Graduate Associate, Wholesale Banks at Financial Conduct Authority

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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?

Best

- Flexibility of the work.
- Work life balance.
- The ability to feed into live issues (Brexit, COVID-19 etc).

What is the annual salary for this role?

Starting salary: £33,000 - £35,000

Current salary: £35,000 - £37,000

What hours do you actually work, on average?

Start: 09:00

Finish: 17:30

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

Be yourself and be authentic, but also be conscious of the FCA's mission statement when writing your application. Be transparent about your educational journey/career until this moment and how this is a strength when considering yourself at the FCA.

Do you have any interview tips?

As well as the FCA's mission statement, be cognisant of some of the policy initiatives that have occurred recently, as well as some of the wider cross-organisational priorities that are published in the annual report.

Certainly, when addressing your interview questions, frame them using the STAR model. This will help you convey the appropriate depth of information whilst also being concise.