I applied through university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at State Street (Sacramento, CA) in June 2008
Interview
I first applied through campus recruiting from my school, and then was selected for an on campus interview. The interview was about 45 minutes long, with the recruiter from HR, and was basically a run through my resume and then standard behavioral questions, finished with questions on my end. After that, I went to the office for my second round, which was another 45 minute interview with a member from HR and a current Fund Accountant, in which I was asked more behavioral questions and also questions about what I was looking for in the position, what kind of growth I was looking for, and what kind of corporate culture I liked. The third round was again at the office, and was two interviews, each with two managers or vice presidents of fund accounting. I was asked some basic knowledge questions about fund accounting, but on the whole it was also a 'fit' interview with some behavioral questions. After that I was telephoned with the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about a time you failed a project or task and had to own up to the responsiblilty.
The interview process was fairly smooth. not many technical questions, mostly behavioral. overall the interview process wasn't too bad and difficult as i expected it was going to be. There was no technical hard questions only behavioral questions.
Straight forward 2 round interviews. Usual HR screening and Skills interview. Passed it fairly easily. Recommend doing some skills interview practice. Give as much as practical experience examples with Star approach.
The first stage is a phone interview with HR in English.
Next, a meeting with managers is scheduled. The meeting takes place online, and typical investment banking questions are asked like what is fund, forex ...
