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AIB Graduate Aptitude Test?
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congrats, im nearly finished my p&i training in swords. not sure what business banking entails exactly, but i would imagine ye will need to pass accreditaion exams before you actually have the job. for us, accreditaion isnt too bad, but i would have preferred to know about it before i started... best of luck
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Got on offer for the ELS business banking up in swords does anybody know what exactly we will be required to know or do or will it all be on the job training ?
Congrats! I'm in Swords ELS too! The journey to Ballsbridge everyday would have been a nightmare! It was mentioned to me in the interview that there would be 2-3 days training but I haven't heard anything about it since. I got a possible start date of the 24th and for some reason I get the impression it'll be straight in there and on the job training.0 -
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Thanks for the reply Lakeman85!
Thats a little reassuring that it will most likely be a long version of the Morrisby, I can relax a little bit!:)
That part with the two letters to make up a work...I will draw a complete blank! I am also dreading the section where you answer true, false or cannot say. They really confuse me, I am probably over thinking them too much!
Was it the corporate banking grad programme you applied to?0 -
Thanks for the reply Lakeman85!
Thats a little reassuring that it will most likely be a long version of the Morrisby, I can relax a little bit!:)
That part with the two letters to make up a work...I will draw a complete blank! I am also dreading the section where you answer true, false or cannot say. They really confuse me, I am probably over thinking them too much!
Was it the corporate banking grad programme you applied to?
Ya it was the corporate programme I applied to. Ya I drew a complete blank at the words it was funny alright.
Not sure what other advice i can give ya. Its not really something you can study for. No point over thinking it either, wont help ya at all
Good luck with it anyways.0 -
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missmac1991 wrote: »congrats, im nearly finished my p&i training in swords. not sure what business banking entails exactly, but i would imagine ye will need to pass accreditaion exams before you actually have the job. for us, accreditaion isnt too bad, but i would have preferred to know about it before i started... best of luck
I'm starting in airside and am presuming that the dress code is fully formal? There's no uniforms or anything like that is there? I may need to go shopping! Thanks for any help!0 -
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I sat the grain/silo test today, so depressing, it took me about 5 mins to understand the example let alone the actual test. My recruiter told me it would be an extended version of Morrisby.
When she rang I told her and she was surprised that put up grain and silo. It was god awful. (Although I really suck at maths and numerical ability and all that jazz) Apparently grain and silo is supposed to be for analytic jobs but the job I applied for was admin based. :-/ 0 -
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I sat the grain/silo test today, so depressing, it took me about 5 mins to understand the example let alone the actual test. My recruiter told me it would be an extended version of Morrisby. When she rang I told her and she was surprised that put up grain and silo. It was god awful. (Although I really suck at maths and numerical ability and all that jazz) Apparently grain and silo is supposed to be for analytic jobs but the job I applied for was admin based. :-/
That's a bit unusual, normally for the teller, corporate, admin type roles they do the ordinary morrisby aptitude test testing logical, verbal as well as numeracy. Strange really they ask you to do the Silo test, its hard enough. Though I applied for the Analytic one I did the silo and it was virtually impossible, maybe they trying to whittle number of applicants by doing that test for others other than those going for the analytical grad programme.
Ya I was the same took me a bit of time to get what was expected from the example. Maths wouldn't always been good at it be good enough for the leaving and college ya but neither would numeracy be a strong point for me but tend to do reasonable enough in the ordinary aptitude tst in numeracy. Best one for me is usually logic ones, and verbal depends on the test.
@Gunn46 hope you hear back from them soon. If you don't hear back within a few weeks, ring them to see what the story is.0 -
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That's a bit unusual, normally for the teller, corporate, admin type roles they do the ordinary morrisby aptitude test testing logical, verbal as well as numeracy. Strange really they ask you to do the Silo test, its hard enough. Though I applied for the Analytic one I did the silo and it was virtually impossible, maybe they trying to whittle number of applicants by doing that test for others other than those going for the analytical grad programme.
Ya I was the same took me a bit of time to get what was expected from the example. Maths wouldn't always been good at it be good enough for the leaving and college ya but neither would numeracy be a strong point for me but tend to do reasonable enough in the ordinary aptitude tst in numeracy. Best one for me is usually logic ones, and verbal depends on the test.
@Gunn46 hope you hear back from them soon. If you don't hear back within a few weeks, ring them to see what the story is.
Yeah I was prepared for the normal Morrisby test and I usually do grand in them kind tests (verbal,mechanical,abstract reasoning etc). I was so upset coming out of the test because I panicked when I seen that it was silo and grain. I started it and ended up having to redo each section because I didn't read the q properly. I suck at maths and I did an Economics undergrad. I know that sounds ridiculous, but the maths I did I could practice or read a book. I'm really bad at numerical ability. I usually know what to do but I am just really slow. And the silo and grain test, it took me ages to actually understand what was going on atal. I got told I didn't make through to the interview stage. I knew straight away after the test. It was awful. I applied for admin roles so I could avoid that test. It was a waste of time going today. I was a bit annoyed at my recruiter but in fairness it was an admin role and they told her it was the Morrisby test, which it usually is so I guess its not her fault. Guess they are just raising the bar. :-/ 0 -
Yeah I was prepared for the normal Morrisby test and I usually do grand in them kind tests (verbal,mechanical,abstract reasoning etc). I was so upset coming out of the test because I panicked when I seen that it was silo and grain. I started it and ended up having to redo each section because I didn't read the q properly. I suck at maths and I did an Economics undergrad. I know that sounds ridiculous, but the maths I did I could practice or read a book. I'm really bad at numerical ability. I usually know what to do but I am just really slow. And the silo and grain test, it took me ages to actually understand what was going on atal. I got told I didn't make through to the interview stage. I knew straight away after the test. It was awful. I applied for admin roles so I could avoid that test. It was a waste of time going today. I was a bit annoyed at my recruiter but in fairness it was an admin role and they told her it was the Morrisby test, which it usually is so I guess its not her fault. Guess they are just raising the bar. :-/
Try not to worry you might have done better than you think but they might add you on the list for another role. That's unfortunate you didn't get to interview stage. You'd imagine your recruiter should have been more informed?
Did you finish most of the paper? Fact you've done economics to a high degree not just doing it as a module would stand to you compared to others that may have done very little business maths/statistics only did so as a module and nothing else unless they covered inventory management as well and are good at accounting would anyone have an idea of attempting the silo test. Ya the test is awful. I knew myself I made a bags of it when I came out but was still hopeful they interview me for a teller position but may not be on a list at all or way down the list if I even got on the list at all!
Though you don't necessary have to be brilliant with numbers if you any bit good at problem solving and statistics and business maths you'd do fine. Its unfortunate they asked you to do it. They might be raising the bar if there are a lot of applicants. I didn't even get the paper finished so know I am way down the list and say I probably didn't pass it when I haven't heard from them, I did the test over two months ago but surely thought I hear back even if it for a teller position instead of the analytical one.0 -
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