Understand NAB’s early-career assessments and prepare for the business stream you choose.
By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated September 14, 2026How we research
Practice the published reasoning categories. A personality assessment needs honest responses; it should not be approached as a puzzle with a preferred persona.
Category practice
NAB lists these categories for summer interns. Independent numerical and verbal exercises can build familiarity. Inductive practice is an optional example of logical reasoning; NAB does not identify that subtype. These links do not establish SHL as the provider or reproduce NAB’s interface.
Source: NAB summer internship application process
Explore Verbal, numerical, and logical reasoningYour selected business area should shape your preparation. Use examples that explain why you want to work in that stream and how you solve the kinds of problems it handles.
Keep the graduate and summer-intern calendars separate. An experienced applicant should start with the vacancy instructions rather than assuming the campus sequence applies.
Graduates enter a business stream, complete rotations, and receive support toward a permanent opportunity after successful program completion. The published eligibility requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency; temporary visas are excluded.
Source: NAB graduate opportunities
The summer route is for penultimate-year students. The published structure is eight paid working weeks with a separate two-week unpaid festive break. An early graduate offer is possible, not guaranteed.
Source: NAB Summer Internship Program
NAB’s general process allows a phone conversation, formal interviews or an assessment centre, and possible cognitive, psychometric, or competency tests. The sequence and checks vary with the position.
Source: NAB: Applying for a job
NAB’s graduate guidance names personality, verbal, numerical, and logical reasoning.
Successful graduate assessment candidates record video answers. The final Engagement Centre uses interactive activities and is organized by business area, either online or in person.
Source: NAB graduate application process
The internship page specifies face-to-face centres except for Business Banking, Personal Banking, and Digital, Data & AI, which run virtually. Follow the invitation for the venue and connection instructions.
NAB says the transcript checks discipline or major rather than GPA/WAM. The selected business area cannot be changed after submission.
The reviewed pages do not name a test supplier or establish proprietary game titles, common durations, a retake rule, or a uniform score threshold. Check the actual invitation.
This stream emphasizes customer understanding, curiosity, collaboration, and learning across digital, design, data, and AI work. It describes role opportunities, not a mandatory technical test.
NAB encourages examples from school, employment, and life, linked to the role.
Source: NAB graduate application process
NAB’s stream pages describe different work and candidate attributes.
Source: NAB Corporate and Institutional Banking graduate careers
NAB’s published graduate page has conflicting availability text, so treat its future calendar as planning information. Use the live vacancy for application status.
| Cycle | Application dates | Likely assessment window | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published 2028 graduate planning calendar | Applications listed for February–March 2027 | Testing April 2027; centres/offers May 2027 | Official source The table lists a February 2028 start, while the same page says applications are open. Those statements conflict as of this review; no current-open claim is made here. Source: NAB graduate opportunities |
| 2026 summer internship campaign | Applications closed August 9, 2026; testing closed August 12 | Engagement Centres: September 14–October 2, 2026 | Official source The application and testing cutoffs were 11:59 p.m. AEST. Offers are listed for early October; the internship runs November 23, 2026–January 29, 2027, with the separate festive break. Source: NAB Summer Internship Program |
These are role-informed practice suggestions. They do not predict the content of a live assessment or Engagement Centre.
Choose two projects or experiences that explain your interest and transferable skills. Keep the customer or business problem visible, state your contribution, and explain what changed. Avoid a motivation answer that could be used for any bank.
For Digital, Data & AI, rehearse translating a customer problem into a design or analytical decision. Explain which evidence you used, which alternatives you rejected, and how you evaluated the outcome. NAB’s stream page emphasizes curiosity and cross-functional work; it does not promise a coding test.
For a risk-related application, explain a problem using the risk event, customer impact, control, and remaining uncertainty. Practice making a recommendation without pretending the evidence is complete. This fits the analysis and communication work described for the Risk stream.
Record a practice response about a challenge or collaboration example. Remove background that does not help explain the decision. Listen for vague collective language and make clear which actions were yours, while still crediting the team.
The cited official early-career sources do not name one. They do name the assessment categories, which are a better starting point for practice.
Both routes publish personality, verbal, numerical, and logical reasoning, then recorded video and an Engagement Centre. Their calendars and centre arrangements differ.
The published process says the academic transcript verifies discipline or major and that GPA/WAM is not considered.
It depends on the business area and program. Follow the specific invitation rather than assuming a uniform format.
Use the general recruitment page and vacancy instructions. Experienced hiring can include different interviews, tests, and checks.
The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.
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Understand NAB’s early-career assessments and prepare for the business stream you choose.
By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated September 14, 2026How we research
Practice the published reasoning categories. A personality assessment needs honest responses; it should not be approached as a puzzle with a preferred persona.
Category practice
NAB lists these categories for summer interns. Independent numerical and verbal exercises can build familiarity. Inductive practice is an optional example of logical reasoning; NAB does not identify that subtype. These links do not establish SHL as the provider or reproduce NAB’s interface.
Source: NAB summer internship application process
Explore Verbal, numerical, and logical reasoningYour selected business area should shape your preparation. Use examples that explain why you want to work in that stream and how you solve the kinds of problems it handles.
Keep the graduate and summer-intern calendars separate. An experienced applicant should start with the vacancy instructions rather than assuming the campus sequence applies.
Graduates enter a business stream, complete rotations, and receive support toward a permanent opportunity after successful program completion. The published eligibility requires Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency; temporary visas are excluded.
Source: NAB graduate opportunities
The summer route is for penultimate-year students. The published structure is eight paid working weeks with a separate two-week unpaid festive break. An early graduate offer is possible, not guaranteed.
Source: NAB Summer Internship Program
NAB’s general process allows a phone conversation, formal interviews or an assessment centre, and possible cognitive, psychometric, or competency tests. The sequence and checks vary with the position.
Source: NAB: Applying for a job
NAB’s graduate guidance names personality, verbal, numerical, and logical reasoning.
Successful graduate assessment candidates record video answers. The final Engagement Centre uses interactive activities and is organized by business area, either online or in person.
Source: NAB graduate application process
The internship page specifies face-to-face centres except for Business Banking, Personal Banking, and Digital, Data & AI, which run virtually. Follow the invitation for the venue and connection instructions.
NAB says the transcript checks discipline or major rather than GPA/WAM. The selected business area cannot be changed after submission.
The reviewed pages do not name a test supplier or establish proprietary game titles, common durations, a retake rule, or a uniform score threshold. Check the actual invitation.
This stream emphasizes customer understanding, curiosity, collaboration, and learning across digital, design, data, and AI work. It describes role opportunities, not a mandatory technical test.
NAB encourages examples from school, employment, and life, linked to the role.
Source: NAB graduate application process
NAB’s stream pages describe different work and candidate attributes.
Source: NAB Corporate and Institutional Banking graduate careers
NAB’s published graduate page has conflicting availability text, so treat its future calendar as planning information. Use the live vacancy for application status.
| Cycle | Application dates | Likely assessment window | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published 2028 graduate planning calendar | Applications listed for February–March 2027 | Testing April 2027; centres/offers May 2027 | Official source The table lists a February 2028 start, while the same page says applications are open. Those statements conflict as of this review; no current-open claim is made here. Source: NAB graduate opportunities |
| 2026 summer internship campaign | Applications closed August 9, 2026; testing closed August 12 | Engagement Centres: September 14–October 2, 2026 | Official source The application and testing cutoffs were 11:59 p.m. AEST. Offers are listed for early October; the internship runs November 23, 2026–January 29, 2027, with the separate festive break. Source: NAB Summer Internship Program |
These are role-informed practice suggestions. They do not predict the content of a live assessment or Engagement Centre.
Choose two projects or experiences that explain your interest and transferable skills. Keep the customer or business problem visible, state your contribution, and explain what changed. Avoid a motivation answer that could be used for any bank.
For Digital, Data & AI, rehearse translating a customer problem into a design or analytical decision. Explain which evidence you used, which alternatives you rejected, and how you evaluated the outcome. NAB’s stream page emphasizes curiosity and cross-functional work; it does not promise a coding test.
For a risk-related application, explain a problem using the risk event, customer impact, control, and remaining uncertainty. Practice making a recommendation without pretending the evidence is complete. This fits the analysis and communication work described for the Risk stream.
Record a practice response about a challenge or collaboration example. Remove background that does not help explain the decision. Listen for vague collective language and make clear which actions were yours, while still crediting the team.
The cited official early-career sources do not name one. They do name the assessment categories, which are a better starting point for practice.
Both routes publish personality, verbal, numerical, and logical reasoning, then recorded video and an Engagement Centre. Their calendars and centre arrangements differ.
The published process says the academic transcript verifies discipline or major and that GPA/WAM is not considered.
It depends on the business area and program. Follow the specific invitation rather than assuming a uniform format.
Use the general recruitment page and vacancy instructions. Experienced hiring can include different interviews, tests, and checks.
The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
National Australia Bank · Accessed
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