CIBC World Markets Interview Questions

234 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (88%)

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.

3.6
  • Very Negative
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  • 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
  • Very Difficult
% Interns - FT Offers (68%)

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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Group/Division Leveraged Finance
Location New York
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Difficult
Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Toronto
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Difficulty
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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Equity Research
Location Toronto
Experience
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Difficulty
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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2013
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Corporate Finance
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
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Year 2012
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
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Year 2014
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Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
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Year 2013
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Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Toronto
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Difficulty
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Summer Associate Intern
Year 2014
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Investment Banking
Location Ottawa
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Analyst
Year 2014
Job Title 2nd Year Analyst
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
2nd Year Associate
Year 2010
Job Title 2nd Year Associate
Group/Division Sales and Trading
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - CIBC World Markets Examples

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Submitted a cold app. HR reached out 2 weeks later, phone screen, 1st round, then superday invite about a week after. Met with multiple MDs and senior members of the team. Was mostly behavioral.
Interview Questions
"what is an ipo"

Investment banking summer intern Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: February 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Background Check
Interview
In a room with one associate and one analyst. Start off with basic questions, TMAB, why IB, Why this firm then dove into technical questions
Interview Questions
Had to run a merger model of company A acquiring company B

Global Markets Summer Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: May 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
It was a round online with an associate and a director. They asked basic questions on behaviourals (the usual), and questions on finance concepts such as describing bond vs stock.

There was then an in person day with 2 back to back 30 minute interviews. Both of these had 2 directors from different desks.
Interview Questions
They asked how I would graph something in Python.

Controllership Interview - Operations

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: April 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Process was pretty straight forward, first it was HR and then a group interview style with a few members on the team and then finally the group head.
Interview Questions
Tell me what you know about derivative products

Analyst Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: March 2024
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
First interview was pure fit, why you want to get into IB, all the normal stuff, the second one was a take-home case study around a quick LBO. Third one was a super-day in Toronto
Interview Questions
Name me 3 faults other people would give you

analyst Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in new york
Interviewed: July 2026
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Employee Referral
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Interview
HR video screen on fit, interview with associate on why this firm, modelling test, followed by last round with 2 directors in person
Interview Questions
Nothing that unexpected, more just technicals based

Software Developer Interview - Technology

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: April 2026
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
2-3 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
There was a initial recruiter call, followed by a coding assesment via Workday and One-One interview technical with the hiring manager
Interview Questions
It was an SQL Question

Executive Director Interview - Global Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in New York
Interviewed: June 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Had an initial video interview with the hiring manager, then about week later had an onsite interview with four interviewers. Then a month later another onsite with two senior leaders. About a week later was told over the phone by the hiring manager did not get the job.
Interview Questions
Was asked about experience with T-cost analysis

Investment Banking Intern Interview - Investment Banking

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: October 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Background Check
Interview
First round with 2 junior team members; second round with 3 director; final round with 2 senior team members
Interview Questions
Ask me about specific industry perspectives. Need to be well prepared.

Global Markets Winter Analyst Interview - Sales and Trading

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: October 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Personality Test
Interview
My interview was through my university application board. It consisted of 2 rounds. First round was a MD from the sales side and an associate from the trading side. This interview was mainly technicals such was how to use certain languages to code something, describing what has been going on in the market, and more. This was a teams meeting that lasted about 20 minutes. Second/final round was with 2 others on the team. This interview was more focused on past experiences and behavioral type questions.
Interview Questions
If you had a table of daily trade data coming in, and you needed to create a new table for each day, how would you automate that using SQL?

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