Trading Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at TD with 2.7 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 69.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trading Assistant roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at TD overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at TD as a Trading Assistant according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at TD
Interview
Phone interview consisting of several market related questions such as "what is going on in the economy?" "why has the Canadian dollar at a 5 year low?" etc. The interview team was nice and had a sense of humour which is always good. I wasn't offered the position but it was a great opportunity to interview for their institutional equity desk.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens to the Canadian dollar if interest rates go up?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at TD (New York, NY) in Jan 2013
Interview
Hired from campus recruitment
The job was a trading assistant on the derivatives desk - they wanted to know your skills with SQL, Excel, VBA, and understanding of the financial markets.
In the interview, they asked about your previous experiences working in the markets and about your programming skills. They also asked questions to do with SQL and Excel functions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you query this SQL? They gave me two tables, one with a primary key, and one without; and asked to retrieve some columns from the first table joined with columns from the second
Phone interview. Asked basic questions about the market, and why you want to be a trader. Mostly behavior. Ask about what I have done in the past related trading, specifically last job in one of the Canadian Bank's capital markets division. Asked about if I follow news, and what the biggest most recent news is. Also asked to rate my excel skill on a scale of 0 to 10
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at TD (Waterloo, ON) in Oct 2014
Interview
Applied through university. Got an interview. They interviewer came to the university to do an interview. Not very long, 30 minutes. Was then sent an email asking if I would accept the offer if given. I agreed and I was given the offer through the university. It was pretty much the same process as getting a job from any other employer. The only exception being that I was contacted outside of the university system asking if I would accept the offer. Then if I rejected it, they could formally offer the job to someone else.