Prepare for early-careers assessments and identify programme-specific differences.
By the Game Assessment Prep research teamUpdated September 14, 2026How we research
The current first-stage guidance describes behavioural choices and reasoning tasks. Preparation should match those formats rather than assume that an older game list applies.
Similar format
Standard Chartered recommends SHL’s interactive general-ability practice. Our independent practice covers the same broad deductive, inductive and numerical categories; it does not reproduce the employer’s questions.
Source: Early careers FAQ
SHL Verify Interactive G+ practiceIf your Standard Chartered invitation names an SHL test, compare every SHL test, its format and time limit and practice that one.
Check the assessment name in your invitation before choosing practice. Current early-careers guidance differs from older pages still available online, and technology candidates may follow a programme-specific route.
Divide preparation between reasoning, explaining decisions and the technical skills required by your vacancy.
The application hub lists Skills Insight, technology-role coding, Workplace Scenarios, assessment centre and offer. It explicitly allows differences between programmes and markets.
Source: Our application process
The detailed coding page addresses India technology candidates who passed Skills Insight and describes assessment centre as the next final stage. This differs from the general route containing Workplace Scenarios.
Source: Coding Simulation
Experienced-hire guidance includes Valued Behaviours Assessment after screening, then interview and selection. This is distinct from early-careers recruitment.
Source: How to apply for a role
The FAQ identifies SHL. Allow about an hour overall: behavioural questions are untimed, typically 15–20 minutes; reasoning takes 36 minutes and must be completed in one sitting.
Source: Early careers FAQ
The FAQ describes two coding problems and a 45–85-minute duration depending on role. Data-science candidates also receive foundational multiple-choice questions.
Source: Early careers FAQ
Workplace Scenarios contains four scenarios. Allow 20 minutes, with one minute to prepare and two minutes to record each answer. Staff evaluate the responses; AI does not score them.
Source: Early careers FAQ
A still-live VBA page describes Pymetrics and an older sequence. It conflicts with the current early-careers hub; treat it as historical or route-specific guidance rather than a universal current requirement.
Source: Valued Behaviours Assessment
The current assessment page explains the change of task between its two elements.
Source: Skills Insight Assessment
This stage explores motivation and skills relevant to an early-careers position.
Source: Workplace Scenarios
Experienced candidates should prepare for the vacancy’s own assessment and interview instructions.
Source: How to apply for a role
Distinguish test duration from the deadline for submitting it.
| Cycle | Application dates | Likely assessment window | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skills Insight invitation | 14 days from the invitation email | Complete promptly within that window | Official source The page advises early completion and says next-step information generally arrives within a couple of days. Source: Skills Insight Assessment |
| Coding invitation | As specified in your email | Check the assigned test when logging in | Official source The India technology guidance directs candidates to the invitation for the deadline and provides a sample assessment for familiarisation. Source: Coding Simulation |
These are suggested preparation exercises, not reported questions.
From a financial table, explain both what the arithmetic shows and what decision it supports. Check units, denominators and periods first. Classify mistakes as reading, method or execution errors before practicing again.
Consider a customer deadline with incomplete information. Explain what you would verify, who needs to know and how you would communicate uncertainty. Establish the facts before committing to a decision.
For a role spanning markets, explain a project without local jargon. State the goal, constraints and your contribution. Describe how you checked understanding rather than assuming others shared your context.
Solve an unfamiliar coding problem, then test empty inputs, duplicates and unexpected sizes. Explain the trade-off between simplicity and speed. For data work, describe what the output can and cannot establish.
Record a decision made under uncertainty. Listen for a clear action, reason and outcome. Remove background that does not help someone assess your judgment, while preserving necessary context.
Older pages mention Pymetrics; the current early-careers hub names Skills Insight. Prepare for the assessment specified in your invitation.
The early-careers FAQ identifies SHL for Skills Insight. It does not establish a universal provider across the bank.
Not necessarily. The general route includes Workplace Scenarios; India coding guidance describes progression to assessment centre.
The FAQ permits one re-record for each answer; the second attempt must be submitted.
No. Experienced-hire guidance still includes VBA. The programme and hiring category matter.
The sources below support this guide. Claim labels distinguish official information, candidate reports, and research inferences.
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