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%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
Background check: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Other: 4%
Presentation: 3%
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I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Northern Trust (Makati City) in Apr 2014
Interview
There would be 2 interviews, 2 exams, and a simple activity.
1. Initial Interview - common interview questions are asked. Like stuffs about yourself, things you know about the company and the position you're applying for so you'd better be ready with your research here.
2. Group Activity - I was asked to pic a topic and write an essay about it. Then we read it out loud one by one.
3. Aptitude and Excel Exams - I accomplished this in a day. The aptitude test is easy but tricky and is time pressured, while the excel exam just comprises of some basic commands you can do on a spreadsheet.
4. Final Interview - This one is a bit challenging because you'll be interviewed by managers or heads about the technical stuffs that you know. They asked me to define around 20 finance and accounting terms.
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