I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at CIBC (Toronto, ON) in Mar 2025
Interview
3 rounds, 1 HR round then another round with a more technical person so most of the interview spent on digging into your resume and asking technical questions and lastly with the md which is in person.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Picked on one technical thing in my resume and really dug into it
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CIBC (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2018
Interview
Wrote a one hour exam test then have an one hour interview which was separated to parts. The first 0 minutes was interviewed with two senior analysts and all questions are technical. The second 30 minutes was a one on one with a director and was asked some technical and some behavioral questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CIBC (New York, NY)
Interview
Submitted initial application online. Was invited to on-site in a few weeks. No phone interview. Onsite consisted of three one on one interviews with the hiring manager MD, and couple of his team members, all three were relatively senior people. One of them was a quant, others were more behavioral and asked more about my resume/experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Puzzles/brainteasers on probability and basic math, some stochastic calculus stuff. Pretty basic.
Quantitative Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at CIBC with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CIBC overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CIBC as a Quantitative Analyst according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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