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.“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.“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.“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.“What is zero-based budgeting and when would a company use it?”
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.“What is a cohort analysis and when would you apply it?”
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.“Explain infrastructure as code and name a tool for implementing it.”
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.“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.“What excites you most about the opportunity at RBC?”
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.“Tell me about a time you identified a risk that others hadn't noticed.”
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.“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.“How do you measure quality of hire after someone has been in role for 6 months?”
2.“Tell me about a time you identified and improved a broken recruitment or onboarding process”
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