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Twin paths
Identical twins and engineering grads Adam
and John Taranto work in tech support and direct-to-market sections of the Commonwealth Bank as part of the bank’s graduate program
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cool apps
John works in the IT delivery section of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA), developing applications that automate internal processes and
make the lives of others inside the bank easier. “It’s quite creative; we get the freedom to design cool apps and other solutions from scratch,” John
says. He recently helped build a program for upper management that gathers information from different teams and presents it in graph form.
“You work with emerging technologies,” John says. “There’s a lot of problem-solving and you get the chance to work on enterprise-level software.” Prior to working at CBA, both John and Adam applied for several work-placement internships while at university; they worked for gaming firm Aristocrat, and then applied for a CBA summer internship program, attracted by the bank’s wide range of systems and technologies.
The selection process for the intern program was rigorous and after completing online applications, assessments and a digital interview, both were invited to group interviews on the same day.
“When I came in for the afternoon session, the staff were looking at me funny, saying, 'Why did you come back?' Then I realised they thought
I was Adam,” John recalls.
BOB BARKER