I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Ottawa, ON) in Feb 2016
Interview
Phone screen with HR person from Toronto and then one on one interview with the hiring manager. It took about a week to hear from hiring manager to book the interview. The person that did the phone screen was a bit abrupt on the phone.
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Question 1
Was more like an informal conversation than an interview. He took notes but there were not a list of questions that he read from. The hiring manager was very proud of BMO and really spoke to the benefits of working there. The only negative thing that I can say is that he never contacted me back after the interview to decline me. I'm okay with not getting the position but some feedback would have been nice after i emailed him thanking him for taking the time to meet with me.
I applied online. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group in Jun 2018
Interview
Interview process starts with a telephone interview followed by face to face interview with HR manager and DVP. The experience was excellent, I was kept informed through the process and was provided a direct link to HR to assist with my questions.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Vancouver, BC) in Oct 2011
Interview
I got the phone interview chance by a Saskatoon local BMO branch manager's reference, whose a friend of mine for a part-time teller position. Two days after, I got the HR lady from Vancouver's office calling me about setting up a phone interview on the second day.
During the 1 hour's interview, most questions are behavior type questions plus basic personal information. But the recruiter was speaking incredibly fast that would make me feel pushed.
Overall, not a hard interview but definitely need to spend some time doing the homework before heading to the interview.
