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Updated May 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Personal Banking Officer at Scotiabank
Posted Oct 13, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
First Interview (Phone) - 30 min
- Called to discuss your interests in the company
- Qualification questions
Second Interview (Phone) - 1 hour
- Asked a bunch of behavioral questions
- Answers need to be specific to the situation
Third Interview (Panel with included District Manager and Branch Manager) - 30-45min
- Asked behavioral questions of situations that are likely to happen on the job to see what you would do in those scenarios
Note: If you don't hear immediately after the interview that you have progressed to the next stage, you didn't get the job.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Senior Manager/Director at Scotiabank
Posted Oct 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took a day)
Company name was kept confidential. Was only told the industry. Was only one way conversation. Hardly received any information.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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PBO at Scotiabank
Posted Oct 2, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 3 weeks)
Applied Online....Pre-interview....telephone interview...face to face interview
Interview Questions
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Background Check, a Personality Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Personal Banking Officer at Scotiabank
Posted Sep 23, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
I submitted an application for PBO through their website. I was contacted by an HR staff about 2 weeks later and scheduled me for phone interview.
There were 2 phone interviews. The first one consisted of question about me and my interests towards the company. It took about half an hour. After the 1st phone interview, I was told that the HR staff would like to schedule me for a second phone interview. Meanwhile, she asked me to do a Personality Test online.
I had my second phone interview the next day. The interview consisted of many behavioral questions (i.e. Give me a time where you......). There were many of them, approximately 10-15. In which I had to present to the interviewer a real life scenario that happened to me, then my actions taken, and the outcome. The 2nd phone interview took about 1 hour.
After the 2nd phone interview, the HR staff said besides my application, she would also be doing interviews with many other applicants as well. She said if I am selected, I would be contacted within 2 weeks of time.
So, basically I am still waiting for my phone interview results. But I don't think I stand a very high chance, or else I would have been told on the spot that I could move on to next round. So I'll be patient and see.
My tip of advice:
For 1st interview: know your own history. Because the HR staff will ask you questions based on info you submit (i.e your resume)
For 2nd interview: It will definitely be hard if you are unprepared. Try to prepare by searching online for a list of behavioral questions and practice them. In my opinion, that is the best way to prepare. Good luck.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Personality Test.
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Rotation Program at Scotiabank
Posted Sep 18, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2008 (took 3 weeks)
On-campus interview: it was very formal. Fit questions and behavior questions
2nd panel interview: meet with executives - why Scotia? Why banking? Give me an example when you face a difficult situation, how did you overcome the challenge and what was the outcome?
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Pbo at Scotiabank
Posted Sep 11, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took 2 weeks)
First - one half hour phone interview
second- one hour phone interview
third- one hour plus in person interview with branch manager
Had to complete personality questionairre that took about half an hour, they completed background check, and reference check as well as education verification. Also had to send last review to them.
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Reason for Declining
Couldn't offer enough
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Personal Banking Officer at Scotiabank
Posted Sep 2, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 6 weeks)
telephone interview
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Personal Banking Officer at Scotiabank
Posted Aug 28, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 1+ week)
I had the first phone interview, then i did online assessment test, prior to that i had to fill in a questionnaire. second inteview scheduled, but not conducted yet.
From your previous job, what was the biggest obstacle and how did you overcome ?
From your previous job, what were your two objections that you usually got from customers and how did you handle them ?
What did you do to maintain or exceed your sale goals ?
Did you ever see your co-worker do something unethical and how did you handle it ?
Tell us one time that you went above and beyond your responsibilities
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Product Manager at Scotiabank
Posted Aug 28, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 1+ week)
1st contact, phone interview Scotiabank HR. Face to face set up with Hiring Mgr. Info supplied for BackCheck. References contacted. Second face to face with Hiring Manager - alluded to offer being made. Face to face with one level higher mgr. Told company realignment and job no longer available.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Financial Advisor at Scotiabank
Posted Aug 9, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2008 (took 4+ weeks)
phone, 1 on1, attitiude test
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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