I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Santander (Londres, Inglaterra) in Jan 2017
Interview
First there was a unplanned but pretty informal phone interview process, mostly just check my suitability, asking about customer service & what I knew about Santander (which threw me off as it was unplanned). It was fine and I got through to the face to face interview stage in branch.
Next, 30 minute test - accuracy and maths test. Accuracy test was easy just like online, and the maths test was pretty basic (and I'm not that great at maths so ..). Lots of percentage questions, some fractions, decimals etc - I'd advise practising on Khan academy or something though you do get a calculator
Then competency questions and "tell me a time when ...". These questions were ok, just prepare some scenarios from your previous experience like, when you had to work with someone you didnt get like etc
Pretty standard straightforward process, the staff were lovely too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you have had to work with someone you didn't get along with them
Tell me a time when you confessed something to a manager even though the consequences may have been negative (didn't understand this question at first but its essentially asking when have you told your manager something about other colleagues you've witnessed and told your manager even though your colleagues or you may have got into trouble)
Write 814,094 in words
15% of £15.50
2/3 of 18000
etc
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Santander (Leeds, England) in Feb 2017
Interview
The interview process began with an invitation to pertake in an online test which is a combination of scenario and mathematics. I would say it involves mostly problem solving and the use of percentages so you can try familiarise yourself with that via online tutorials.
It took over a month before I actually got called by the agent regarding the role, which was rather surprising. A date was set for a telephone interview and this was mostly competency based questions which involved more scenario settings. So they ask of your experience in dealing with difficult situations. There's a STAR method that's highly recommended for answering these questions so you might want to familiarise yourself with that.
I was emailed that a schedule face to face with the branch director was going to take place in a week I think. Dress corporately, revise a lot of the percentage mathematics, fractions, how to cross multiply and also quickly matching digits accurately. Once I got there, I was set up to a test immediately and after that I was invited for a competency interview.
Also they will ask for your proof of identity and address so your tax letter, card, passport and all that type of documentation.
So far, those are the process and I was told they would get back to me soon.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a time you went out of your way to exceed customer expectation
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Santander (Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber, England) in Apr 2013
Interview
Application, phone interview and then face to face interview (quick process as it started out as abbey national and we were the first intake of the "banking centre" so just fone interview the face to face. Pretty easy but know it's so different now