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Choose Aegon

Here at Aegon, we know that people are living longer lives than ever before – and we believe in a career that supports you through yours.

While every career path at Aegon is unique, positive longevity is important to us, and we want to help you live your best life at work.

Here, you can find out more about Aegon and why you might consider joining us.

Our application process

We’re looking for ambitious problem-solvers that love life – and embrace all the opportunities that a longer one offers.

We have three behaviours that are central to how we operate as a team and a business: we step up, we tune in and we're a force for good.

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Hints and tips pre-interview

We want you to be your best when you meet us for an interview. It's a conversation where we aim to learn more about you, and we recognise that you'll also want to learn more about us. This way, we can explore our joint goals and see where we align.

Here are some hints and tips for the interview, some FAQs, and some sample questions that are typical of the type of questions you’ll be asked.

So, to help you begin:

  • Carry out research on Aegon UK
  • Understand our ‘best life behaviours’ which we need to demonstrate as part of our roles. They are fundamental to our organisational culture, the way we work and to our future success.
    • We tune in
    • We step up
    • We’re a force for good
  • Prepare some questions to ask and write these down pre-interview. Get questions ready to ask the interviewers about the role and the organisation.
  • Be ready to discuss your CV in detail, we’ll want to understand more about your experience.
  • If your interview is in one of our offices – plan your journey. Make sure you know the interview location and how to get there on time, considering any potential travel delays.
  • If your interview is virtual – find somewhere quiet where you won’t be interrupted and check your technology works in advance of the interview.

FAQs

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team, we’ll be in touch with you by phone or email to update you on the status of your application.

Dress appropriately, we operate a smart casual dress code which allows our colleagues to dress professional while still being comfortable and not overly formal.

Please reach out to your contact from the Talent Acquisition team who will be able to discuss and support you with your request.

We have free visitor parking available at our Edinburgh, Witham and Peterborough offices. There are no parking facilities available at our London Leadenhall office.

Please reach out to your contact from the Talent Acquisition team.

You can withdraw your application via the candidate portal.

All of our virtual interviews are conducted via Microsoft Teams.

The interview process can vary depending on the level and type of the vacancy we are hiring for. Our standard interview approach is competency based. We’ll let you know in advance if there are any specific assessments being used as part of the interview process.

Interview question examples

We want you to feel comfortable at interview and to be clear what we are looking for in an Aegon colleague. In the spirit of “no surprises” and to make you feel more confident and at home when we speak, the below is a selection of the type of questions you’ll be asked. You’ll see they are grouped around the inherent behaviours we all work to here at Aegon.

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  1. Tell me about a time when being curious in your role such as identifying a problem or driving a solution has led to a successful outcome.
  2. Give me an example of when you have strived to better understand the needs of those either internally or externally to your organisation and what the outcome was.
  3. Tell me about a time when you had difficulty implementing what you thought was a great or even brilliant, project/initiative? How did you identify the stakeholder you would need to connect with around this project/initiative?
  4. Tell me about a time when you feel you were able to exceed the customer’s expectations in some way?
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  1. Tell me how you strive to consistently achieve in your current or previous roles?
  2. Give me an example of how you have collaborated with colleagues. What role did you play?  What role did colleagues play? What was the outcome?
  3. Tell me about a time when you came across a problem or obstacle. How did you address it? What was the outcome?
  4. Give me an example of a difficult piece of work or project that you have worked on. How did you ensure you saw it through to completion? What was the outcome?
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  1. Give me an example that demonstrates your focus on continuous improvement.  What was the situation? What was the outcome?
  2. Tell me about a time when you have needed to ensure a focus on society and/or the environment when carrying out your job or a task. How did you go about it? What was the outcome?
  3. Tell me about a time when you haven’t necessarily agreed with a course of action and how you dealt with that.
  4. Give me an example of how you’ve actively sought out help and/or expertise to progress your development and/or something you were working on.

Equal opportunities

We're an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of their age, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Here, everyone is equal. We’re looking forward to seeing your application.

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