I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Toronto, ON)
Interview
A headhunter sought me for this role. I was not given a role description in spite of asking for one. Just that there was a requirement for a SAS developer.
In the interview , the interviewer seemed to be only concerned about whether I had experience with SAS DI Studio.
That was the very first question and I said 'Never'. At this point, he ran out of questions I think. The next few questions all centered around DI Studio. "Have you done this with DI Studio? Have you done that with DI Studio?" You must be kidding me. What was my answer to your first question?
Anyway, it felt like the interviewer had very little knowledge about SAS's core programming component and wasn't equipped to ask any competent, analytical questions. There was 0 importance given to understanding my experience, skills or thought process.
It was disappointing to say the least. I left the interview mentally about 5 minutes in. After that, it was just an uncomfortable wait to the end. It also left me with a slightly bad impression about the company.
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Question 1
Imagine any question in your head and put 'SAS DI Studio' in it.
I applied online. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2025
Interview
Interesting, 2 stages, one with manager and tech lead, second with tech lead and developers. Focused on being a product engineer and coding (medium difficulty question). Asking about JavaScript and TypeScript.
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Question 1
How have you shown you are a product thinking engineer?
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
1:1 team lead interview with resume review and how to implement basic class. You can only pass if you know what you are doing in my opinion. He will question your every decision and make sure you know why what you chose is a good / bad option. The interviewer is very nice though otherwise, making jokes during the interview. But you better know what you're doing.
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Question 1
Implement a FIFO queue using modern C++ and low latency techniques
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Toronto, ON) in Sept 2025
Interview
First stage of the process was a one way interview. Mainly questions like "Why BMO?" or "Tell me about a project you did", and one situational question like "what would you do if you were part of 'x' team that is having this problem" etc. The second stage would have been a first-round interview with a recruiter or manager, and then a possible second round with team members.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a project you did. What did you gain from it?
