I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Scotiabank (New York, NY) in Nov 2024
Interview
2 rounds of behavioral interviews, one super day with 3 back to back interviews - one of them technical with bond trader. Very easygoing and casual process. Heard back about a week after the super day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Future price of a bond based on the numbers they gave you.
I applied online. I interviewed at Scotiabank in Feb 2026
Interview
Generic S&T AC, broken into two halfs.
First half is a group presentation and the secong being a technical interview. Would say for the technical go over lots of stuff re bond pricing and yeilds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Broken into two-halfs:
First half was a presentation on if the BOE should hold or cut rates, given some data such as CPI, GDP all the usual stuff and then had to make a decesion as a group.
Second half:
Technical interview just on opinions on markets, some pretty technical questions about bonds and more corporate finance stuff than I would of expected.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Scotiabank (Toronto, ON) in Jul 2023
Interview
The questions were relatively standard and not very difficult. They asked some general questions such as introducing yourself and talking about why you want the job and then content-specific ones.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us who you are and why you're applying to this position and scotiabank.
Global Markets Summer Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at Scotiabank with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Global Markets Summer Analyst roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Scotiabank overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Scotiabank as a Global Markets Summer Analyst according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Personality test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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