| Corporate Actions Accountant |
I had 3 rounds of interviews. Interviewed first with a person from
HR. Purely behavioural interview, lasted one hour. Lots of
questions in regards to what my career hopes were, why
StateStreet, and especially about what I liked about the markets,
lots of questions in that area. Second interview was with future
boss, also behavioural, lasted 45 mins. Like the first one, then I
had to write an accounting test-basic accounting, ratios, spot the
mistakes on a balance sheet, some simple questions in regards to
whether you debit or credit to increase a liability or an asset, etc.
Straight-forward. Had 25 minutes to complete it. No problem.
Then had a 45 minute with VP and a senior manager. Also
behavioral, wanted to know more about career plans, did I
understand what they do at StateStreet, why StateStreet, etc, etc.
The VP was only person I interviewed with who indicated that given
what was on my CV that I likely would not enjoy the work. Very
honest, very open. By that point I wanted in, so I talked around that.
Anyway, they just want to see who you are,how you are, whether you
have a basic understanding of the markets, of accounting, and can
generally communicate effectively. Don't need to be a
rocket-scientist to get in. Honestly. Plus, the training is all on the
job-except for a standard 2 week course everyone has to take in
fund accounting. Other than that, pretty straightforward, compared
to the Investment Banking and Consulting interviews I've done it
was really, really easy. So, if you're qualified (ie you know what the
NASDAQ is and you know the difference between an asset and a
liability, you can breathe and chew gum at the same time, and you
can speak english coherently-and if in montreal-your french is
conversational, than you should have no problem). They never
asked or looked at my university marks-that was weird actually.
Surprised by that.
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