I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at State Street (Hong Kong) in Jun 2014
Interview
A very short phone interview called by the HR and asked for your reasons for applying the role.
An interview with 1 Senior Assoicate and 1 Assistant Vice President just a week after the phone interview. General CV based questions were asked and nothing really special. Definitely not technical at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Self-introduction
What do you know about State Street?
What do you know about this role?
Show me your financial knowledge. (E.g. Talk about what is equity, fixed income, etc.)
Tell me about your strengths and weaknesses.
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 ...
