I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Bengaluru) in Dec 2018
Interview
Interview was pretty nice,
Only 3 rounds were there for freshers[Aptitude + GD(pick desired topic) + Technical interview (Team leader)].
In GD they will give you one minute to talk about your desired topic,
In Technical interview,
Team leaders will take your interview ,
They were very friendly ,
Asked some questions related to Financial services and
Basics of accounts ,
Basics of Financial markets.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is bond?
Tall me about Mutual fund,
What is derivatives?
Etc....
Team lead and Manager will do the interview for around 30 mins. Mostly about your past experiences and skills that you can contribute to the team. There will be technical and situational questions.
Fast and straight forward
Simple
No waste of time
4 senior staff to meet with
2 rounds interview
Simple people
1 interview online
The 2nd one of the interviews was face to face
Phone interview ( which is fairly easy) then In-person interview - some questions about background. Mostly behavioral stuff. It doesn't take long to get an answer. The interviewees were polite and friendly
Fund Accountant applicants have rated the interview process at Northern Trust with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 70% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Fund Accountant roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 20 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 Fund Accountant according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Group panel interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Skills test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
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