation is PowerPoint used as that's the only software I know.

Thanks

The assessment centre lasts around 3 hours at most.

They supply you with everything you need for the presentation, you don't use Powerpoint.

lovelabel

Does anyone have an assessment centre on the 2nd in Dublin ? I was told mine was this day but when I had to click the link to accept the only date I was given was the 1st

freeze4real

Can anyone shed light what the logical test is all about ?

TCD1415

Has anyone heard back for Corp and Treasury after the assessment centre?

Bert1992

Had my assessment last week and haven't heard anything back yet anyway

Noddyxo

Hey! I did my assessment centre on the 21st of Nov and received a phonecall today with an offer for business and consumer banking. Completely shocked but over the moon!! Anyone else hear anything?

RainCity

Is Corp and Treasury and Business and Consumer banking are the same thing?

Amirani

RainCity wrote: »

Is Corp and Treasury and Business and Consumer banking are the same thing?

Nope: http://www.bankofireland.com/fs/doc/wysiwyg/group-structure-08-04-2014.pdf

RainCity

Thanks Diego, so far only we know that they offered job in Business and Consumer banking.... No offers made for C&T yet ?

lovelabel

I had my assessment centre Tuesday morning and I got offered customer service and innovation today!! My third preference but we'll see how it goes

PadjoGoat93

Hi guys i got offered a place but i dont think i will have a 2:1 will they be strict and will i have to give up job ? Cheers

RobbieHawkins

Id guess they would be strict enough. How do you know at this stage you wont get a 2.1?What assesment centre were you in?

PadjoGoat93

I got offered job yesterday. was in the one on tues morning in dublin. i def wont have a 2:1 lets put it like that ! but i was offered a place and it says they re looking for people with 2:1.

starlit

I had a phone interview with them a few years ago and I only had a 2:2 and they interviewed me anyway but I think due to only being out of college and just finishing degree with little work experience they didn't continue with my application.

PadjoGoat93

ya ill just have to hope they keep me! contract is on way out in post so that should shed some light on it. Its just that i have been offered job but not sure if its only if i achieve min 2:1

RobbieHawkins

How many days after the assessment center are people getting offers?

PadjoGoat93

Mine was 3 days! sound like your sweating it robbie

RobbieHawkins

haha no just curious