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CIBC Capital Markets
One of the few Canadian banks that publishes its process: a five-stage loop with a pre-recorded video interview among its assessments, then a fit-heavy first round that asks why banking several different ways, and a superday that escalates in seniority to a director or MD.
The CIBC Capital Markets process
3 of 5 stages you can practise here
- 01Application (Workday)
Online via CIBC's Workday campus portal: a two-page resume, a one-page cover letter and a transcript, all as PDF.
- 02
CIBC lists a pre-recorded video interview among its assessments: one-way, timed
motivationcommunicationbackground fit - 03
A casual recruiter screen and 30-minute sessions with an analyst and associate
motivationteamworknetworking signal - 04Superday
Back-to-back interviews escalating in seniority, ending with a longer session with a director or MD. The opener is behavioral; the later portion turns technical, still at analyst depth.
2 rounds you can practise
The technical portion of the superday: accounting, valuation, accretion/dilution
accountingvaluationaccretion / dilutionA longer senior session with a director or MD closing the superday
motivationmaturityculture fit - 05Offer + background check
Turnaround from first interview to decision is reportedly fast, roughly two weeks.
Common questions
- Is there a coding round in the CIBC Capital Markets investment banking interview?
- No. The CIBC Global Investment Banking analyst loop is entirely spoken: a pre-recorded video interview, a fit-heavy first round, one analyst-level finance-fundamentals conversation, and a superday. There is no coding round.
- Does CIBC use a video interview?
- Yes. CIBC's own hiring page lists pre-recorded video interviews among the assessment types a candidate may be invited to complete. It is one-way and timed, and it is behavioral: tell me about yourself, why banking, why CIBC.
- How technical is the CIBC investment banking interview?
- Light, at the analyst level, though a senior interviewer can push the concepts harder. Accretion and dilution is a CIBC favorite, often framed as a merger-synergy puzzle. Expect the three statements, enterprise vs equity value, valuation methods and a DCF walk. No live LBO modeling.
- What are the stages of the CIBC hiring process?
- CIBC publishes a five-stage process: Explore, Application, Assessments (which can include the pre-recorded video interview), Interview, and Offer with a background check. The Global Investment Banking analyst role is a structured multi-year advancement program.
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Built from what CIBC Capital Markets publishes about its own process and from real interview data. No leaked question lists. The questions you get are generated against your own resume, so they are not from anyone else's interview.
CIBC's published five-stage process (Explore, Application, Assessments, Interview, Offer) and its confirmation that pre-recorded video interviews are one of the assessment types.
Global Investment Banking analyst role, application materials (2-page resume, 1-page cover letter, transcript), Toronto, two-year advancement program. JS-rendered; a human can read it.
Toronto IB analyst compensation context. No interview-process content.
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