I completed the first phone interview and it was very simple. I was first asked what I know about the company and the specific job that I applied for. Then my interviewer elaborated on what I had said and finally asked me why I thought I was a good fit for this job. I was required to speak a lot more than the interviewer so make sure to do your research and have questions prepared. I think with this interview they're mainly testing your ability to carry a professional conversation over the phone since this job requires you to make phone calls regularly to potential council members.
The next step will be a second phone interview with a hiring manager and if I pass that round, a final interview in person.
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Everything was straightforward. Just do your research and you'll be fine.
Very exhausting steps. HR, team head, senior VPs, several times. The offered position was not in line with my expertise per sé, but they are still very open to what I can bring. However, I do not think follow-up interviews with the department head necessarily fit the job they offer.
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any difficulties in previous experience, evaluation for a mock project
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at GLG (London, England) in Mar 2018
Interview
The recruiter contacted me in Linkedin, we had a 5 min chat and she invited me to meet the middle management. The interview went great and all these people really seemed to enjoy their job. Then I met their senior management, one of them showed up to the interview 20 minutes late and didn't seem to want to be there. I also completed a case study which would have been great, but the recruiter gave me wrong instructions.
The recruiter seemed to not like her job very much, our calls were all a few minutes long and she always wanted to hang up even if I still had questions. They also forgot to pick me up from the reception and didn't believe me when I said I was there 15 min early.
The thing that bothered me the most in this process was the lack of feedback. I invested hours and hours to this, I also took time off from my current work. Regardless of me asking many times, I didn't get any proper feedback in between the interviews and after the whole process. I even emailed a few of the managers to ask for the feedback directly but never heard back from them.
I love what the company does for their clients and truly believe in their mission. Considering this company is all about professional development, it is a shame that this doesn't seem to reflect in their hiring process.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at GLG (London, England)
Interview
Interview process went well and was wrapped up within a fortnight (2 x in house interviews) but then was kept on hold for 5 weeks with weekly conversations to check my status, as they were going through a 'hiring freeze'. Apparently this is quite common. Then received email rejection despite indications that is was the hiring freeze holding up an offer. Disappointed that they didn't have the decency to call then!