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Updated Jan 6, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Kansas City, MO (took 3 months)
Phone interview, group interview on site and offer.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Not negotiable
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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No
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Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Sacramento, CA (took 4+ weeks)
The initial interview was fine, just a 30 minute, 1 on 1 interview on campus. The in house interview was more extensive. It was 2.5 hrs, with 30 mins being a presentation on the company, then 2 separate 1 hour interviews with managers and others. The second hour is a repeat of the first, probably to see if they can trip you up by creating a sense of deja vu. Nothing difficult, but I did shoot myself in the foot. Probably the reason no offer was made. I've heard of an odd culture pervasive with the company, but saw nothing of it in the interview, though, the casual dress (jeans, polo shirts, and unshaven faces) was certainly interesting, given it's a bank. The back office environment probably has to do with that.
The HR rep involved was spot on though. Always communicated in advance of when they said they would. No wondering where you stood.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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No
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Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Jun 12, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took a day)
Got a call from HR and schedule an interviews with two hiring managers. It was less than half hour interview. The two hiring manager did not ask much questions regarding the job, and most of the questions were about how to handle different scenarios.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Jun 3, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 5 weeks)
The interviewing process for me consisted of a phone screening with a talent recruiter. It was for the most part basic behavioral questions that you would see else where. Then got the call that they were wanting to meet face to face and show me around. Went there and discussed the position, company and anyother questions. The interview itself was just furthering the behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Not much to really negotiate on for me. It is a hard time to find a job and with little experience in the field, so very little in the way of bargaining chips.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted May 11, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Sacramento, CA (took 4+ weeks)
Applied on the company website and was contacted for an interview 5 weeks later. The questions were very experience based, (i.e. "tell me a time when...") and rather grueling for someone with a lot of experience to sift through and determine the best example on the fly. The interview consisted of a 30 minute presentation about the company, followed by an hour long interview with two managers and another 40 minute interview with another manger. All in all it was exhausting and long.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted May 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 (took 4+ weeks)
First I got a call from HR and she asked a few general questions. She scheduled me for the HR face to face interview. The interview is just some general behavor questions. After 2 weeks, She scheduled me for the interview with the hiring manager. She didn't ask me technical questions. She did ask me about my excel skill.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
I didn't negotiate for the offer
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Apr 20, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took 3 weeks)
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
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
Helpful Interview?
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No
Inappropriate?
Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Apr 18, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 (took a day)
Very laid back - depending on who you have. It was very unprofessional i must say.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
nothing
Other Details
I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Inappropriate?
Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Mar 23, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Boston, MA (took 2 weeks)
I gave my resume to a recruiter at a college job fair, and I was contacted about a week later with an interview opportunity offer. The interviewer was very cold. They did not take the time to introduce them self, or allow me to introduce myself. There was no enthusiasm for the company itself or the fund accountant position. My resume clearly indicated that I was would be graduating in May, and I was interviewed for an immediate opening that should be filled before my graduation date. On the bright side, the interview questions were very general and straightforward. Also, they are constantly hiring fund accountants and should have more positions opening after my graduation date. The interviewer alluded to the fact that fund accountants were work mules and cycled through quickly. I was caught off guard when I was told that I would be put in contact with a manager in a month or so for a future interview and told to reapply after graduation (which seemed strange, because it should have been known that I had not graduated yet). The signals that I received were very mixed.
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
Helpful Interview?
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No
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Fund Accountant at State Street
Posted Feb 4, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 (took 4 days)
Got a phone call saying they want to set up an interview the following week. Interview lasted 10 minutes. Basically was told I got the job. (Friday). Monday, got a phojne call from HR saying that they need to do a bg check. 3-4 days later, HR called to extend the offer.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
none
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
Helpful Interview?
Yes |
No
Inappropriate?
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