Westpac Assessment Tests

Careers at Westpac

On the Westpac careers page, the descriptions for different business areas are based on what you, as a potential employee, want to achieve. This includes:

• Help customers succeed

• Help businesses grow

• Help corporations and institutions thrive

• Help tech innovate

• Help protect and manage risk

• Help transform the business

• Help improve customer experiences

• Help guide the group

• Help support the helpers

Early career opportunities like graduate schemes and summer internships are one of the pathways into Westpac. There are also specific career paths for indigenous careers, a Veterans Initiative, and specific programs to help women get into tech and move from leadership roles in other industries, too.

The graduate program is open to those in their final year of study or who have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree fewer than two years ago. Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents are able to apply.

Rotational training and working starts in February, where ‘uncommon minds’ are offered a hands-on, permanent position geared towards accelerated personal and professional development.

The application process for a role at Westpac is designed to be challenging, so that only excellent candidates get shortlisted.

Although the process has many stages, the Westpac recruitment team maintains contact throughout. It is very straightforward and you will be told what to expect in each stage.

You can find the available roles on the Westpac careers site, which can be searched by job field, location, keyword, or role type. Each job role will have a detailed description in the position profile, which will contain all the information that you need to match your skills, experience, and career aspirations.

Westpac online application

The online application form is simple enough; it needs a recent to be uploaded as well as general contact details. There will also be some questions about your competencies and motivations.

Once you have completed the application form and sent it, you will receive a confirmation message while the team checks to see whether your skills and experience match the essential criteria of the role.

If they do, you will be invited to the next stage of the application process.

Westpac Aptitude Tests

Online tests are an unbiased way for the recruitment team to ensure that the candidates they take forward in the recruitment process have the required skills and competencies to be successful.

Some of the assessments are psychometric, looking at inherent competencies like logical reasoning, as well as verbal and numerical skills.

There is likely to be some assessment of the way you deal with problems and situations, as well as how your business behaviour matches with the company values and goals.

Westpac culture fit test

This assessment is not about right or wrong answers; instead, it is a series of scenario-based questions that are looking for the way you deal with problems at work, how you handle interpersonal issues, and what motivates you. These questions are designed to assess the way you will fit into the workplace environment.

Some questions in the assessment need to be answered on a sliding scale, as to how much they relate to you and your work personality.

Westpac verbal reasoning test

Verbal reasoning assessments are a test of how well you can quickly read, understand, and analyse information presented as text. In some tests, this is presented as a paragraph followed by a statement, and you must decide if the statement is true, false, or if you cannot say based on the information provided.

Depending on the role you have applied for, you might also be asked about finding the right meaning of words. You could be provided with two words with a similar meaning and need to find the right word that means the same out of a multiple-choice list.

Westpac numerical reasoning test

The numerical reasoning assessment is not a math test, but it is designed to assess your abilities to read, understand and manipulate data when it is given in tables and graphs.

There might be some simple mathematical equations involved, but this is usually with simple operations like addition, multiplication, subtraction and division.

Westpac abstract reasoning test

Abstract reasoning is usually one of the most unfamiliar pre-employment assessment types. Candidates are provided with a number of images, such as shapes, that are related to each other in a logical sequence.

To be successful in this, you need to find the pattern that governs the sequence and choose the image that is missing from the multiple-choice answers provided.

The ability to reach a logical conclusion from incomplete information is what is being assessed in an abstract reasoning test.

Westpac interviews

Candidates for most roles will be invited for at least one type of interview, whether that is a video interview, a phone interview or straight into a face-to-face interview.

Video interviews involve answering a series of pre-recorded questions, usually competency-based, looking for examples of your skills, experience and qualifications that match the essential knowledge for the role. These are more likely to be found in the graduate and intern application process.

For some roles, a phone interview can provide similar questions, and give you space to show your knowledge and ask your own questions.

Face-to-face interviews are still an important part of the application process, and they can sometimes be used as an initial interview, a second interview, or as part of an assessment centre.

Whatever form the interview takes, this is the time for you to shine, demonstrating your research and knowledge about the role, the business, and the wider financial industry. Using the information provided in the job profile, provide examples that demonstrate that you have the right skills and aptitudes that are needed.

Westpac Assessment Centre

If you are successful in your interview, you can expect to be invited to a half day assessment centre. This takes place in a Westpac office, and several candidates participate in a number of solo and group projects designed to test your interpersonal and business skills.

You will be under assessment throughout the whole day, and you can expect to take part in a group activity, a solo project, a presentation and an interview. You will also have the opportunity to speak to other employees, get questions answered and really showcase your personality and your ‘uncommon mind’ – the part that Westpac is really interested in.