Deutsche Bank online assessment and interviews
Spring into Banking in the UK, plus graduate programmes and internships
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Programme and dates
- Spring into BankingOfficial:A four-day spring programme with investment bank and technology tracks that gives early access to the summer internship interview processSource: Employer page, spring programme page for the UK and Ireland
- Who can applyOfficial:First-years on three-year degrees, or second-years on four-year degreesSource: Employer page, spring programme page for the UK and Ireland
- Expected about 4 November 2026Status on Reported:Not open on 22 September 2026, and a tracker estimates an opening around 4 November 2026 from last cycle's datesSource: Trackr, spring week timeline for 2027
Dates move, so confirm them on the firm's own careers site before you apply
Every firm on the spring week mapWhat to do this week
- Go to practice for: Do one untimed judgement set and read every explanation
- Go to practice for: Practise timed pattern questions for 15 minutes
- Go to practice for: Record why this bank and why this division with 2 minutes to prepare and one take
- Go to practice for: Write a two-minute answer on why financial services for the phone interview
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Stages in order
- Application formOfficial:An online form and CV, and you may apply for one role in one country per hiring yearSources: Employer page, students and graduates, your applicationEmployer page, application FAQsPractise for Application form: Motivation answer
- Situational judgement testOfficial:An untimed online judgement test comes firstSources: Employer page, spring programme page for the UK and IrelandEmployer page, application FAQsPractise for Situational judgement test: SHL-style situational judgementCappfinity-style situational strengths
- Questionnaire and reasoning testOfficial:A behavioural questionnaire and a timed inductive reasoning test, with practice tests firstSources: Employer page, spring programme page for the UK and IrelandEmployer page, application FAQsEmployer page, students and graduates, your applicationPractise for Questionnaire and reasoning test: SHL-style interactive general ability (Verify Interactive G+ format)SHL-style inductive reasoning (classic Verify format)SHL-style personality questionnaire (forced-choice triplets)Cappfinity-style diagrammatic reasoningCappfinity-style critical reasoning
- Video interviewOfficial:Pre-recorded, with 2 minutes to prepare and 2 minutes to record each answer, and one attemptSource: Employer page, application FAQsPractise for Video interview: Recorded video interview
- Telephone interviewOfficial:The final selection step for the spring programmeSource: Employer page, spring programme page for the UK and Ireland
Online tests
- Official:The assessment site shows a tile for each task, and only the ability test is timedSource: Employer page, application FAQs
- Official:Each set of tests has to be finished within 96 hoursSource: Employer page, students and graduates, your application
- Official:Feedback reports follow each set of testsSource: Employer page, application FAQs
- Official:After a lost connection you return to the same point, but the timed test caps how many times you can leave itSource: Employer page, application FAQs
- Unverified:The bank doesn't name its test provider, and one prep site says the provider other sites name is unconfirmedSource: Game Assessment Prep, process summary
- Reported:A tracker and three prep sites name the same provider for the judgement and ability testsSources: Trackr, spring week and internship assessments explainedJobTestPrep, spring week preparationJobTestPrep, online assessment overviewAptitudePrep
- Unverified:Prep sites count 18 or 24 judgement scenarios, each asking for the most and least effective of three responsesSources: JobTestPrep, online assessment overviewAptitudePrep
- Unverified:One prep site says the ability tests are now interactive numerical, inductive and deductive tests, while the bank describes only an inductive oneSource: JobTestPrep, online assessment overview
- Unverified:One prep site describes last cycle's UK tests as untimed ranked scenarios, sliders, 6 numerical items, 16 text-based conclusions and 6 pattern itemsSource: AssessmentPass
Video interview
- Official:A test run and an example question come first, and you record in your own timeSource: Employer page, application FAQs
- Official:Questions focus on why this bank, why this division and why financial servicesSource: Employer page, application FAQs
- Unverified:Three to eight questions and 20 to 30 minutes in total, according to one prep siteSource: Game Assessment Prep, video interview overview
Telephone interview
- Unverified:One applicant described a mostly motivational 30-minute call on why this division and what you hope to learnSource: Glassdoor
- Official:For internships and graduate roles the last stage is an assessment centre with competency assessments, case studies and a technical interviewSource: Employer page, students and graduates, your application
- Official:After an assessment centre, outcomes come by phone within a week, with two weeks to acceptSource: Employer page, students and graduates, your application
Typical calendar
- Official:About six weeks from application to interview invitation, and an outcome within a week of interviewsSource: Employer page, application FAQs
- Reported:In mid-September 2026 a tracker listed 2027 summer internships as opening on 1 September and closing on 30 OctoberSource: Intervyo
- Reported:Firms often review applications as they arrive and can close before the advertised deadlineSource: Trackr, summer 2027 internship timeline
- Reported:Assessment centres for European summer internships run roughly from September to DecemberSource: eFinancialCareers and Imperial College London careers service
Practise this format
- Situational judgementRank or choose actions in workplace scenarios
- Inductive reasoningFind the rule in shape patterns and grids
- Numerical reasoningTables and charts against the clock
- Recorded video interview3 questions, 2 min prep / 2 min answer, one take each
- Final-round interview questionsCompetency, motivation and division questions
- Technical interviewAccounting, valuation and markets lessons
Sources
Details change between recruitment cycles, so your invite and the employer's own pages have the final word
- Official:
- The employer or organisation says it on its own website or in its own documents
- Reported:
- From surveys, news, candidate reports or prep sites, not the employer's own pages
- Unverified:
- Sources disagree or the evidence is thin, so treat it as a possibility
Employer pages
- Deutsche Bank: Spring programme page for the UK and Ireland, live September 2026
- Deutsche Bank: Students and graduates, your application, live September 2026
- Deutsche Bank: Application FAQs, live September 2026
Guides, trackers and prep sites
- Trackr: Spring week timeline for 2027, September 2026, opening dates estimated from earlier cycles
- Game Assessment Prep: Process summary, reviewed September 2026
- Trackr: Spring week and internship assessments explained, 2026
- JobTestPrep: Spring week preparation, 2026
- JobTestPrep: Online assessment overview, undated, seen September 2026
- AptitudePrep: Judgement test guide, 9 September 2026
- AssessmentPass: Online assessment walkthrough for UK roles, 2026 intake, 20 October 2025
- Game Assessment Prep: Video interview overview, August 2026
- Glassdoor: Spring week interview reviews, reviews up to 2026
- Intervyo: UK finance application tracker, snapshot from mid-September 2026, dates shown without years
- Trackr: Summer 2027 internship timeline, September 2026, opening months estimated from earlier cycles
- eFinancialCareers and Imperial College London careers service: Careers in banking and financial markets 2025 to 2026, PDF, September 2025