I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2013
Interview
Received a call from HR and interviewed the following week. Interview consisted of 3 1:1 interviews. It was mostly conversational with few questions. Interviewers explained the position very well and went through my resume asking questions about work experience and education. It was relatively quick a painless. No difficult questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If someone is falling behind in your group with their work what would you do?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Dec 2021
Interview
After a few rounds, the first two are get-to-know-you phone calls. Third was easy technicals asking about calculating stock splits and Corporate actions. There are other questions asking about different financial instruments like derivatives, equities, bonds, etc.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Tempe, AZ) in Jul 2021
Interview
1. Got touched by HR
2. Arranged an interview with 4 managers and asking about some personal stuff such as what is your goal, how to achieve them, what you will do if you get hired. Technique questions are like what is a benchmark, what is accrued method, and capital market
3. Get a call from HR and ask me whether to accept the offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is your goal, how to achieve them.
what you will do if you get hired.
what is a benchmark
what is accrued method, and capital market
will yo willing to work overtime
mainly asked about your previous working experences
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Dec 2016
Interview
Applied online, the next week got a phone interview for about 15 mins, and then scheduled in person interview the next week. The in-person interview was 5- 30mins interviews which consisted of 2 vice presidents, managers, or team leads in each. A lot of behavioral questions was what I was asked, my work experience, etc. It took about 3 weeks after the interview to get a call back from HR with an offer.
Associate Fund Accountant 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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Fund Accountant roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 9 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 Associate Fund Accountant according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 32%
Background check: 16%
Personality test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Phone interview: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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