What actually happens in a 30 minute screening interview? With a bank’s internal recruiting team

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Had a screening call for a bank recently and I got asked “tell me about a time when…” questions which I thought were usually reserved for after the screening call. Didn’t prep for those types of questions so threw me for a loop. Is it normal to get asked those types of questions in a screening stage? And the recruiter was the one who reached out to me LinkedIn so I thought it’d be a bit more casual.

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