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      Financial Advisor Trainee Interview

      17 Apr 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Calgary, AB
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Scotiabank (Calgary, AB) in Feb 2015

      Interview

      Applied online, did not hear anything for about 6-8 weeks. Began with some personality tests and a phone interview with the recruiter. Here we discussed the regular things, the job, basic interview questions, etc. The recruited was friendly and easy to correspond with throughout the process. There is a training centre in Calgary where they typically recruit a group of advisors at once and train them together. However, I was placed right in a branch from the beginning. Depending on timing you could expect both. After this I had an interview in the branch where I was to be posted, and received a call later that day with the offer.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Typical stuff, describe a situation in which you worked with a difficult team member, a difficult customer, etc. At the in-person interview it was a more casual conversation and then some situational assessments. The manager did not seem well prepared, it was as if he was reading the situations to me for the first time himself. These mostly surrounded bank security and ethical concerns.
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      Other Financial Advisor Trainee interview reviews for Scotiabank

      Financial Advisor Trainee Interview

      15 Oct 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Scotiabank in Oct 2022

      Interview

      It is a multiple stage interview process: First phone pre interview with the recruiter, zoom interview with a branch manager and zoom panel with a branch manager and someone from the district administrative team.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What attracted you to Scotiabank?
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      Financial Advisor Trainee Interview

      2 June 2022
      Anonymous employee
      London, ON
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Scotiabank (London, ON) in May 2022

      Interview

      It has taken longer than expected. About a month to complete the interviews and the whole process. It took about 1 week after applying to be contacted for first interview and then another 15 days for second interview. The interviewer was to the point and not very friendly, but very honest and clear about pay and what I will need to do once I start.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time when a coworker was performing soemthing unethical
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      Financial Advisor Trainee Interview

      27 Oct 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Calgary, AB
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Scotiabank (Calgary, AB) in Oct 2021

      Interview

      Very friendly and focused on creating a dialogue, have to go through multiple interviews so only negative is that it can take quite a while to actually get to the end with an offer

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do I see myself as an advisor
      1 Answer