"the bank reports, the internet passes, the written exam, nothing." the same sentiment was expressed by the same candidates who took the written examination this year。
In the near future, the written examination is being carried out with the completion of the online recruitment phase by commercial banks in the spring of 2023. The financial times reporter noted that in the past two weeks, several major state-owned businesses, such as workers, farmers, chinese and construction, and stock banks had completed their written examinations。
The banks, known as the “gold jobs”, have been the “good minds” of candidates. In recent years, against the background of the rising number of commercial bank candidates, and in order to identify the right talent, banks have been able to solve the problem of “scaling up” the written examinations and the candidates have been calling “suffering”。
What are the “big moves” made by banks in the light of the current written examination? What new changes have been made in the bank's recruitment and positions this year
"the bank is not a clerk, it's a special soldier."
"i'm looking for a clerk who doesn't know it's the special forces." zhang morning (alias) from a 211 college complained to the financial times journalist。
In general, bank recruitment includes various aspects of registration, qualification, written examination, interview, medical examination and recruitment. The period march to april of each year is an intensive period of study of the written examination by commercial banks. However, this is an area that has been discouraged by many candidates。
“the written examination shall be in english, language, mathematics, intelligence, intelligence, and now in response and memory.” at the end of the past weekend, the “heaviness” of the written examinations for trade unions, middle and construction had been launched, and many of the candidates, after taking the written examinations, had said that “it was too difficult to deal with a wide range of issues”。
In the state-owned sector, the agricultural bank took the lead in conducting the written examination from 13 to 15 april. After completing the written examination at the agricultural bank, the number of candidates for the “failed mind” examination was no longer small。
"this year's english story is really touching, as if it's sifting special forces." wang jie (alias) also told the financial times that “the english part of the exam requires candidates to complete 20 options and three reading understandings within 30 minutes”
"i can't do it, i can't do it." and some of the candidates are throwing up in social media。
The written examination by the bank of china requires candidates to complete 175 questions in 140 minutes, including english reading, language reading and digital finance。
In equity banks, the written tests of the merchant banks are called the “low-end best brain.” “one of these questions requires candidates to stare at four out of a dozen balls, and all the balls start to ‘scramble,’ in a matter of three seconds, all into small squares, and finally to find the four balls.” the examination's recollection of this year's written examination。
"it doesn't matter if the written exam is over, it's just a companion." after a written examination at a number of banks, zhang's mentality has been adjusted and preparations are continuing to meet the challenges of other banks ' written examinations。
The number of banks continues to grow
In terms of the size of the spring recruitments this year, there has been a significant increase in the demand for banking posts, compared to last year。
In the state-owned majors, in 2023, the bank of commerce and industry of china planned to recruit 1,009 people in the spring, an increase of 1,572 over the 852 last year; the bank of agriculture of china issued a spring job announcement showing a total of 1270 recruits this year, a significant increase from 746 in 2022。
The financial times reporter noted that while there had been an increase in bank recruitment, the level of competition for talent had not been reduced, and that the reality of the “minority of the monks” had forced banks to raise the recruitment threshold year by year。
“on the whole, most banks, with the exception of individual banks, do not actually have a very high degree of difficulty in writing, but the topic is particularly wide-ranging and topical, not only in terms of the breadth of the examination's knowledge, but also in terms of the speed with which it is done.” the relevant head of an examination training institution disclosed to the financial times journalist。
Taken together with the written test announcements issued by the banks, the content of the bank examination usually covers a number of subjects, including but not limited to comprehensive competency tests, english, vocational behaviour tests, vocational basics and occupational personality assessments. Among them, the comprehensive competency test not only examines the candidates ' expertise in economic finance, accounting, law, etc., but also covers a variety of life-related generalities。
In the view of industry, the “unusual” written questions of banks are not intended to be difficult but rather to make them more differentiated。
“bank recruits have long been not limited to economic finance-related professions, but are now required from a variety of professional backgrounds, particularly in recent years, when the demand for complex talent has increased significantly.” the chief researcher, tung hsi-chul, stated that banks are in great demand because of their knowledge of both technology and finance, their vision of an open and highly qualified workforce。
The bank's re-emergence of technocrats in "the war."
In the face of a wave of digitalization, banks have adopted the digital transformation as a “war of survival” for their own development。
The financial times reporter noted that, at present, the ratio of technologists to the total number of employees is one of the “hard indicators” of the development of a bank's financial science and technology。
According to the annual report, in 2022, agricultural banks, the bank of china and the bank of construction had achieved the “breakdown” of scientific and technological talent in three state-owned countries. In addition, the number of financial scientists and technicians in transport banks reached 5862 last year, an increase of 29. 15 per cent compared with the end of the previous year; the number of it staff in the bank's head office increased to 4294, with more than 6,300 persons in all branches, an increase of 19. 12 per cent over the previous year。
Even as the number of technologists continues to grow, the “hotness” of banks for technologists remains unchanged. During this spring's campaign, banks continued to step up the selection of financial and technological personnel. From the head office to the branch, it talent is the focus of “recruitment” by banks。
The bank of commerce and industry of china has created “technologies” for scientific and technological talent. The network of business and industry banking officials shows that “technologies” provide a pool of scientific and technological talent mainly in the areas of product development, user research, big data analysis, platform building, information security and management。
In the spring of 2023, 665 persons were recruited by the central office of the bank of china. Of these, 200 were recruited by ics, 250 by the software centre, and more than 60 per cent of all recruitments for science and technology-related posts。
In addition, the bank divided recruitment into three main areas, namely, the “chip” financial science and technology programme, the “shows” management training programme and the “new bamboo” programme. According to the bank's official statement, the “chip” financial technology talent programme has been placed in the forefront of recruitment this year。
At the same time, in order to identify qualified financial science and technology personnel, a number of banks make a separate distinction between candidates for financial science and technology posts during their written examinations。
For example, the bank for agriculture and the bank for construction have divided the written examination subjects into “comprehensive” and “computer/it” categories, and candidates are required to take the corresponding type of written examination according to the position chosen at the time of registration。
There are two categories of bb recruitment posts. According to the institute's network of recruitment officers, the written examination for category a positions lasts 120 minutes, while the total written examination for category b posts lasts 140 minutes, requiring an additional 20 minutes for the it profession。
