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:
Group panel interview: 21%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Phone interview: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust in Apr 2021
Interview
1st round- Online test to check English skills
2nd round- We have to record videos answering basic questions
3rd round- Hr will call you if you pass the previous round and ask basic things and also some finance related questions
4th round- Technical round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Hedge fund
Mutual Funds and types of mutual fund
why are closed ended and open ended mutual funds called so?
money market instruments
Futures and forwards
3 golden rules of accounting
Journal entries of some scenarios they give you.
Call option and Put option
Forwards and Futures
about the company including the founder and the founding year.
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