First, there was a PI Behavioral Assessment. Then Screening call with the team lead. At the time the roles was taken offline. I was informed that there were already candidates on the final stage. Really long process and the overall candidate experience can be improved.
Standardised interview process in two steps with a first interview with a recruiter and then together with hiring manager. The process was relatively fast and information and feedback was very clear which I appreciated. The hiring manager made a sarcastic comment about one of my previous experiences which really shocked me and I decided not to pursue the role further due to this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Relevant questions on how my previous experience would made me fit for the vacant role, zooming in on challenges and what my strengths are dealing with those.
First of all, the employee who interviewed me was not a recruiter as she told me, but it was clear: she wasn't interested at all in getting to know me, since she didn't ask anything regarding my past working experience. She also wasn't taking notes, so during the interview I was wondering how she could remember all the information after our meeting.
Plus, she didn't speak an understandable English, so it was complicated to got what she was really asking to me.
Then, I felt like the interview was a real examination: no attempts of conversation, no proper answers, and in fact she was just asking some standardized questions (all of them were behavioral and case studies) that she could read on a sheet.
After that, she asked me if I had questions, and I replied asking her the exact location of the internship. She couldn't answer because they didn't provide her any information.
She didn't say a word on the salary as well and I had the feeling that she had to stop our interview precisely at 17.00, because I was still talking to her and she interrupted me rudely with a "OKAY OKAY OKAY HAVE A NICE DAY BYE BYE BYE".
But the WORST thing that happened was her talking bad about the company. I mean, she was clearly trying to discourage me saying that the Emma is facing a crisis in terms of turnover, because most of the people leaves the company after less than a month since the environment is really chaotic and dysfunctional.
They didn't offer me a follow up interview, I didn't receive any feedback, and I really don't understand why, because my profile was clearly 100% suitable with what they were looking for.
By the way, if I have to be honest, I'm glad that there won't be a second interview with them.
I just hope that they will really be able to implement all the strategy that I provided to the interviewer to enhance the workforce retention because if the interviews are always like that, they need to keep close their current employees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a little about yourself; Tell me what is a 'recruiting internship' in 1 phrase; Tell me about a project that you're really proud of; Were the people that you hired in the past all good?; What is the worst thing about you that can bother the other members of you team? How do you try not to make it come up? And the best thing?; Tell me about the strategy that you would implement to enhance employee retention