I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Standard Chartered Bank (London, England) in Jan 2019
Interview
Kept waiting for ages in the reception area surrounded by junk imported from the far east. Building has a provincial back office atmosphere and the scruffiest staff I have seen in any firm. Alot of the staff here have been fired from other banks or have backgrounds in retail so their poor reputation and track record of misconduct by senior compliance directors is not surprising.
Interview by 2 low level inexperienced managers with bumped-up corporate titles and very little industry knowledge. Was supposed to receive info on topics to be discussed in the interview but they forgot to send them so the interview was quite short.
Overall quite amateurish with no feedback, just an auto generated email 6 months later saying the role had been filled.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Standard Chartered Bank (Petaling Jaya) in Apr 2026
Interview
First interview was with Executive Director of Wealth Management
Second Interview was with Managing Director and Director of Wealth Management
the interview was don't through and through via zoom as the team interviewing is based in Singapore
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you see yourself fit in in the new role, how does your experience transfer, and how would you be able to contribute
20m hr interview.
Quick review current working conditions and salary expectations. Smooth and high efficient.
hr introduces the whole process in detail and overall no difficulty.
Suggestion: prepare well with your demand and seize the opportunity to ask internal structure.
Values based assessment which needed to be completed within 48 hours. This was then followed by three rounds interviews. Interactive and engaging interviews - felt I got to know them as people. HR was keeping me updated every step of the way and made the process smooth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Standard Chartered?
Talk me through your experience?
Director applicants have rated the interview process at Standard Chartered Bank with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Director roles take an average of 54 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Standard Chartered Bank overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Standard Chartered Bank as a Director according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Other: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
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