I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2018
Interview
Just some behaviour questions and some simple SQL and Python questions. The team manager doesn't have a technical background, but the team member will ask technical questions. The process is very smooth. Is contacted by phone.
I applied online. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Waterloo, ON) in Apr 2026
Interview
The interview lasted about 1.5 hours and was divided into three parts: ML and recommender systems questions, algorithm and SQL. The questions were medium but the interviewer was friendly and gave enough time to think through the questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Familiarity with recommender systems and their underlying concepts.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group in Mar 2024
Interview
There are three rounds, including a data analysis project, and two rounds virtually with team members, questions including stat, machine learning, math and programming, candidate must have relevant experience in data science.
The interview process started with a 30 minute recruiter screen, followed by a technical screening asking SQL and Python questions, followed by a team interview asking a combination of behavioural and technical ML questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that takes in a number n and outputs the nth term of the Fibonacci sequence (Python coding question)