Deutsche Bank HireVue Interview Questions and How to Answer Them

Deutsche Bank’s pre-recorded video interview comes straight after its online tests, gives you two minutes to prepare and one take per answer, and asks above all why Deutsche Bank and why your division.

Practise a HireVue-style interview

Your first session is free with a free account. After that, Interview Access is £5 once for up to 20 sessions, with no subscription.

How the Deutsche Bank HireVue works

Where it sits

After the online assessments: a Situational Judgment Test, a Behavioral Questionnaire and an Ability Test. Reported as followed by live interviews and an assessment centre or final round.

Programmes

Student and graduate programmes. Reported for Spring Week, internship and analyst routes, mainly in the UK and APAC. Candidates in other regions report a live virtual meeting instead.

Length

Not published. Reported as 20 to 30 minutes.

Questions

Not published. Reported as three to eight.

Thinking time

Two minutes per question.

Answer time

Two minutes per question.

Retakes

None. You get one attempt at each answer.

Practice questions

Yes. You can test the platform and answer an example question first.

Deutsche Bank HireVue questions candidates report

18 questions from Deutsche Bank HireVue interviews. Prepare a story for each type rather than a script for each question.

Motivation and fit

Why did you choose Deutsche Bank?
What do you know about Deutsche Bank?
Why Deutsche Bank over a US competitor like Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan?
Why investment banking, or financial services, rather than any other sector?
What are you expecting to learn from this programme?
What were your expectations of the company?
How does your experience align with the position?
Why should we hire you?

Behavioural and situational

Your manager wants you to give a presentation, but you don’t feel prepared. What are the most and least effective responses?
Tell me about a time you had to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
Describe a situation where you had to deal with a difficult or tight deadline.
Describe a time you worked in a team where there was conflict or disagreement, and how you handled it.
Tell me about a time you had to deliver bad news to a stakeholder.
Tell me about a time you innovated or came up with a creative solution to a problem.

Markets and technical

What is a yield curve?
What is the most important metric on a company’s balance sheet?
How do you keep up to date with current financial trends?
Detail a relevant news article and give your view on it.

How to answer Deutsche Bank HireVue questions

Answer the two questions Deutsche Bank tells you it will ask

The bank’s own FAQ says to be ready to explain “why you’re right for Deutsche Bank and why Deutsche Bank is right for you”, how it differs from other banks, why your division suits you more than another, and why financial services rather than any other sector. Prepare each of those as a separate 90-second answer before you start.

Name the business, not the size

Deutsche Bank describes itself as a Global Hausbank built on four businesses: the Corporate Bank, the Private Bank, the Investment Bank and Asset Management. For “Why Deutsche Bank over Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan?”, pick the business you applied to and the specific work that drew you, such as the Investment Bank’s fixed income and currency business or the Corporate Bank’s transaction banking, and what you have done to learn about it.

Map your stories to the four culture principles

The bank’s culture rests on four principles: “Act responsibly to inspire trust”, “Think commercially for sustainable outcomes”, “Take initiative to create solutions” and “Work collaboratively for the greatest impact”. Match one story to each. The bad news, creative solution and team conflict questions fit the first, third and fourth almost exactly.

Take the responsible option in the presentation scenario

For the presentation you do not feel ready for, the strongest response owns the problem: tell your manager early, say what you need, and prepare. The weakest options either hide the gap or pass the work on. That is “Act responsibly to inspire trust” in practice.

Give a view on the markets questions

Define the yield curve in one line, say what its shape signals and give one current observation. For the news article, pick one markets story, explain the mechanism in two sentences and say what you think will happen. Thinking commercially means landing a view, not a summary.

Use your own words

Deutsche Bank strongly recommends that you do not use AI tools to answer, because it is looking for “authenticity in your responses and a clear demonstration of your interest in Deutsche Bank”. Prepare notes in your own words and speak from them.

Tips for recording your answers

Use the test and example question to check your camera, sound and framing before the real questions start.
You have one attempt per answer. If you stumble, pause, repeat the sentence and carry on.
Use the full two minutes of preparation. Note a headline, two supporting points and how you will finish.
Aim to finish with 15 to 20 seconds to spare so the timer never cuts off your conclusion.
Record on a stable connection. The platform records you directly, so there is nothing to upload.

Frequently asked questions

Does Deutsche Bank use HireVue?

Deutsche Bank sets a pre-recorded video interview after its online assessments, and candidates report it as HireVue. It is mainly reported in the UK and APAC; candidates elsewhere report a live virtual meeting.

How long do you get to answer Deutsche Bank video interview questions?

Two minutes to prepare and two minutes to record for each question, with one attempt.

How many questions are in the Deutsche Bank HireVue?

Deutsche Bank does not publish a number. Candidates report three to eight, taking 20 to 30 minutes in all.

Can you use AI in the Deutsche Bank video interview?

Deutsche Bank strongly recommends that you do not. It says it is looking for authenticity and a clear demonstration of your interest in the bank.

What happens after the Deutsche Bank video interview?

Candidates report live interviews next, ending in an assessment centre or final round. Deutsche Bank says the HR interview usually comes at the final stage, with competency-based questions based on its culture.

Practise for the Deutsche Bank HireVue

Our AI interview practice uses the same one-way format: five questions on screen, 60 seconds to prepare, then up to a minute to answer on camera. Choose the finance focus and the questions lean towards finance, with feedback on relevance, clarity and structure and on what finance assessors look for, such as commercial awareness and integrity. You also get a model answer to your weakest question.

The questions are ours, not Deutsche Bank’s. Start answering before the 60 seconds are up to match a shorter thinking time, and since practice lets you re-record, do one session in a single take.