Financial Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Northern Trust with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Analyst roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Northern Trust overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Northern Trust as a Financial Analyst according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 21%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 3%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Bengaluru) in Nov 2013
Interview
So it all started with a basic group discussion on general topics - Can pass this easily, they mainly look at you communication, fluency and confidence here.
Next comes the aptitude test - I personally felt the test was moderately difficult. You can crack this if you practice online aptitude tests and manage your time effectively. It includes 4 sections in it and should be answered with in 60 mins.
You may have HR round next - pretty simple, know about the company/industry and services we deal with.
Technical Round is next - You will have a round with the respective team leader/manager. be prepared for basic questions such as formulas,definitions and know how a stock market works (Questions would be based on your qualifications)
# Be Honest
# Its okay if you get nervous but show that you are strong enough to face it
# Be well versed with your resume, you might get few questions from your resume too. you should be able to justify things that you mention there.
# At the end make sure you ask them a question.
Depending on the process/team you may or may not have a phone call with a onshore member.
Hope this helps a little :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Stock Market
Financial Instruments
Most of the questions were based on the above topics and my resume.
It was good, and the interviewer was very friendly.
all went well. there were 3 rounds 1- introduction, 2- technical and 3- operations.
technical rounds includes tools and techniques and situations.
Interview process was quite lengthy from online assessment till HR round and HR made it comfortable. Technical interview included many questions involving accounts and finance fundamental concepts and HR round included basic tell me about yourself question, strengths and weaknesses and the questions kept on growing as per my answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself? Fundamental accounts and finance concepts.
first an aptitude based on personality which was fairly easy
test then a hr call asking basic finance questions
then an interview asking core finance topics
overall not a very difficult process