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 through an employee referral. I interviewed at Hays (Londres, Inglaterra) in Aug 2016
Interview
Quick 10 minute phone interviewer with an internal recruiter - very simple just wants to find out more about you and your CV
Next stage is a face-to-face 1:1 with the same internal recruiter - expanding on CV and also mini role play of calling a hiring manager and trying to win their business
Next stage is an assessment centre with around 10 people. Intro to Hays, 2 role plays after you have analysed some info and you also have to write a job advert
Final stage is an interview with directors
My assessment centre was a terrible experience as had an Australian senior internal recruiter screaming and being completely obnoxious from the back of the room, and then went on to be the other part in the role play
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many offices/employees does Hays have in UK&I/world?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Hays in Feb 2016
Interview
Telephone interview with internal recruiter, one to one with management then back in for presentation tell you a lot about the challenges and difficulties of the work; they don't over exaggerate a lot of people drop out in the first few weeks because of this - take their advice and if its not for you then and alarm bells start ringing don't pretend you can handle it because you won't
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Ask about current trends in the sector your will be recruiting for
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Hays (Varsovia, Mazovia)
Interview
I was approached on LinkedIn and was invited to an interview. I met with one of the internal Recruitment Consultants for about an hour. I talked this person through my experience till date and was asked to talk in detail about the types of recruitment projects I've had the opportunity to carry out and their scope. The atmosphere was really nice.