Editorial illustration: Bank graduate programmes: prepare evidence beyond your degree

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Check the entry window

Read the required qualification, completion dates, experience limits and any academic conditions exactly as published. Do not assume every graduate programme uses the same age or graduation-year rule.

Prepare examples of careful work

Use a project where you checked a calculation, reconciled records or explained a decision. Describe how you found an error and what you changed. Avoid claiming responsibility for money or accounts you did not handle.

Practise the announced assessments

If the employer names tests or interviews, practise the relevant basic skills and follow its instructions. Do not pay someone to impersonate you or submit copied answers. Keep your own evidence ready for follow-up questions.

Understand rotations and the offer

Ask about locations, rotation length, supervision, pay and what happens after the programme. A development opportunity does not by itself guarantee a permanent role at a preferred branch.

General guidance. Confirm the employer’s current requirements and your own pay arrangements before making an application or accepting an offer. Report a correction