I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BMO Financial Group (Toronto, ON) in Nov 2017
Interview
I applied on Monster website and got a call the following day to come in for technical interview (means they will be testing your coding skills). I got interview by 2 other developers and they asked combination of mathematical questions and programming questions. Math questions were a bit off cause they were theoretical in nature because their answer cant even fit in a calculator (ofc calculator not allowed on interview). For example, what is product of 100! (factorial). Programming questions were easy enough, brushed up on polymorphism, abstraction, data structure and recursion.
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Basic algorithm questions, time complexity and little bit of theory
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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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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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 Sep 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.
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Tell me about a project you did. What did you gain from it?