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RBC Interview Experiences

Data Analyst

Toronto, ON

Winter 2025Accepted

University of Waterloo · Statistics

4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 3 past internships

Hard Interview

TechnicalMultiple roundsBehavioralVirtual

OA had two coding problems and the work simulation where you pick answers about leadership principles. Final round was brutal because the behavioral half they kept digging deeper on every answer like tell me more about that and what did you specifically do and I ran out of things to say. Coding was graph BFS which I got but apparently wasn't enough

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is data lineage and why does it matter in a large organization?

Software Engineer

Summer 2026Accepted

University of Toronto · Computer Science

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 0 past internships

Resume ReviewConversational

Started off with some small talk with the 2 interviewers they seemed young and both of them also went to UofT so I felt a bit less nervous. Basic interview walked them through my resume they wanted me to elaborate on one of my past SWE experiences like what I did there, what I learned and how it helped me in knowing what I wanted to do after I graduate. Then a pseudo technical question it wasn't leetcode but I could tell they probably just pulled a problem from the website so it was more talk out loud how would you do this kind of thing (linked list question) then they let me ask questions during the last 5-10 mins I would say have questions prepared because they expect you will ask

Financial Analyst

Toronto, ON

Summer 2023No Offer

York University · Economics

1st year · 2.1-2.4 GPA · 0 past internships

Hard Interview

Multiple roundsTechnicalStressfulVirtual

Superday format, first two were behavioral and laid back but third one was supposed to be technical and had me pitch a long and a short and I completely froze on the short pitch. The Canadian economy and recent news also came up, would've been fine if I had just prepared a short pitch beforehand.

Questions Asked

  1. 1.How do you calculate return on equity?

Financial Analyst

London, ON

Winter 2026Accepted

Western University · Ivey HBA

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship

Hard Interview

Multiple roundsBehavioralTechnicalVirtual

Superday was three zooms in a row and the last one was all technical, DCF walkthrough and had me pitch a stock. First two were pretty chill though mostly why RBC why capital markets type stuff. And a lot of questions about Canadian current events

Questions Asked

  1. 1.Whats the difference between gross margin and net margin?

Operations Analyst

Toronto, ON

Winter 2026No Offer

Ontario Tech University · Commerce

3rd year · 2.5-2.8 GPA · 1 past internship

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualSlow processMultiple rounds

RBC HR phone screen then a panel with two operations managers. Questions about process improvement, working under tight service level agreements and a scenario about how I'd handle a workflow bottleneck where one team was a dependency for four others. Got to round 2 then silence for three weeks before a rejection email came through. No feedback on what could have been stronger, frustrating after two rounds

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is zero-based budgeting and when would a company use it?
  2. 2.Whats the difference between the direct and indirect method for a cash flow statement?

Data Analyst

Winnipeg, MB

Summer 2025No Offer

University of Manitoba · Mathematics

3rd year · 1 past internship

Easy Interview

TechnicalBehavioralVirtual

Supervisor covered my projects and SQL experience on the phone then managers asked OOP questions and about Java which I know well. And wanted to know about teamwork behavioral stuff, relaxed

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is a cohort analysis and when would you apply it?
  2. 2.What's the difference between a primary key and a surrogate key

DevOps Engineer

Ottawa, ON

Summer 2026Accepted

University of Ottawa · Computer Science

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship

Average Interview

TechnicalVirtualMultiple rounds

Good expectations for a co-op. Technical round was with two engineers, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes basics and infrastructure as code. Also asked how I'd handle a failing deployment in production.

Questions Asked

  1. 1.Explain infrastructure as code and name a tool for implementing it.
  2. 2.Tell me about a time you improved system reliability or uptime

Business Analyst

Ottawa, ON

Fall 2024No Offer

University of Ottawa · Commerce

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship

Hard Interview

Multiple roundsCase studySlow process

This was like 5 rounds, insane for a co-op. Phone screen, behavioral with STAR questions, SQL and data analysis assessment, followed by a GROUP interview with other candidates where we did a case study together. I thought the group part went well but I guess not. Never made it to the final round

Questions Asked

  1. 1.Tell me about a time you gathered requirements from a hard-to-reach or difficult stakeholder.

Business Consultant

Summer 2026No Offer

University of Waterloo · Business and Computer Science

4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship

EasyResume Review

One 15 min phone call with HR then 30 minute interview with manager. He asked a lot about my university background like courses and ECs and we chatted at the end for a bit about hobbies and football

Brand Marketing

Summer 2026No Offer

University of British Columbia · Business Administration

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships

Resume ReviewFast process

Only one interview applied through my school. They wanted to hear about how my past co-op was, what I learned there and how I could apply what I learned to the RBC role interviewers were quite friendly had fun talking with them

Software Developer

Ottawa, ON

Summer 2026Accepted

University of Ottawa · Software Engineering

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship

Easy Interview

TechnicalVirtual

90 min pair programming that was collaborative, hash map and recursion stuff then a life story interview where they ask what drives you and it all felt natural

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What excites you most about the opportunity at RBC?
  2. 2.Explain how database indexes improve query performance

Data Analyst

Summer 2026Declined Offer

Wilfrid Laurier University · Data Science

4th year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 2 past internships

Multiple roundsResume ReviewBehavioral

One HR interview asked me to introduce myself and walk her through my resume then another 30 min interview with manager we talked about the team and role mainly why I'd be interested etc

Risk Analyst

Toronto, ON

Summer 2026No Offer

University of Toronto · Economics

2nd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 0 past internships

Easy Interview

TechnicalVirtual

Recruiter screen was easy talked about projects mostly nothing too hard

Questions Asked

  1. 1.Tell me about a time you identified a risk that others hadn't noticed.
  2. 2.How do you prioritize risk issues when multiple things surface at once?

Data Engineering

Winter 2026No Offer

McMaster University · Software Engineering

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship

TechnicalMultiple roundsPre-recorded

First round pre recorded then one more round with hiring manager asked about basic technicals (SQL, Github, CI/CD)

Software Developer

Toronto, ON

Summer 2025No Offer

Ontario Tech University · Computer Science

2nd year · 2.5-2.8 GPA · 0 past internships

Easy Interview

TechnicalPre-recordedVirtual

Phone screen about SQL experience then take home assessment with 5 queries like joins aggregations window functions and walked through solutions after.

Questions Asked

  1. 1.What is a feature flag and how does it reduce deployment risk?

Business Analyst

Summer 2026Accepted

University of Toronto · Finance and Economics

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 2 past internships

Resume ReviewBehavioralEasy

Very simple process, only one interview and it was mostly behavioral

HR Coordinator

Toronto, ON

Fall 2025No Offer

Brock University · Business Administration

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship

Easy Interview

BehavioralVirtualMultiple rounds

purely behavioral about interpersonal situations. HR screen first then interview with two HR business partners. Situational questions about conflict resolution and supporting an employee through a difficult process. Got to final round and then a rejection with no specific feedback, just a standard we went with another candidate email

Questions Asked

  1. 1.How do you measure quality of hire after someone has been in role for 6 months?
  2. 2.Tell me about a time you identified and improved a broken recruitment or onboarding process
  3. 3.Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult feedback to a candidate or employee

Data Analyst

Summer 2026Accepted

Toronto Metropolitan University · Information Systems / IT

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship

BehavioralTechnicalConversational

First interview was a behavioral interview, asking questions about resume experience, why I want to work at RBC, and some basic situational questions. The second, and final round was a simple Excel technical assessment, testing concepts of data analytics related to a sample dataset provided

Business Analyst

Summer 2026No Offer

University of Waterloo · Business Administration

3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship

Pre-recordedBehavioralResume Review

Quick pre recorded interview then one round with hiring manager she was very nice and asked about my past co-op and a project I had listed on my resume sadly got declined a day after interview

Technical Systems Analyst

Summer 2026Pending Outcome

Carleton University · Computer Science

2nd year · 3.7+ GPA · 1 past internship

EasyBehavioral

No OA, fully behavioural. Good experience so far

Data Analyst

Winter 2026Accepted

Western University · Computer Science

3rd year · 1 past internship

EasyVirtualBehavioral

I was asked a couple behavioural questions then technical questions based on my resume nothing too difficult and no live coding

Investment Banking Analyst

Winter 2027Accepted

University of Pennsylvania · Economics and Finance

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 1 past internship

Multiple rounds

Really easy questions, don't even bother studying for them. I coffee chatted with the interviewer from before, and we had a great time and got drinks at the bar after.

Financial Analyst

Summer 2026Pending Outcome

York University · Business and Computer Science

2nd year · 0 past internships

very good experience but i haven’t heard back yet it was behavioural

Financial Analyst

Summer 2025Accepted

McMaster University · MBA

2nd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 0 past internships

1 HR round and one interview with the hiring manager mainly bahavioural focused

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