Commercial Banking Associate applicants have rated the interview process at CIBC with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Commercial Banking Associate roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CIBC overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CIBC as a Commercial Banking Associate according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 10%
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Online interview with three different people of varying rank and roles. They were more interested in me as a person versus my overall skills as there was case study to do for the next step of the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are very busy with your day to day and a project that you are nearing a deadline for. Someone else comes and asks you to work on a critical job but you are already at your max workload. How do you respond?
I applied online. I interviewed at CIBC (Whitehorse, YT) in Oct 2025
Interview
Pretty basic; many questions were about if I am legally allowed to work in Canada and if I have any connections to the city. Mostly behavioral questions about why cibc and why commercial banking.
I applied online. I interviewed at CIBC (Langley, BC) in Sep 2025
Interview
firstly, they prefer fresher from SFU and UBC. First would be to get invited to a mixer/Mingler where you will meet the rest of the team. if you’re able to create an impression you’ll be called for a second interview, which is a case study. It was a difficult case study, but all you need to do is show them how you handle pressure and tough situations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
case study - Company financials, summary and everything needed to calculate ratios and other important benchmark