Hays interview questions

Long recruitment process had a few interviews and an assessment centre. Firstly meeting with the internal recruitment manager then went to an assessment centre which then followed meetings with managers of specialisms.

1st Stage - Submit CV and cover letter online. 2nd stage - Call back from internal recruiter. Asking background, motivation for recruitment and why Hays. 3rd - Face to face interviews. My first was with one of the directors and a manager. Then a senior consultant. Then another interview with a manager and a final interview with another director. The progress lasted approximately 2 hours. The questions were intense and direct and required me to think quickly and give well thought out answers. 4th stage - Assessment centre. First a presentation on Hays (have 10 mins to prepare). Then 10 mins to reviews a sample CV and role the candidate who it belongs too (idea is the prove for further information). Then write a candidate profile for this person just interviewed and finally sell the candidate to a client. Again takes roughly 2 hours. The process was tough and the question very thorough, but the people interviewing themselves were great. They encouraged questions from myself throughout and took a reflective approach on my performance.