2 rounds of interview, first round with 2 directors, second round with 3 executive directors, entire process finished within a week. Overall conversation were comfortable and easy going, one person played the bad cop for pressure test, but coffee chat afterward were pretty chill
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why cibc, why corporate banking not investment banking
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at CIBC (Toronto, ON) in May 2021
Interview
Received an email from a desk admin assistant for a trading floor position and had an introductory call with 3 team members. Went well, although I wasn't selected, I did not get any feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how you would price and interest rate swap
Why do you want to work on the sell-side
Why CIBC
Referred by current employer. 3 rounds of video interviews. Technical questions+Go through resume+BQ. Very nice vibe and fast reply. Moderate difficulty level. The whole procedure took 1 month (could speed up, I scheduled to have interview once a week)