Credit Suisse Tests

Careers at Credit Suisse

Career paths are available for via internships, graduate programmes and regular vacancies. Careers at Credit Suisse are not limited to financial management: aside from the obvious roles in asset or wealth management, paths can be found in human resources, marketing and communications, research, technology and sustainability.

Thousands of candidates apply for roles at Credit Suisse; the company offers benefits like parental leave, childcare services, attractive work environments including staff restaurants, employee discounts and flexible jobs with competitive salaries.

There are different requirements in the application process depending on the role applied for, but the basic steps are the same throughout the teams.

The broad outline of the Credit Suisse application process begins with an online application, which will lead to some online aptitude tests.

If you are successful and meet the criteria, the next step is a telephone or a video interview, then an assessment centre, where a group exercise and face-to-face interviews will be the end of the process.

Online application

All available roles are advertised on the Credit Suisse careers website, and to begin the process you need to find the role that matches your qualifications and experience – or as Credit Suisse puts it, ‘skill set and passion’.

The online application is based in the Careers Portal, where your candidate profile is held. As part of the online application, you will be asked to submit a CV and an optional cover letter. Education, experience and basic contact details need to be completed too.

In the online application, there are often short competency questions, depending on the role applied for.

This first step is very important, because if your application does not meet the basic criteria then you won’t be invited to the next stage. It is important to be honest, but make sure that you know what the recruiters are looking for.

Aptitude tests

The next stage in the Credit Suisse application is a selection of aptitude tests. These are delivered online (usually via a link in an email from the recruiter) and are published by Kenexa.

Credit Suisse numerical reasoning test

The Credit Suisse numerical reasoning test contains a number of questions based on extracting and evaluating data in tables and diagrams.

The numerical skills needed to successfully answer the questions in the assessment don’t need a degree in mathematics. They typically feature GCSE-level maths level knowledge on things like ratios and percentages.

The difficulty in completing numerical reasoning tests comes from the time given to answer. Better results in a numerical reasoning test come from practice, which can make all the difference in your results.

Credit Suisse verbal reasoning test

The Credit Suisse verbal reasoning test asks questions based on a passage of text. To answer, you will need to evaluate the text and extract information to decide whether the statement at the end is true, false or cannot be answered.

The statements themselves do not need any previous knowledge. In fact, to answer them correctly you need to take the information given as true. Again, the difficulty comes from the time limits imposed through the assessment.

Getting used to reading quickly and extracting the information needed to answer the question takes practice.