I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at State Street in Apr 2011
Interview
Beginning on campus, I interviewed with a manager. He asked me about State Street and what I knew about the company first, then followed up by asking about my resume. After that, it was all situational questions. Follow the STAR (Situation, Task, Analysis, and Result) format.
A week or so later, I was e-mailed about a second round, in-house interview. The format of the interview was two one-hour periods. The first hour I spent with a VP. He asked me a list of situational questions, along with some technical questions regarding financial securities. The second hour I spent with two managers, who tended to focus on more technical questions (finance/accounting terms) and workplace habits.
Throughout the whole process, each person carried a standard list of questions and wrote notes vigorously.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time you had to work with a group of people with differing agendas and how you brought the group together.
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 ...
