I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CGI (San Diego, CA)
Interview
Applied to the position online and a few days later received an email from the recruiter. Had my initial interview with the recruiter which was easy and nothing out of the ordinary. Explained my resume and how I thought I could use my experience in the role I was applying for. The recruiter also asked if I was interviewing with anyone else to which I said yes. She asked that I just let her know if another offer was given to me, which makes sense.
At the end of the initial call, the recruiter said she was going to move forward with me. She asked that I email her my schedule and that she would find time for two more phone interviews (with two other people). These calls were set up quickly and were only 30 minutes each. These interviews were more intense as the two people who interviewed me wanted to know exactly what my qualifications were and specific information regarding previous experience. Since I was a good fit for the position, this was not bad, but they certainly drilled down my resume.
After finishing the second and third phone interview, I received an email pretty quickly from the recruiter saying she got the ok to schedule me for a final, in-person interview. At this point, I had received another offer. I mentioned that to the recruiter and she sped up the process. The final interview was on location and was with two people. I joined them in their office and they spent the next hour asking me questions. One individual was more technical and the other was more business. Very nice people who did not ask anything out of the ordinary. They were also aware that I had been made another offer and assured me they would expedite the process so I could make a decision if they decided to make an offer.
About 24 hours later the recruiter called me and told me they would match the other offer and that I would be receiving the offer letter shortly. Within 48 hours from the final interview I had the offer letter along with all the benefits information. After analysis, I let the recruiter know I would be taking the other offer. The recruiter responded and wished me luck in my new position. Then, about two days later, I get a call from the recruiter who leaves a voice mail asking me to call back. I call back the next day but she did not answer and I never heard back. My guess is they were willing to up the offer but I missed the call.
CGI scheduled the interview for 30 minutes and there was only one interviewer. He initially asked basic questions about background and experience. He explained about the company and was open to questions
Was super laid back and casual, the interviewer was super nice! Still had typical interview questions (describe a time where..., etc) but overall pretty stress-free first-round interview.
Lasted about 40-45 minutes as the interviewer was very conversational as well. Only advice I can give is to be personable and have a conversation.
I applied online. I interviewed at CGI in Oct 2025
Interview
Applied online, was told to connect with a recruiter at my university's job fair. They forwarded along my resume. There was a phone interview over Handshake. There was another interview with 2 parts (a technical and a personal) a few weeks later. The interviewer was around 10 minutes late with no communication which threw off the second interview. There was also supposed to be a Q&A the same day, but it got rescheduled to several weeks later. There was very little communication unless I initiated it. The whole process felt very unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were several questions regarding how to debug SQL code.