BMO Financial Group Interview Questions

13 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (98%)

The Interview Experience is a score from 1 star (very negative) to 5 stars (very positive) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the donut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire dataset.

4.2
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  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (72%)

The Interview Difficulty is a score ranging from very difficult (red) to very easy (green) generated based on the Interview Insights at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. The higher the number, the more difficult the interviews on average. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few interview insights). Simply put, as a company gets more insights, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to its simple average and away from the average of the entire data set.

2.4
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  • Average
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% Interns - FT Offers (93%)

The % of Interns Getting a Full Time Offer chart is meant to provide a realistic estimate of the hiring practices of the company based on the reviews at this company.

The number you see in the middle of the doughnut pie chart is the simple average of these scores. If you hover over the various sections of the doughnut, you will see the % breakdown of each score given.

The percentile score in the title is calculated across the entire Company Database and uses an adjusted score based on Bayesian Estimates (to account for companies that have few reviews). Simply put, as a company gets more reviews, the confidence of a "true score" increases so it is pulled closer to the simple company average and away from the average of the entire data set.

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Interviews at BMO Financial Group

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2024
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division N/A
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Commercial Banking
Location Chicago
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Private Wealth Management
Location Toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Risk Management
Location Toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2019
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Commercial Banking
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Very Easy
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2021
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Private Banking
Location chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Financial Services
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Associate
Year 2019
Job Title 1st Year Associate
Group/Division Commercial Banking
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2020
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2021
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Chicago
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - BMO Financial Group Examples

Business Analyst Intern Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: January 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Interview
I applied online, after a couple weeks they reached out to me through email to do a one way interview. It consisted of behavioural questions like why choose BMO?, why BMO in this market state?, what is one thing that is not on your resume?
Interview Questions
It was unexpected that I was going to be asked about the economy and market because I was applied for a Business Analyst position. I didn't know that I was going to get asked about answering something that is not on my resume.

Commercial Analyst Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Chicago
Interviewed: February 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
Pretty straightforward. The final round was a super day consisting of 1 technical case study and 2 behavioral interviews. They give you the case study 24 hours before so that you can prepare. The case study and one behavioral interview were pretty conversational and easygoing. The other behvaioral was rapid-fire questions with no responses from the interviewers.. just a head nod and then right to the next question. Felt weird.
After two weeks went by I followed up and got no response. Finally got a response a little over a month after the interviews.
Interview Questions
How much debt can a company afford to take on (in terms of interest coverage or leverage)?

Wealth Analyst Interview - Private Wealth Management

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: October 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
1. submit resume/cover 2. shortlisted candidates get contacted for one-way recorded interviews (5 questions - mostly behaviorals) 3. successful candidates get contacted for a 30-minute virtual interview (mostly behaviorals) 4. Offer within the day of the interview (for my experience)
Interview Questions
Not difficult - but a brainteaser. How many pennies can fit in the room that we're in right now?
Describe how the BMO Private Wealth fits in the big picture of BMO as a whole.
Why do you want to work in wealth management in times of market volatility?
Name some desks within the head office
Why not the other banks? And why not capital markets?

Market Risk Analyst Interview - Risk Management

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: April 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Background Check
Interview
Hiring process consisted of a video interview via Teams with two hiring managers. Interview questions consisted of basic walk through of experience, as well as questions regarding technical skills (Excel, knowledge of financial concepts etc), and behavioural questions (ability work under pressure etc). Second interview got waived and offer was made.
Interview Questions
Nothing was too unexpected, it was quite straightforward.

Analyst Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: September 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Hired after internship. First call with campus recruiter was just screening, salary expectations, behavioral, why BMO, etc. Next was two interviews with different directors in commercial bank that asked mostly behavioral fit type questions, asked me one technical question that I didn't know the answer to and I still got the job. I did not have a case study so I'm not familiar, but have heard those are required of certain applicants (likely if they weren't a prior intern).
Interview Questions
Tell me about a time you had to push/advocate for a project

Wealth Management Associate Interview - Private Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in chicago
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
One Hirevue followed by 2 1o1 interviews in the final round. Was very laid back behavioral and wanting to understand why wealth, why BMO type of questions.
Interview Questions
Why Wealth?

Summer Analyst Interview - Financial Services

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: April 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
Very basic interview, spoke to a recruiter at a career fair on campus (non target state school) applied to the position virtual got interviewed for the Data Analytics and Reporting group main interview was a group interview with the team's senior manager and two other manager received offer in ~2 weeks
Interview Questions
Asked about my coding experience with Python/SQL as well as working with large data sets

Associate Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: April 2019
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
First round with recruiter. General behavioral questions. Second round with 4 MDs and Team leads. This round involved a few technical questions (Basic accounting, Debt based question on DSC, Leverage, etc). Last round with with SVPs (Fit, cultural, why BMO? etc.).
Interview Questions
How would your previous employer feel?
Why are you leaving your current employer?

Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: May 2020
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Very standard for the big 5 in Canada. Applied through job portal at my school and was contacted within 5 days about an interview.
Interview Questions
Paper DCF was unexpected but not difficult, treasury stock method and calculation was easy.

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous employee in Chicago
Interviewed: March 2021
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Background Check
Interview
First-round HireVue interview followed by a group interview consisting of mostly behavioral/fit questions with three people on the team I would be working with.
Interview Questions
Pretty standard questions, very light on technicals.