RBS Work Style and Personality Assessment

Question 1

When working on a long-term project at RBS, which approach best reflects effective work habits?

Accepted Answer

Breaking the project into milestones, setting interim deadlines, and reviewing progress regularly

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Working intensively at the end to meet the final deadline

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Delegating the entire project to junior team members

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Waiting for full information before beginning any aspect of the project

Question 2

Which statement best reflects a growth mindset in a banking environment like RBS?

Accepted Answer

Treating feedback from a failed client pitch as a learning opportunity to improve future presentations

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Avoiding new product areas where you lack experience to protect your performance metrics

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Believing your core strengths are fixed and cannot be significantly developed

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Prioritizing tasks where success is guaranteed to maintain a strong track record

Question 3

A colleague at RBS has a very different working style from you, which sometimes causes tension on shared tasks. What is the most constructive approach?

Accepted Answer

Initiate an open conversation about how you can both adapt your approaches to collaborate more effectively

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Avoid working with that colleague whenever possible

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Report the tension to your manager and ask to be reassigned

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Assume your working style is correct and that the colleague should change

Question 4

How do you typically respond when you are given more work than you can complete to a high standard by the deadline?

Accepted Answer

Raise the issue proactively with your manager, explain the capacity constraint, and collaboratively prioritize the most critical tasks

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Work extra hours without telling anyone to get everything done

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Complete all tasks but to a lower standard to meet the deadline

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Simply decline additional work without explanation

Question 5

Which of the following best describes how you prefer to receive feedback on your work?

Accepted Answer

Specific, honest feedback with examples and suggestions for improvement, even if it highlights weaknesses

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Only positive feedback to maintain motivation

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Vague general comments that do not focus on specific issues

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No feedback — you prefer to evaluate your own performance

Question 6

You are given the opportunity to take on a challenging new responsibility at RBS that is outside your current experience. What is your likely response?

Accepted Answer

Accept the challenge, ask for appropriate support and resources, and commit to developing the required skills

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Decline because you prefer to stay within your area of expertise

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Accept but secretly plan to delegate the most difficult parts to others

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Ask to observe someone else do it first for an extended period before committing