I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at CGI (Montréal, QC) in Jan 2010
Interview
It all starts with a 1-1 with an HR person who selected your CV based on keywords and essentially has no knowledge whatsoever of what your job looks like. Basically they will check your languages (English is always a requirement, also in QC-based positions) and if you may put the company to shame,
Next step is a real interview with a few directors, mostly unqualified for their role. If one of them likes how you answer the general questions you will be hired.
It's one-stage interview with Hiring Manager and a peer regarding Product Manager role. Although I could not get the offer due to they told me there was someone else suitable for the role (may be because of domain mismatch problem that I don't have further feedback unfortunately), it's been friendly and professional experience assessing how my previous experience with acheivement could help on the role.
Great feedback, we'll get in touch about next steps, then ghosted me.
Quite an appalling way to treat candidates. They asked me to do a large case study for the interview. I put a lot of time and effort into it. They said they loved it and were very impressed. Then absolute silence, which according to reviews, seems to be very common for them.
My advice to candidates is to not waste your precious time on CGI. And for CGI to consider how disrespectful and unprofessional such patterns of behaviour are.
Had multiple rounds of interviews an year or so ago, but couldn't get through. Interviewers were very polite and helpful. They were professional. Asked relevant questions and described what they're looking for clearly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How your skills can make an impact with this role?