Financial Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at Scotiabank with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 77% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Advisor roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Scotiabank overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Scotiabank as a Financial Advisor according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 19%
Background check: 14%
Group panel interview: 8%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Skills test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
Presentation: 3%
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3 rounds of interviews (first one is just a prescreen); 2nd round telephone interview is highly behavioural so make sure you have several work-related examples to back up your answer. Last round of interviews consists of a panel interview (in 2 sessions as they switch up interviewers midway) and a group activity. I was tripping hard for the group interview portion as I've never participated in one; no problem, be NATURAL and focus on how you would actually work in a group setting to get the job done - in short, don't be a tool and coerce yourself to be domineering, bossy, obnoxious just to make an impression.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about building a strategic relationship to build a business?
As others have said: after your application is shortlisted, you get a preliminary call that's basically box ticking. The second interview, a week later, was with branch managers and that is the main one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A lot of sales questions. You must understand the sales process in depth
I interviewed at Scotiabank (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2026
Interview
Just basic HR interview. Not so challenging or hard. Interviewer was very nice. Told that if selected, shall be called for another round of in person interview at branch. . .
Easy going, no racism, and nice people who are nice. Amazing service and easy booking process. Interviewer was easy going and nice who was extra nice and extra nice. She was easy to book with and was an awesomely nice person