Focus on STAR format. General behavioral questions with a focus on conflict management and working in complex situations. 2 rounds of interview. 1st is phone screening and the 2nd one is actual interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult colleague.
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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