CIBC software-engineer candidates report a three-stage process with a phone screen, discussion of prior work, and a coding-focused technical interview that also touched on statistics.
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$155K
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3
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1-3 weeks
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For a CIBC Software Engineer interview, the most concrete recent report describes three stages: a phone screen, an introduction and presentation about previous work, and a one-hour technical interview. The technical portion was described as mostly coding and statistics, with no SQL. That makes clear explanation of your prior work as important to rehearse as the coding itself: be ready to present what you built, the decisions you made, and your individual contribution in a concise narrative.
The reported coding question focused on an array of people’s heights and asked for the maximum number visible in either direction under a blocking rule. Practice turning a wordy visibility rule into a precise algorithm before coding: identify what blocks visibility, test small edge cases, and explain the time and space trade-offs. A monotonic-stack approach may be a useful pattern to review for this kind of line-of-sight array problem, but candidates should be prepared to reason from first principles.
Statistics was also named as part of the technical conversation, though the specific material was not reported. Review the fundamentals you can explain clearly rather than assuming a particular question set. Evidence is limited to one recent role-matched account, so the order and emphasis may vary.
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3 stages. One phone screen, a 1-hour introduction and presentation about what you did before, and a 1-hour technical interview, mostly coding and statistics. It was a normal LeetCode-style question, with no SQL.
Questions asked: Given an array arr[], where arr[i] represents the height of the i-th person standing in a line, a person i can see another person j if arr[j] is smaller than arr[i] and there is no person k standing between them such that arr[k] is greater than or equal to arr[i].
Each person can see in both directions (front and back). Find the maximum number of people that any person can see, including themselves.
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A recent candidate explicitly listed a phone screen as part of a three-stage process. The topics for this conversation were not reported, so prepare a concise introduction and role-focused examples without assuming a fixed script.
The same candidate reported a one-hour introduction and presentation about previous work. Be prepared to explain your ownership, technical choices, and results in a clear sequence; the account does not specify a required presentation format.
Candidates report a one-hour technical interview focused mostly on coding and statistics, with no SQL in this account. One reported problem involved visibility among heights in an array, so practice converting constraints into an efficient algorithm and articulating your reasoning.
