I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Nationwide Building Society (Glasgow, Scotland) in Sept 2015
Interview
sat in the large conference room like a parent teacher night, asked basic competency questions and what your personality is like. they will hire anyone and then get rid of people who they dont like personally
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Nationwide Building Society (Bournemouth, England) in Mar 2020
Interview
The interview was quite long and a lot of questions were asked. Few situational questions using STAR technique, There was an option to change one interview question to another one. I got the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a situation where you have had to deal with difficult situation.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Nationwide Building Society (Glasgow, Scotland) in Feb 2017
Interview
I applied for the role of a Mortgage Administrator through Office Angels Recruitment Agency. The process was very straight forward. Once I'd applied, about a week or so later a Recruitment Consultant from Office Angels arranged for an interview with them, just to go through my CV, tell me about the role and get copies of my passport etc. This was very informal. About a week later I had an interview at Nationwide. This was in a room with two people, one woman asking questions and the other writing notes. I found this more formal than I thought, because the Recruitment Consultant at Office Angels made out to me that it was quite informal. The girl interviewing said the interview should take around 40 minutes, and I swear I was finished by 10 minutes. I thought I'd blown it, however I was lucky enough to be successful, and the Recruitment Consultant at Nationwide phoned me the same day to say I have been offered the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Competency based.
1. Tell me about a time you resolved a problem
2. Tell us about the biggest change that you have had to deal with. How did you cope with it?
3. Tell me about a time when you showed integrity and professionalism?