Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Interview Questions

36 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (94%)

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.

3.8
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Interview Difficulty (95%)

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
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% Interns - FT Offers (0%)

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 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

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Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
Summer Associate Intern
Year 2024
Job Title Summer Associate Intern
Group/Division Generalist
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy
1st Year Analyst
Year 2025
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Infrastructure
Location London
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2025
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Infrastructure
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
1st Year Analyst
Year 2016
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Equity Capital Markets
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2023
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Industrials
Location Toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Quant
Year 2022
Job Title Quant
Group/Division Asset Management
Location Toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Difficult
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Strategy
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Strategy and Operations
Location toronto
Experience
Very Positive
Difficulty
Average
Student / Prospective Monkey
Year 2023
Job Title Student / Prospective Monkey
Group/Division Generalist
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2022
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Natural Resources
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Easy

Interview Questions & Answers - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Examples

Summer Intern, Investment Strategy Interview - Generalist

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: May 2024
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Recruiter
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Interview
Straightforward and efficient interview process. I first had a call with the recruiter, and the next day was informed that I would be interviewing with the hiring manager. I then joined a Teams call with the hiring manager and an associate, where they discussed my background, resume, experience at HOOPP, and what I was looking for in my next role. Received an offer the following day.
Interview Questions
Nothing too difficult. Basic background and expectations for the internship

Analyst Interview - Infrastructure

Anonymous interview candidate in London
Interviewed: November 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Other
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
First applied online via portal. Then had a call scheduled with internal HR recruiter. Questions were surrounding why leave current place, why OTPP, why pension funds. Then in person interview focused on behavioral and heavy technicals.
Interview Questions
Most difficult question was to walk the interviewer through how I would build a renewables LBO model. Interviewer asked for a very detailed walkthrough and tested how I would think about such an investment if I was at OTPP.

Some brainteasers as well.

Infrastructure & Natural Resources Intern Interview - Infrastructure

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: February 2025
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Skills Test
Personality Test
Interview
Started with 3Q behavioural HireVue. After around a month of waiting the campus recruiter got back to me for the first round interview with an analyst and associate. They let me know there would likely be 2 rounds, the first being a mix of behaviourals and technicals.
The interviews were very supportive and helped explain questions/terms I was unfamiliar with.

Q1. TMAY
Q2. Why INR?
Q3. Explain the effect of a $50 decrease in PIK interest on the 3 statements
Q4. How would you value an apple tree
Q5. Walk me through the DCF of the apple tree
Interview Questions
Q3. Explain the effect of a $50 decrease in PIK interest on the 3 statements
Q4. How would you value an apple tree
Q5. Walk me through the DCF of the apple tree

Equity Research Analyst Interview - Equity Capital Markets

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: February 2016
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1 year +
Application
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
The first interview has two senior employees ask about behavior questions, and views on market, and ask to pitch a stock select by myself. If a candidate passed this interview, he/she will receive an assignment to write a report of a stock provided by interviewer
Interview Questions
Need to provide solid view on the stock and the market, which is not unexpected, but need to be well prepared

HCE Analyst Interview - Industrials

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: December 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Presentation
Interview
3 rounds, 1 screening with interviewer with no technicals, all behavioural. Next round with hiring manager, also all behavioural and experiential other than one technical question. Final round was a weekend modeling case including a stock pitch and one and a half hour presentation.
Interview Questions
Walk me through your model.

Intern Interview - Asset Management

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: November 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
Presentation
Skills Test
Interview
45 minute interview, simple technicals, mostly focused on resume. Take-home assignment, 48 hours to complete. Superday was 1 hour presenting the assignment, then a half-hour culture-fit interview with the MDs.
Interview Questions
Given a CSV of prices of several hundred stocks, how could you categorize them into groups, and what could you do this with this?

Intern Interview - Strategy

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: May 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Interview
Two rounds of one on one interviews. Questions were about work history and not technical. More about fit it seemed.
Interview Questions
What do you do outside work

Investment Operation Intern Interview - Strategy and Operations

Anonymous interview candidate in toronto
Interviewed: December 2022
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Group Interview
Interview
Applied late December for an 8-month Investment operation. Hirevue then group interview with four seniors from different teams. Behavioural questions only. Got offered after a week.
Interview Questions
No surprises. Basic behavioural interview and motivation for the firm.

new grad Interview - Generalist

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: January 2023
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Other
Interview
standard hirevue online interview process. Why do you want to work here? why this position? what makes you stand out as a candidate? no feedback and no communication after that
Interview Questions
What makes you stand out as a candidate?

Intern Interview - Natural Resources

Anonymous employee in Toronto
Interviewed: May 2022
Outcome
Accepted Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Personality Test
Interview
Applied online via the school job board, got the auto 10 mins digital prescreen interview on HireVue, easy Quesentions. Then set on 45 min interview after two weeks
Interview Questions
Normal behavior questions, the prescreen questions can be recorded more than 1 time
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