I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2011
Interview
HR called me and set up an interview the next week. I was suppose to meet up with three managers but they had an emergency at the department and I ended up meeting the Head department. The manager explained the position and asked me the usual questions (situational Q), I wasn't asked any technical Finance/Accounting Q's. I finished the interview in 30 minutes which I thought was too short but to be honest there was nothing more to say. I wasn't asked a lot of the silly questions where they tell you "tell us about a situation where you disagreed with a boss or when you used your creativity and the like!!"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
We interviewed 2 very qualified candidates for this position, why should we hire you over them?
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