Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at RBC as 75% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Internship and Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at RBC takes an average of 16 days when considering 4 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 10 days), whereas Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
Interview process was a little dragged out. I spoke with three different recruiters during the process. Each one was more helpful than the previous. The initial phone interview was just getting a sense of my personality, and the in person interview was much more job specific.
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When is a time in your life you have encountered adversity?
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at RBC
Interview
The interview was a lunch interview, which was incredibly short. The process was more about him going over the goals and objectives of the position. During the interview, the manager also talked about another of his staff's HR issue with me, which should have been a red flag, as I ended up experiencing one of my own.
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The most unexpected question was about my door to door marketing experience in my previous role with RBC, which I had never done, and he was well aware that I'd never had any experience doing that in my previous role, as I moved from the call centre. Most of the interview was not questioning me at all, but simply going over the job, as though he'd already made up his mind that I had won the role. Most of the questioning was about the move from one location to another, and if I was interested in doing so.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at RBC (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2011
Interview
The interview process was very light. I was hired into a graduate rotational program. Initial interview was a 30min HR and 30min programming. HR was pretty easy, I was open and honest about my learning and working style. Programming was pretty easy - some easy lab questions from first year. Final round was full day style. There was a case study and 2 45 minute interviews for technical questions. I was asked to write hello world and talk about some networks courses I took. It was a bit of a joke.
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The most challenging aspect was the case study as most technical people don't have experience in it. It was a test to see how much information you can digest in a short amount of time while working alongside a group. It also tested how you perform in a group dynamic and whether or not you take the lead.