Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Hays as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Fullstack Developer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Fullstack Developer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Hays takes an average of 1 day when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Fullstack Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Fullstack Developer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 1 day).
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I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Hays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied online with CV, received a phone call following afternoon. Make sure you have fully researched the company when applying because interview questions will be surrounding your background but also what you know on Hays.
Was invited for a face to face interview within the same week. Involved a little role play to see how you how you handle how unpredictable recruitment can be. You're given a few minutes to prepare and a in depth feedback on how you did. Make sure you research into recruitment and what it involves. What drives/motivates you etc. Take on board all feedback because you can implement in next stages. I was told then that I was invited to the assessment center.
Assessment centre was intense and again a lot of role play but this time in front of a group. Role plays included selling yourself as an expert recruitment consultant, business development role play, selling a candidate to a client. Everyone is given feedback so keep taking it on board. They are looking for confidence and a self starter.
Unfortunately I was unsuccessful here due to not showing enough drive. They have asked me to apply again in January as the market is a little slower then. I have since progressed in several interviews with competitors with a big brand. The feedback I received on all stages of the interview at Hays has definitely played a factor in that success.
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Why hays?
What is recruitment
What is 360 recruitment
I had an interview with the Office Manager, Regional Director and I went on an Assessment morning - the whole interview process was well explained and I felt very prepared and cared for as the internal recruiter rang me before the interview to make sure I was ok and knew where I was going and then rang me afterwards to ask how it went and to inform me of the outcome. I was very impressed with the whole process.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hays (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2016
Interview
I applied online and got a call from one of the talent acquisition specialist. The initial interview was a video call. To the best of my knowledge, it thought the interview went well as i answered all her questions well, but perhaps she wasn't satisfied with my answers. I got an email from the recruiter the following week saying that i wasn't successful without saying the reasons for the failure.