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Updated 13 Dec 2019

State Street Corporation IT Security Administrator Interview Experiences

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I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jun 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. The questions asked were related to my previous project like what were your roles in the previous organization? What you have done extra for the team and all the basic questions like how you see yourself i...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident , be comfortable
whatever you are speaking just stick to that till the end.
From my perspective confidence is the key. If you are confident and comfortable then you are definitely hired.

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I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. Round 1: Basic python question, generators, decorators, args, kwargs, list comprehensions, oops, MRO, yield function, sorting, string operation, tuple vs list, set vs dictionary.
  • Q2. Round 2: Data Structures, Set implementations, list, reversal of a linked list, find power set.
  • Q3. Round 3: Project round, scope of improvements in existing project structure, performance testing, Scaling(horizontal vs vertical).
  • Q4. HR Round

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep calm. Few rounds may go lengthy. Work on Data Structures. Keep basics clear. Have a smiling face.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. My Strong area , technical questions about my specialisation, some accounting questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Answer logically and question to your interviewer in case of any query.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jan 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Most of the questions were centred around Derivatives and Fixed Income Securities

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Have a sound knowledge in Financial and Economics oriented topics.

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Questions related to Python, my former organisation, why do you want to shift, questions related to different types of risk

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Please be on time and well dressed
Communication must be good
Answer questions if you can, if you don’t know just accept you don’t know

I applied via Walk-in and was interviewed in Aug 2019. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

5 Questions

  • Q1. Why I want to switch?
  • Q2. About your self.
  • Q3. Explain corporate actions and it’s types with examples
  • Ans. 

    Corporate actions are events initiated by a company that can affect its stock price and shareholders.

    • Types of corporate actions include dividends, stock splits, mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, and rights issues.

    • Dividends are payments made to shareholders from a company's profits.

    • Stock splits increase the number of shares outstanding while decreasing the price per share.

    • Mergers and acquisitions involve the combinat...

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  • Q4. What are bonds and it’s types
  • Q5. Types of swift and how it read it. Like its fields.
  • Ans. 

    Swift is a messaging system used for financial transactions. It has different types and fields for message processing.

    • Swift messages are categorized into 5 types - MT0xx, MT1xx, MT2xx, MT3xx, and MT9xx

    • Each type has its own set of fields for message processing

    • For example, MT103 is used for Single Customer Credit Transfer and has fields like Sender's Reference, Receiver's Reference, Amount, Currency, etc.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Always read your resume in and out.
Describe your current job well.
Always read about the job your applying.
Be confident and honest

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before Apr 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Basic accounting questions, knowledge testing of Finance and Financial Statements.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident and don't speak lie.

I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed before Sep 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Why should we hire you
  • Q2. You should hire me as I posses those skills which is needed for the role

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be confident, smart and truthful towards interviewer

I appeared for an interview in Sep 2020.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Walk me through your CV

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - There were 2 rounds, first was mainly technical related to my previous experience for the process and 2nd was mainly if I've faced any difficulty in the past.

Interview Experience was fine as they are particular about their timings and both rounds took 30 mins each.

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Oct 2020. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Have you ever worked in a team and how did you manage conflicts?
  • Ans. Gave an example of an academic group project and explained in detail the conflict or clash of ideas and how we approached towards an agreement
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. Why finance?
  • Ans. Natural skills of analysis and interest towards numbers. Love to deal anything involving money or resource management
  • Answered Anonymously

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be natural and your own true self. If your natural skills are inclined towards the requirements, you will be hired or you will know where you have to improve.

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