I applied online. I interviewed at CIBC (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2016
Interview
3 stage process, with short meeting in first stage and more technical at later stages. Next, was group stages conducted with 3 people originally and then 3 other members joined. Overall, it was a bit intimidating, but also a quick way to meet the team. Also, the interviewers focused less on technical questions for the majority of the time, and went of to test the right fit for a analyst/ sales position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Credit analysis related questions, related experiences in real estate lending, understanding of the process, under standing of certain customer's needs and products available
There were 3 rounds , one with Hr , just to get a brief of your resume - 2 round behavioural questions and to understand how much knowledge you have for the tools , 3 round technical test - excel test and alteryx test
Got an interview via an employee referral, quick turnaround. Had the screener call and then I never received any update, not even a thanks, but no thanks nor automated email.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CIBC (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2025
Interview
Very casual interview process that moved quickly. Three rounds, first two interviews were back-to-back and about a two week break till the third. First two were in person interviews and final round was online with MD and group head.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was for a role on the real estate side "if you had 100M how would you allocate it? to what asset class and why?"
Associate 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.
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