I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at State Street (Boston, MA) in Apr 2014
Interview
Met and spoke with their recruiter and talent acquisition teams over a course of two and a half weeks. Was offered the position but was told the salary was non-negotiable as i've heard from one other firm before but the market dictated another thing, the competition is out there.
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 ...