Got a final interview for the Corporate Credit Product division within CIBCWM. The role sits on the trading floor and is a front office role mixed with MO risk. I’ll be on-boarding and analysing Funds, Fund managers and structuring Credit facilities for FX, IRS, and Securities Lending…
Anyone know anything about this? Anyone got opinions on CIBCWM?
I interviewed with them twice. Never got a call back.
Can you guys fill me in on how you are getting these interviews?
When you say never got a call back, do you mean they never even called back to tell you you were rejected?
This has recently happened to me with a bank, and I am considering calling them and kind of letting them have it. Its just bad form after I took the time to apply and come in and interview and then they dont even get back to you to say they arent proceeding.
^ Yup, they didn’t let me know they weren’t proceeding with me. I got used to it though. Employers were more classy pre 2008.
And the funny thing is that the second time I interviewed with them (a few years after the 1st), HR asked me if I ever interviewed with them before. I said yes, just 2 years ago for position X. I was then asked how did it go and I answered I never received any answer. They looked shocked and assured me that that’s not how they handle candidates. They apologized for whoever interviewed me. Well…they ended up pulling the same stunt.
2 months ago I interviewed with a hiring manager at a big welath management firm. He was going to interview 6 candidates and I was #2 on the list. He promised me he would let me know if I got the job or not. His words: “I will call every single candidate that steps into my office out of respect. I meet with hundreds of clients a year. Respect is important to me because the candidate you reject today can be the client you meet tomorrow”.
I never heard from him again. I don’t mind not being contacted to know I got rejected, but if someone promises me to get back to me, I expect him to keep his word.
Interview was easy…Not sure if I want the job, though. I have it pretty chill where I am at the moment.
They kept saying things like; ‘you have the experience we need’ etc…
Anyone know much about CIBC? I’ll be working in the London office…in the counterparty credit risk on the trading floor…
Haha, totally know how you feel. This happened to me last year when I was looking for post-MBA jobs last year. One hedge fund I interviewed with went so-so – I was as prepared as I could have been, but didn’t get that “warm and fuzzy” feeling. The lady I talked (mid-40’s and single, I believe) to seemed a bit dictatorial. Anyway, she told me she’d be in touch but I never heard back from her after a few weeks, and ended up taking an offer elsewhere.
Then, recently, she added me on LinkedIn. I wasn’t sure if that was her plan or if LinkedIn just went through her “recent contacts” and added everyone on her list. Seeing this as an opportunity to be cheeky, I wrote back to her and the following dialogue ensued:
Numi: “Hi, have we met before?”
Lady: “Yes, we spoke about opportunities at this fund last year.”
Numi: “Hm…”
Lady: “Don’t you remember?”
Numi: “Um…nope!”
/ end of thread
(P.S. She was ugly too)
Yeah, people don’t like to call with rejections. I guess it is just awkward. Imagine if you broke up with 10 girls on the same day, and had to tell each of them “It is not you. It’s me”. So you just end up avoiding them.