National Bank Financial · Investment banking analyst · Summer Analyst / Analyst
First-round interview
About 30 to 45 minutes, often an analyst or associate plus a VP; fit-weighted
What they actually ask
The question shapes this round uses. Larpy does not read these out. It builds each one from your own resume, because the generic version is the one you have already rehearsed.
- “Walk me through your resume, and expect me to drill into any internship you list.”
- “Why investment banking, and why National Bank specifically?”
- “Why Montreal, and are you comfortable working in French? (for Montreal roles)”
- “Tell me about a time you worked on a team or led one.”
- “Tell me about a stock or a company you like, and why.”
- “Tell me about a time you handled pressure or a tight deadline.”
What this round is judged on
- Motivation · a specific 'why National Bank', and comfort with Montreal / French where relevant
- Teamwork · concrete ownership in a team story
- Commercial awareness · a real, defensible view on a stock or company
- Communication · structured answers that hold up under drill-downs
Where this round sits
National Bank Financial’s published process. Lime marks the stage this round runs.
- 01Application
- 02One-way video screen
- 03First-round interviewthis round
- 04Superday / final
- 05Offer
What happens in each stage›
- Application
- Online via jobs.bnc.ca or your university career centre; resume and cover letter. Networking with bankers materially helps in a small market. Montreal roles commonly expect French and English.
- One-way video screen
- Reported as part of the funnel: recorded, timed behavioral prompts. National Bank does not publish its interview stages, so this is candidate-reported and may be a short live screen in some cycles.
- First-round interview
- About 30 to 45 minutes, often one analyst or associate plus a VP. Fit-weighted, with light technicals and questions about your prior work.
- Superday / final
- Several back-to-back interviews with senior bankers, in Montreal or Toronto. Still fit-heavy, with a firmer technical bar and strong emphasis on markets awareness and culture.
- Offer
- Decisions weight fit and a genuine reason for National Bank heavily.
Sources
Built from what National Bank Financial 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.
Programs (summer / fall / winter internships, full-time graduate program), divisions (Corporate & Investment Banking; Sales & Trading), locations (Montreal / Toronto / Calgary / Vancouver), and the University-Career-Centre timeline model. Does not cover interview stages.
Analyst role scope: collaboration with ECM, credit capital markets and fixed income, and modeling / valuation / presentation work. Individual postings rotate.
Analyst compensation context. Thin sample. No interview-process content.
Sources last checked . Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.