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%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Phone interview: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 3%
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I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Bengaluru) in Sep 2009
Interview
Starts with a phone call : Purpose to check on communication skills and to fix up appointment for face to face interview at the Northerns office in Banglore.
A Group discussion to check on communication and assertion skills.
topic : effects of globalization
Group Discussion is followed by an Aptitude test with 3 sections ( mathematics , english , logic & Reasoning) very easy/ Basic level test : 60 questions Time given : 90 Minutes. no negative marking.
After the test was interview by the recruiting manager asked some basic questions after a rundown of CV.
Q 1: what are diff types of Options.
Q 2 : when will a person excercise Euro call Option.
Q3 : what is a Mutual fund.
Thats it . No chance to negotiate salary or anything.. you are called by HR to a room and given an offer letter. If you like it you can take it or leave it.
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