Only one of Deutsche Bank's three online tests is timed, and that is where practice pays
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After an eligibility screen, Deutsche Bank sends most applicants a Situational Judgement Test, a Behavioural Questionnaire and an Ability Test, with 96 hours to complete each set. Only the Ability Test is timed. Then comes a one-way video interview with two minutes to prepare and two to record each answer, in a single attempt.
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Deutsche Bank says its online stage includes an Ability Test, the only timed part, and its UK insight programmes add inductive reasoning tests. Prep sites describe the ability test as numerical, inductive and deductive questions. Our reasoning test mixes those skills under a clock, so it is a close warm-up for the timed part.
The Situational Judgement Test and Behavioural Questionnaire are untimed and have no reasoning content, so our test does not prepare you for them. Deutsche Bank does not name the ability test provider on the pages we found, and our questions are not formatted like any particular vendor's.
It is a Reasoning-style test: 50 original questions in 45 minutes. Check the test name in your invitation email before you decide how to prepare.
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Practise for the timed Deutsche Bank Ability Test
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Deutsche Bank: the assessment at a glance
| Online tests | Situational Judgement Test, Behavioural Questionnaire and Ability Test |
| Timed | Only the Ability Test |
| Window | 96 hours to complete each set of tests |
| Video interview | One-way: two minutes to prepare, two minutes to record, one attempt per question |
| AI | Deutsche Bank strongly recommends not using AI tools to answer video questions |
| Insight programmes | Spring into Banking and GROW start with an SJT, then inductive reasoning tests |
| Final stage | An in-person assessment centre or Super Day, with content varying by role |
The Deutsche Bank stages, and who says so
Every stage is marked by its source. Stated means the employer says it on its own pages. Candidates report means we found it only in candidate accounts and prep guides.
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Application and eligibility screen
Stated by Deutsche Bank
A short application form and your CV, reviewed on a rolling basis - 02
Online tests
96 hours to complete each set; only the Ability Test has a time limitStated by Deutsche Bank
A Situational Judgement Test, a Behavioural Questionnaire and a timed Ability TestPrep sites describe the Ability Test as numerical, inductive and deductive questions. The bank does not list its content. - 03
Video interview
Two minutes to prepare and two minutes to record per questionStated by Deutsche Bank
Recorded one-way answers, or in some regions a live virtual meeting with the hiring divisionOne attempt per question. - 04
Assessment centre or Super Day
Stated by Deutsche Bank
Typically competency assessments, case studies and a technical interview, varying by role
Three tests, one clock
Deutsche Bank says only the Ability Test is timed. That tells you where to spend your preparation. The Situational Judgement Test and Behavioural Questionnaire ask how you would act and what you prefer, and you can take them at a steady pace. The Ability Test is the one where speed and accuracy both count.
Prep sites describe that timed test as a mix of numerical, inductive and deductive questions, and one names SHL Verify Interactive G+. The bank itself does not name a vendor in what we found, so take the provider as reported. The skills, though, are stable: reading data, spotting a rule in a pattern and following a chain of logic.
Using the 96 hours well
Ninety-six hours per set is four days. Deutsche Bank advises practising beforehand, and the window allows it. Spend the first two days on timed practice for the ability questions, and sit the untimed tests whenever you are calm. Then take the Ability Test when you are fresh, not at the end of a long day of lectures.
Before starting the timed part, check your connection, close other tabs and have scrap paper ready. If your device fails part-way, contact the recruiting team at once rather than hoping it will not matter. Our SHL tests explainer describes the interactive formats prep sites associate with this kind of test.
Situational judgement without overthinking
A situational judgement test describes a workplace situation and asks you to rate or choose responses. At a bank, good responses tend to protect clients and the firm, involve the right people early and keep commitments to colleagues. Extreme options, such as ignoring a problem or escalating everything straight to a senior manager, are rarely best.
One candidate in 2023 recalls around 20 questions with no time limit on the SJT, which matches the bank's statement that only the ability test is timed. Our situational judgement guide explains how to rank options and is worth a read before you sit it.
Two minutes to think, two minutes to talk, one go
Deutsche Bank's video interview is usually one-way. For each question you get two minutes to prepare and two minutes to record, with one attempt. That is more preparation time than many banks allow, so use it: jot three bullet points, choose your example, then speak to those bullets rather than reading a script.
The bank strongly recommends not using AI tools to answer the video questions. Build answers from your own experience and practise with a timer on your phone. In some regions the virtual stage is instead a live meeting with the hiring division, and your invitation will say which you have.
- First 30 seconds: decide your example
- Next 60 seconds: three bullet points
- Last 30 seconds: your opening sentence
- Recording: answer, evidence, close
Spring into Banking and GROW follow a different order
For the UK insight programmes Spring into Banking and GROW, Deutsche Bank describes an online application and an online situational judgement test first. Successful applicants then take inductive reasoning tests, a recorded video interview and a telephone interview. If you are a first or second year student, that is your route.
Inductive reasoning means finding the rule that links a series of shapes or patterns. It feels unfamiliar to most people at first and improves quickly with a few timed sets. Our abstract reasoning test is a free way to try the format.
Practise the skills Deutsche Bank asks for
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It takes 45 minutes and shows where you stand before you spend a single hour on revision. See what the Reasoning test covers. - 02
Read the stages that apply to you
The comparison guides below line Deutsche Bank up against other employers for each stage type, so you can see what is stated and what is only reported. - 03
Add timed mocks if you want a full course
The Reasoning Pass Pack adds timed mocks, topic drills, a score predictor and a study plan. It is £29 (US$39) for this exam, one payment and no subscription. Applying to several employers? The Employer Assessment Bootcamp opens every employer-style test for 60 days for £59 (US$79). Your free score comes first, so you can decide with a number in hand.
Tips for the Deutsche Bank assessment
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Save your energy for the timed test
Deutsche Bank says only the Ability Test is timed. - 02
Practise in the first half of the 96 hours
The bank advises practising beforehand, and the window gives you time to do it. - 03
Use all two minutes of preparation
Plan three bullet points before each video answer. You only get one attempt. - 04
Keep AI out of your video answers
Deutsche Bank strongly recommends not using AI tools for them. - 05
Learn the inductive format if you want an insight place
Spring into Banking and GROW add inductive reasoning tests after the SJT. - 06
Apply early
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
What candidates and prep sites report
These come from anonymous reviews, university careers pages and prep guides. They often disagree, and Deutsche Bank has not confirmed them. Read them as leads, not rules.
- Prep sites describe the Ability Test as numerical, inductive and deductive questions, and one names SHL Verify Interactive G+.
- A 2023 candidate review says the SJT had around 20 questions and no time limit.
- Some prep guides describe a HireVue platform for the recorded interview, which the bank does not name on the pages we found.
- Prep sites disagree on whether the SJT or a numerical test comes first, which suggests the order varies by division and year.
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Sources
Checked November 2026 through search summaries of Deutsche Bank careers pages; we did not read them in full. The bank does not name a test provider, the Ability Test content, question counts or a pass mark in what we found, so the SHL name, the question mix and the 2023 SJT account are reported and could not be verified.
Guides that cover Deutsche Bank
- Situational judgementSituational Judgement Tests at Employers: What Each Says
- Video interviewsRecorded Video Interviews at Employers: Formats and Rules
- Case studies and written tasksCase Studies and Written Tasks in Graduate Hiring Compared
- Assessment centresGraduate Assessment Centres Compared: Stated Formats
- Banking, insurance and investmentBank, Insurer and Asset Manager Graduate Assessments Compared
- How long each assessment takesHow Long Are Graduate Online Assessments? Stated Times Compared
Other employer assessments
- Standard Chartered assessmentA Skills Insight Assessment with a 36-minute timed section, a pre-set pass level and a personal report.
- UBS assessmentVerbal, numerical, inductive-logical and Culture Match, chosen by business area: 168 hours, no retakes.
- Citi assessmentEMEA programmes take a skills discovery survey, not a test; technology takes a coding assessment.
- Morgan Stanley assessmentCandidates report a chart-and-table numerical test; the firm says reasoning beats a perfect answer.
- J.P. Morgan assessmentRecorded HireVue or HackerRank first; prep sites add Pymetrics games the bank's pages never name.
- Goldman Sachs assessmentA 30-minute HireVue after selection, HackerRank for engineers, then two to five interviews.
- Assessment guidesCompare employers by test type, sector and topic
- All employer assessmentsEvery employer page, with what each says and what candidates report
LifeScore is not affiliated with Deutsche Bank. Their names and trademarks belong to their owners and appear here only to describe a hiring process. This page rests on what Deutsche Bank publishes and what candidates report, and Deutsche Bank has not reviewed or endorsed it. Our practice test uses original questions in a similar style and is not the Deutsche Bank test. LifeScore is not affiliated with SHL or any test publisher. SHL is a trademark of its owner. Our practice tests are original questions written in a similar style (tables of business data, and passages with True, False or Cannot say statements) and are not the real tests. Reviewed November 2026 by the LifeScore Editorial Team.