Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Interview Questions

32 total interview insight submissions
Interview Experience (93%)

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
  • Very Negative
  • Negative
  • Neutral
  • Positive
  • Very Positive
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
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Average
  • Difficult
  • Very Difficult
% 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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Job Title
Group/Division
Location
Experience
Difficulty
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
1st Year Analyst
Year 2022
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Private Equity
Location Toronto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Easy
N/A
Year 2021
Job Title N/A
Group/Division N/A
Location tornto
Experience
Neutral
Difficulty
Average
Intern
Year 2019
Job Title Intern
Group/Division Private Equity
Location toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average
1st Year Analyst
Year 2021
Job Title 1st Year Analyst
Group/Division Private Equity
Location Toronto
Experience
Positive
Difficulty
Average

Interview Questions & Answers - Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Examples

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

Analyst, Private Capital Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: July 2022
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Phone Interview
Interview
I applied online and had to complete a 4 question online video interview focused on behaviour and cultural fit.
Interview Questions
why Ontartio Teacher's pension plan

associate Interview

Anonymous interview candidate in tornto
Interviewed: January 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
Less than 1 month
Application
Other
Interview
4 questions: Why OTPP, Favourite Teacher, Recent Accomplishment, Any additional information you would like them to know.
Interview Questions
Favourite Teacher

Investment Analyst Intern Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in toronto
Interviewed: June 2019
Outcome
Declined Offer
Interview Source
College / University / On Campus Recruiting
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
Phone Interview
1 on 1 Interview
Skills Test
Interview
Applied through university portal and first had a hirevue, then interview with 2 associates, then superday + skills test
Interview Questions
How would you value a gold mine that was distressed? Also a few very long paper LBO questions

Investment Analyst Interview - Private Equity

Anonymous interview candidate in Toronto
Interviewed: October 2021
Outcome
No Offer
Interview Source
Applied Online
Length of Process
1-2 months
Application
1 on 1 Interview
Group Interview
Presentation
Interview
Applied online. Had to complete a hirevue interview within 48 hours. 4 questions: Why OTPP, Experience, Which value do I identify with, Other info I'd like to include. Then I had a 1-on-1 HR interview with questions like why this position and why am I a fit. Then a had an interview with 2 hiring managers. This stage included some technical questions like EV/EBITDA or EV/Mkt Cap and recommending a private company. The final round is a 3 hours case study with a 30 minute presentation.
Interview Questions
Why use EV/EBITDA then EV/Mkt Cap?