Questions d'entretien chez CIBC World Markets

It was an Online job submission. The HR set up Phone interview. The Interview was conducted with different people from management. They Ask about your experience. They also ask what you would bring to the role.

Saw posting on Linkedin and applied on their career website, got an email a couple days later requesting for an interview. First interview was with HR/director and then afterward was with analyst covering the sector.

Went to recruiting event hosted by my school's co-op program. Met with two analysts from the firm and they passed my resume along to Human Resources. Resume dropped online and made it to first round.

Three stage process. First stage is about fit/personality test with hiring manager, second stage (may include a 30 minute model update) is about market/industry knowledge (stock pitches) and financial skills with associates, final stage is again about interest in the role and fit within the department and is with an MD and Head of Research.

Final Round consisted of two interviews. First was very behavioral and straightforward. Second interview ended up being more tough with questions such as, how does the VIX work and a presentation on TSLA.

First round interviews (one interview with 2 people): Interviewers were correcting some of my answers which I later double checked and found that I was actually correct. I was made to feel stupid in the interview. Second round interviews on the trading floor (two interviews with 2 people each): The culture portrayed during the interviews felt like it was a very male dominated company. Only men interviewed me and while they were interviewing me, they were leaning back on their chairs with their legs up.

In late January, I applied by email after seeing the internship advertised on my university's careers board. In early March, I had a phone interview with a Director in FICC Sales. The interviewer was friendly and the questions standard: why CIBC? what do you expect to be doing? what do you hope to get out of the internship? + behaviour questions. The interviewer confirmed the format of the internship: 1 internship place, intern for finding work for themselves, freedom to roam desks, London office relatively small with a trading team focused on Canadian equities and FX and an advisory team focused on energy and mining. With a weeks' notice, in late March, I had two interviews with two directors at the London office. The first interview went poorly. The interviewer arrived agitated and had obviously not read my cover letter or CV. This was due to an earlier fire alarm preventing him from preparing for an important meeting soon after my interviewer. His questions were not ones I had prepared for: why Energy and Infrastructure? (the internship had been advertised as general), what company valuation methods are there? what is Discounted Cash Flow? The second interview was standard and more friendly, but I was pretty mediocre. I was told the outcome two weeks later.

First-round is a 15-20 minutes phone interview. Basically, behavior questions. After this, they may invite you to their office for a group interview. 3 people interviewed me. They are all very kind and friendly. During this interview, they will ask both technical and behavior questions.

Co op interview through university. Applied and then was selected for an interview in toronto. There was only 1 round of interviews because it was for a co op position

Applied through university portal, first round in office, interviewed by two Directors. Second round was 1.5 hours, three interviews with 3 pairs of MDs. Overall very friendly but competitive