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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After having a quick phone interview going over my CV I was invited to a one to one inter view. This was in the head quarters and was going over my CV in more depth and about the company and what the position was all about. It wasn't too intense and they were good at answering any of my questions. After this I was invited to a group interview.
The group interview was very intense. You need to make yourself heard. Do good research on the company, their awards, the sectors they recruit for and know the company values! You will have to do role plays, in front of the whole group, around 12 other candidates. They expect you to progress through the day, so learn from your mistakes at the beginning. In the role plays everyone had a different scenario and it was done at random. So just be prepared to be resilient. I had to get get a candidate an interview with a lead employer, with the twist the employer was going on holiday the next day! They will make you sweat but they are just testing how you handle negative situations. I was unsuccessful after this stage but they did call me the next day with feedback and advice which was helpful.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Hays (Stoke-on-Trent, England) in May 2013
Interview
A long and thorough process, there were 4 stages to the process and there was an expectation that this was more than a job and that there was real interest in this role as a career.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Hays (Nottingham, Inglaterra) in Jul 2015
Interview
- Telephone Interview
- Interview with your Line Manager
- Assessment Centre
- Interview with your Director
Tip for the interviews would be just to be honest and prove your driven and determined and you'll get up and do it again no matter what knocks you down. Financially driven is always a big one in recruitment.
Assessment Centre
- Introductions
- Presentation from the assessors
- Short presentation from each candidate (arguments for or against a given point)
- Group exercise - you will be given a job and a load of CV's and as a group you have to decide the order in which candidates are suitable
- Role play 1 - selling a candidate at a client meeting
- Role play 2 - business development call (you will be given a scenario, it may be that they have had a previous bad experience with Hays. The key is to talk them round and CLOSE with some kind if commitment, either a meeting, call back etc)
- Writing a job advert (have a look at the style in which Hays advertise jobs)