COMPANY PREPARATION GUIDEPreparing for a job at ING Group
Digital-first retail banking across Europe and Australia, alongside wholesale banking, defines ING Group, so preparation means weighing customers, risk and technology together.
What ING Group is known for
A pioneer of digital and direct banking, with strong franchises in the Benelux and digital retail banks in markets such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland and Australia.
A large wholesale banking division and sustained investment in technology, data and platform banking.
What tends to matter at ING Group
The capabilities that shape most roles here, and how to get ready for each.
Digital customer banking
Growing primary customer relationships depends on simple, reliable digital experiences.
How to prepare: Prepare examples of improving a customer journey using feedback and data.
Risk and conduct
As a large international bank, decisions sit within careful risk and compliance expectations.
How to prepare: Show how you weigh commercial goals against risk, and how you escalate concerns.
Technology and sustainable finance
Technology, data and AI investment sits beside a push into sustainable finance and ESG lending.
How to prepare: Build working knowledge of how data platforms or sustainability criteria shape banking decisions.
The MinTraq readiness lens for ING Group
MinTraq measures readiness in four areas. Here is how each one applies at ING Group.
Banking products, risk, finance or technology knowledge for your target area is the foundation across most roles.
Judgement often involves trade-offs between customer value, speed and risk across different national markets.
Investment in data and AI makes understanding responsible use, model limits and data quality especially relevant.
Same company, different preparation
Preparing for ING Group is not one thing. What you need to show depends on the role you want.
Technology and data engineering
Preparation centres on building and running reliable platforms, working in agile teams and handling data responsibly.
Prepare for this role →Wholesale banking and credit
The focus shifts to understanding corporate clients, credit analysis, sector knowledge and sustainable finance considerations.
Prepare for this role →How MinTraq builds your ING Group preparation
- 1Choose your target roleTell us the role you want at ING Group, and your current experience.
- 2Take a calibrated assessmentFunctional knowledge, situational judgement, leadership where relevant, and AI readiness, weighted for ING Group and that role.
- 3See your gap analysisA clear view of your strongest areas and the gaps that matter most, not a generic score.
- 4Close the gapsLearning pathways built from your own gaps, not a one-size-fits-all course list.
- 5Rehearse with MiraPractise interviews with Mira, our interview practice partner, prepared for ING Group and your role.
ING Group at a glance
Common questions about preparing for ING Group
How should I prepare for a role at ING?
Learn how digital and direct banking works across its markets, then prepare examples of customer focus, sound risk judgement and collaboration in agile teams.
How can MinTraq help me prepare for ING Group?
MinTraq builds a preparation journey around ING Group and the role you want. It measures your readiness, shows the gaps that matter most for that role, recommends learning for those gaps and lets you rehearse interviews with Mira, MinTraq's interview practice partner.
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