CIBC Software Engineer interview experience (2025)

CIBC Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Toronto, ONPosted Jun 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter screen, I ended up doing a behavioral interview that was pretty classic: they asked for my top three strengths, why I wanted to work there, and I gave a brief overview of my resume.

It also included the mandatory HR-style questions, and then the flow shifted into a few technical questions that were tied back to what was on my resume.

The whole thing took around three weeks, and the vibe was steady rather than intense. What surprised me was how much of the first part was about fit and storytelling versus deep technical probing. I stayed engaged, answered the resume-related technical prompts, and asked a couple questions afterward, but I still didn’t get an offer. Looking back, I thought the structure made sense—my reflection is that I would’ve expected the technical

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

CIBC Software Engineer interview experience

Preparing for this interview?