I applied through university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at CGI in Feb 2013
Interview
After meeting the recruiter at the career fair, I was called up for an initial phone screening. I was told by the person who screened me that she thought I would be a good fit for the company, so she would try to set up another interview before being invited on site. The second interview didn't happen, but I was invited on site for the two day interview process that you will read about for campus recruiting.
I drove 8 hours to the on site location. On night one there was a free dinner provided to all of us where we meet the other 19 people in our interview group and a few of the CGI employees. Dinner was fun, and I ended up liking the entire group of people.
The next day was the on site interview day. Arrive early in the morning and be handed a schedule. Basically, you go through an HR presentation, walk around the site, have a panel question/discussion, and you also have interviews with three CGI people. Not all of them are actual recruiters. A free lunch is provided during and after, you fill out an evaluation. You are then sent on your merry way and wait to hear back from them.
One thing, though. It doesn't matter what position you applied for, they are interviewing you for every position available to campus students. It's only after when they decide if you are a good fit and where you might be a good fit.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
You have two pieces of rope at identical length. They both burn one hour long, but how do you get them to burn in 45 minutes?
How many times do both clock hands meet, and I can't remember if he said in a 24 hour period or how many times total it is possible for both hands of a clock to meet overall.
CGI scheduled the interview for 30 minutes and there was only one interviewer. He initially asked basic questions about background and experience. He explained about the company and was open to questions
Was super laid back and casual, the interviewer was super nice! Still had typical interview questions (describe a time where..., etc) but overall pretty stress-free first-round interview.
Lasted about 40-45 minutes as the interviewer was very conversational as well. Only advice I can give is to be personable and have a conversation.
I applied online. I interviewed at CGI in Oct 2025
Interview
Applied online, was told to connect with a recruiter at my university's job fair. They forwarded along my resume. There was a phone interview over Handshake. There was another interview with 2 parts (a technical and a personal) a few weeks later. The interviewer was around 10 minutes late with no communication which threw off the second interview. There was also supposed to be a Q&A the same day, but it got rescheduled to several weeks later. There was very little communication unless I initiated it. The whole process felt very unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were several questions regarding how to debug SQL code.
