CIBC World Markets Interview Questions

209 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (90%)

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.

3.7
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
Interview Difficulty (97%)

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.

3.1
  • Very Easy
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  • Average
  • Difficult
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% Interns - FT Offers (74%)

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 CIBC World Markets

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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
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2nd Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Generalist
Location Boston
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2025
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Private Banking
Location Halifax
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Easy
3rd+ Year Analyst
Year 2024
Job Title 3rd+ Year Analyst
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Commercial Banking
Location Nanaimo
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division N/A
Location New York
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location New York
Experience
Negative
Difficulty
Difficult
2nd Year Associate
Year 2024
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Mergers and Acquisitions
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2023
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Difficult

Interview Questions & Answers - CIBC World Markets Examples

Associate Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Boston
Interviewed: March 2023
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Interview
3 step process, started with a phone call with headhunter, then team lead, and separate calls with team members. Mix of behavioral and technical.
Interview Questions
Nothing unexpected, was more focused on past deals and thought process, etc. then followed by a case study.

Summer intern Interview - Private Banking

Anonymous employee in Halifax
Interviewed: February 2025
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Interview
1st round is HR screening; purely behavioral (why CIBC, why team, why location)

second round is an 1 on 1 online interview with the team, also behavioural, asked some sales related experiences and general behavioural questions
Interview Questions
Tell me about one time you had to deal with a difficult client

Senior Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: July 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Interview
first round with HR, second round with Associate and Analyst, third round was an excel test with small technical tasks (merger questions, comps, make an EBITDA bridge, etc.) and had to make a presentation
Interview Questions
if interest to ebitda is 5x and leverage ratio is 5x, what is the interest expense?

Operations Analyst Interview - Commercial Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Nanaimo
Interviewed: January 2025
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Pretty standard, very behavioural and want to see that you have an interest in debt markets. Very kind interviewer.
Interview Questions
Nothing was unexpected; honestly more behavioural that I thought it would be.

Global Markets Summer Analyst Interview

Anonymous employee in New York
Interviewed: May 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
First round was received around a month after the application, consisted of a Zoom interview with two directors, mostly behavioral questions with a few open ended market questions. Second round after a few weeks, Zoom interview with three directors and an MD, some technicals and market questions with a few brainteasers. Final round was a quick phone screen with HR.
Interview Questions
Was asked a quant brainteaser about probabilities, which was unexpected, but wasn't difficult.

Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: September 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
Applied online, had a first round zoom interview with an associate on the team, did not move past that. Interview was mostly technical with questions on accounting and valuation. Also had weird personal questions, "If you were a fruit which would you be and why?"
Interview Questions
What are the three ways to value a company, how does depreciation affect all three financial statements, standard technicals

Investment Banking Associate Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: May 2024
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
First round was with an associate and covered basic behaviourals and technicals (very standard BIWS-type technicals). Behaviourals were around why I wanted to make the move to a Canadian Big 5 from a global bank.

Second round was with two other senior associate / VP-level which had an analyst accompany them on calls to ask simple accretion / dilution-type technicals along with standard behaviorals.

Following these two rounds was the case study, where you were given a weekend to evaluate an M&A deal and put together a pitch deck recommending for / against with supporting DCF / comps / precedents analysis.

This was then followed by a superday where I met with 3-4 director+ levels - some asked questions on the case while some completely ignored it and kept things behavioral.

Final round was with head of the team in-office - 10 minute conversation.

Overall team seemed nice but consensus take was that it was quite busy - particularly with work in the energy, infrastructure, and transition (EIT) space.
Interview Questions
Very BIWS style -> nothing out of the box. Obviously be prepared to speak to any transactions you worked on and the rationale

Summer Analayst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: August 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Obtained a first interview with 2 S&T Directors from Toronto including Basic Behaviorals and market questions. Following this, received a formal superday interview around 1-2 weeks later, located in toronto. 2 back-to-back interview with 2 Executive Directors, 30 Minutes each, deep diving into experience in previous internships.
Interview Questions
What was one thing you had changed your mind on and why?

Winter Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: June 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
The interview process was fairly straightforward, with two rounds, the first being an interview with 2 associates, the second being an interview with a panel of directors
Interview Questions
I got asked brain teasers like:

- If you were the size of a penny, and stuck in a blender, how would you get out
- Cabbage, goat, and wolf, need to get them across the river, with one boat, how do you do it

Investment Banking Summer Analyst Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: March 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Applied online using a resume and a cover letter, received an email within the hour asking to interview. Did an HR interview and within the same day I received an email from someone on the team that I was going to be interviewing in their office the following week. I interviewed in a room with myself, an analyst, an associate, and a director.
Interview Questions
Was asked 3-statement walkthrough questions (i.e. explain the change in the statements when x, y, z happens) that started off simple ($10 change in depreciation) and got more and more complex.
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