Mecca Brands interview questions

The process was very, very long (2 months) during which I completed 3 interviews. Over this time I did a Hirevue online interview (honestly the most daunting part), a Teams interview with HR and senior manager, and then I got invited to the office to meet the team for a final screening. I was told I’d hear the outcome within a week. Two weeks later, I hadn’t heard anything so I reached out via email and the following week I got a phone call telling me that it was down to me and one other applicant (slightly unprofessional to disclose?), they loved my interviews and would love to have me in the team - but decided to go with an internal opportunity instead. Beyond disappointing and felt like my time was wasted. My chances ill-fated from the get-go!

Have interviewed twice for Mecca for 2 different roles. First role was a phone interview. Went for about 30 minutes asking all the usual questions. Talent rep was 30mins late to the interview, seemed distracted the whole time as well. Ended the phone call with the understanding that they would be in touch within a week with next steps and that the interview was fairly positive / went well. Never heard from them again, completely ghosted. Tried to contact them with an email asking for any update and was ignored. Second role was a virtual online interview process that was very impersonal and not a great insight to the company. It involved about 7 video recorded questions which you had 30 seconds to prepare your answer and 2 minutes to record yourself. It was hard as you couldn’t ask questions or get further elaboration on what they were asking, some questions didn’t feel relevant to the role. You were basically put on the spot and talking to yourself. Following that was written questions - very similar to ones already covered in the application form. Then following that was a series of online games to play. Again, never heard from anyone - despite the applications for both roles still showing as ‘in process’ on my online candidate page. Not a great impression of the company. Hiring and interview process definitely needs work. It’s very impersonal and it doesn’t allow you to actually get to know the candidates properly to judge whether they are right for the role or not.