I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at CIBC (Edmonton, AB)
Interview
I was first contacted by the hiring manager, and grilled me with very difficult questions regarding financial planning, assets under management, as well as the serving clients.
It was one of the most difficult interviews I've had in a while. She then told me that she was not sure if the branch manager will contact me, but she would put in a word for me. She gave me a time frame when to expect a call. I received the call from the branch manager who schedule my interview together with the district manager. They asked me a few questions about how to deal with clients, what I knew about financial planning, what I think about cold calls. What I liked about this interview is that the district manager laid everything out on the table, what to expect in this job and all. He was very frank and straight up front. I also needed to have a third interview where I was asked what my thoughts were after the second interview we've had.
The interview is the long process with this company. It took 5 months before i was actually hired and a month of running around cause they wanted to. the interview was really easy. I believe that besides from the complication with the hiring process and the securities checks it was fairly easy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the hardest part was the questions on having previous sales targets.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CIBC in Sep 2010
Interview
There was a phone call interview with HR, where standard questions such as "what job experience do you have", "what makes you qualified" "what salary are you expecting" were asked.
Next I had an interview with my manager and she asked questions about what I've done before and possibly where I'd like to go and how long I'd stay.
Lastly, I had an informal interview with the executive assistant (as I was to be in a team of assistants) for an interview on personal fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The hardest question was answering where I want to go as I had just came out of school. I greatly appreciated the fact that my manager hired me knowing that I had just graduated and she wanted to give me the step in the door.