I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at State Street (Kraków) in Jan 2020
Interview
the Interviewers were 3 people, all the managers. The atmosphere was nice. They were willing to share their knowledge when I was not able to satisfy them and they would add something to your answers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Financial Questions
1. What are the components of NAV?
2. What is the difference between Stocks nd Mutual Funds?
3. They had asked me to define a NAV (Net Asset Value) and variance and a few financial questions.
4. What do you know about hedge funds?
5. recent financial news, my understanding of mortgage back securities, motivations..
6. What are mutual funds and ETF
7. Ledger and Journal Entries
8. Basic accounting and principles
9. Types of Mutual Funds
10. Which one is cheaper debt or equity
11. Invesment fund
12. Could you please provide an example of what would appear on the P&L and Balance sheet
What's index? Polish WIG20 companies example.
13. NAV formula and what is outstanding shares
14. Definition of bond and risk measure
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at State Street
Interview
I received a phone interview after 1 week. Then I was invited to do an interview in the office. It was 1:1 interview, and most questions are CV-based, and also asked about whether you consider yourself as a team leader or member.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at State Street (Hangzhou, Zhejiang) in Dec 2016
Interview
it took one day, including3 rounds in total, written exam-group interview-individual interview. And in each round, not all the candidate will go to the next round. The group interview was in Chinese and individual interview was in English.