Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Northern Trust with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 19%
Group panel interview: 19%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 10%
Other: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
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The interview process was straightforward. It consisted of a recruiter call, followed by a final round comprising one behavioral and one technical round. The behavioral and the technical rounds were both 30 min long.
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They asked high-level technical questions regarding experience on resume and object-oriented programming
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2025
Interview
Two calls. One with recruiter and the second one with the leadership/managers of the team. Quick turnaround, Applied, interviews and got an offer within in month. Recruiter is quick and short, interview with manager was an hour long. Technical questions regarding ML and Gen AI, questions on my resume from current job and a coding question at the end/
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Question 1
Explain the design and implementation of this project in your resume.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2025
Interview
There was a single 1 hour interview with 2 engineering VPs. We discussed the designs of projects on my resume, and then I solved a single easy leetcode type problem.
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Question 1
Describe this project and what would you change about it