I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at State Street (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2014
Interview
It was two rounds, first with HR and then with the manager and another employee. Took about 1 hour in total, spend some time waiting between the rounds. HR questions were pretty basic. The company culture seemed to be semi-formal to casual, not too intense.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked questions such as describing a situation you solved conflicts in a team, talk about your hobbies, etc.
The interview process was fairly smooth. not many technical questions, mostly behavioral. overall the interview process wasn't too bad and difficult as i expected it was going to be. There was no technical hard questions only behavioral questions.
Straight forward 2 round interviews. Usual HR screening and Skills interview. Passed it fairly easily. Recommend doing some skills interview practice. Give as much as practical experience examples with Star approach.
The first stage is a phone interview with HR in English.
Next, a meeting with managers is scheduled. The meeting takes place online, and typical investment banking questions are asked like what is fund, forex ...
Fund Accountant applicants have rated the interview process at State Street with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Fund Accountant roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 108 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at State Street overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at State Street as a Fund Accountant according to 108 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 0%
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