The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Chicago, IL) in Nov 2016
Interview
3 step process
Phone interview
In person
Meet with 6 executives for 30 minutes each. Asked about my resume, experiences and what separates me from other individuals. Have a sense of what your department does
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
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:
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 21%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 3%
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