I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan (Singapore) in Nov 2012
Interview
Went for a technology workshop cum coding competition to do networking. After all the application questions and online assessments, had a phone interview about a week after. Everything seemed to be going well, considering I had no knowledge of finance at all.
During the assessment center, we had 2 individual interviews and 1 group activity. The first interview went considerably well. Asked questions such as what was my motivation, how would I define innovation, what was a good leader. Mostly abstract stuff.
The second interview was what caught me off-guard. I was asked rather technical questions. Things like what new updates does the current version of Java offer, what are some of the things you do NOT do in agile. I found that rather strange because I asked my friends who were in the assessment center with me and they were not asked any technical questions at all.
The group activity was about looking at a case situation and us offering proposals on what would be a good plan of action. From what I could remember, it was something about them wanting to set up a server in another geographical location, and we needed to propose which location was ideal.
Nevertheless, I did not get the offer, which probably suggests there are people out there who were much adept in answering the interview questions or perhaps I did not exhibit myself more during the group interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What kind of research have you done on JP Morgan before applying?
Went through multiple interviews and did receive a response. Managers who did the interview did not know the day to day work of the position. Most of the interview was people skills.
1st Phone Screening with HR, then a virtual Interview with the hiring manager, next I had a 2nd Virtual Interviews with the hiring managers supervisor. Once done with the interviewing process, I rendered my references and was submitted for a Drug screening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Review of your job experience and the usual personality questions
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at J.P. Morgan
Interview
Few rounds of interviews but decent speed in getting the offer extended. One round on finance and one round on systems and BA skills. Also one round of HR. Personally I enjoyed the interview process and learnt a few new things.