Very quick and smooth. Took about 2 weeks to get through 2 interviews. Very accepting environment that seemed to want to learn about my thought process instead of previous work experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Youth Employment Services YES (Toronto, ON)
Interview
About an hour with two managers, virtually. Way too long and repetitive, and the questions were often hyper-specific to the company that they didn't elaborate on much when asked for clarification, as they were clearly just reading off a sheet of questions with no real engagement or back and forth with me. Then they ghosted me despite my follow up emails (illegal as of Jan 1, 2026 in Ontario!). For a company that is built on supporting job-seekers, this is really inexcusable.
I also asked about what their training process is like and they said "we don't really train, we kind of just expect you to be able to do the job". Yikes!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How I'd go about finding jobs for clients, asked in about 15 different ways.
I interviewed at Youth Employment Services YES (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Called me for a first round interview. Was two people on the call. They asked about how I would help find jobs for their clients which would be highschool aged youth. One of the female interviewers defensive after I asked why the role was open for a while and what happened to the previous applicant. Thought the interview went well, but there was no follow-up; not even a thank you for attending the interview message. They just ghosted afterwards.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They mainly wanted to know how you would find jobs for the youth, and what methods you would use.