I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Emma (Oakville, ON) in Jan 2024
Interview
It was fine, we walked in and it was very professional. They asked how I am in a team, whether I have good leadership, and previous job experiences. It very friendly and has a good feel
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What type of social work environment do you prefer?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Emma in Feb 2024
Interview
I applied to 2 positions in Emma relevant to my experience. I got an email invite for the interview but it didn't explicitly say for what role. I clarified with the HR and they never got back to me, so I only found out during my interview what role I was being interviewed for. Honestly not a big deal, but it felt weird being interviewed so casually. Interviewer was obviously Gen Z and kept replying to my answers with Gen Z lingo which was a bit funny and not professional to be honest. Their questions really test your on the spot thinking and creativity. She also never got back to me on the next interview, which is fine cos I got to know more about the company and it also did not fit where my career path has headed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How will you encourage customers to buy directly from the site rather than 3rd party websites using only a pen, string, scissors?
I applied online. I interviewed at Emma in Dec 2023
Interview
Quite frankly the stupidest recruitment process I've ever been through. No regard whatsoever for the time the candidate is having to take in order to make it to their "recruitment friday".
They asked completely unrelated questions to the role that I was applying for. Like ideas for marketing campaigns and if I were to start a business what would it be. I was applying for a role within the product development team.
At the end they told me they wouldn't go through with my application because the role was, and I quote, "an unstructured role and we aren't able to provide you with the team and resources you would need". That makes no sense and none of that was in the job description. Had that been in it, I would have most definitely NOT applied in the first place.
When I asked about their decision making process and their product developement process (which is completely pertinent to the role that I was applying for) the guy LITERALLY said "we just figure it out as we go".
Save your time and don't even bother to apply, unless you're looking for that kind of chaotic, unstructured, pretentious, and underpaid environment.
I will say, even though the process was exhausting and felt like a complete waste of my time, the people that interviewed me (5 total) were friendly enough that I wouldn't say the overall experience was terrible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's the angle between the hands of an analog clock when the time is 3:15? (Yes, they seriously asked that)