4 agencies, 7 stages.....no chance.

[stillooking]

Personally, and that's only because I have a choice, I would get back to the agent saying that I can do 1 hour interview for free and I would charge for the rest thus allowing two ways to move forward:
a) by simplifying the process
b) by getting paid for the time spent/wasted

that won't happen if it's a permie opp

[Random]

all the banking (Front Office development) roles ive been for are generally 2 stages: (1) tech test / interview (2) Business / Product knowledge interview.

Thats it and tbh all you need. For my latest I had stage 1 in the morning and stage 2 after work the same day, you will understand if the person can or cant do the job based on the above 2 + their past roles.

[northernladuk]

Techinical test

What's that?

Thank god there wasn't a spelling test in mine [

[nomadd]

Contractors in "I don't want anyone to spend any decent amount of time with me, incase they find out I'm not worth X00's per day" shocker.....

Agents in the "I don't give a s-h-i-t-e" mode, as I don't have to go through all that. I just arrange it for some other mug to attend...

[swamp]

In general a contract role should only have one interview. A telephone interview beforehand is fine, but two or more separate face-to-face meetings should ring alarm bells.

Multiple interviews mean they want to treat you like a permie, or management don't trust their team leads to pick a good contractor. Multiple interviews goes against the whole ethos of contracting: contractors should be easy to hire and easy to fire. That's what clients pay for!

[nomadd]

In general a contract role should only have one interview. A telephone interview beforehand is fine, but two or more separate face-to-face meetings should ring alarm bells.

Multiple interviews mean they want to treat you like a permie, or management don't trust their team leads to pick a good contractor. Multiple interviews goes against the whole ethos of contracting: contractors should be easy to hire and easy to fire. That's what clients pay for!

And you can add "technical tests" to that exclusion list. I always make it clear to agents that I consider such things as billable work, charged in half-day units, and I insist they make the client aware of this if they plan to arrange such tests. Funny enough, they decided to "skip" the technical test for my current gig. And the one before... And the one before...

[doodab]

Any decent candidates won't apply because basically they can pick up a decent £500 a day contract from one interview, that means they'll be inviting the dross in to go through a long and time wasting exercise.

Which is why they need a 7 stage interview process....

[Wanderer]

Any decent candidates won't apply because basically they can pick up a decent £500 a day contract from one interview, that means they'll be inviting the dross in to go through a long and time wasting exercise.

My thoughts exactly. These long interviews are for permie jobs where they are looking for graduate trainees or trainee managers for McDonald's.

For me, the interview is a place for me to discuss the client's requirements and for me to make a pitch for how MyCo can work with them to deliver what they want.

[Fred Bloggs]

My thoughts exactly. These long interviews are for permie jobs where they are looking for graduate trainees or trainee managers for McDonald's.

For me, the interview is a place for me to discuss the client's requirements and for me to make a pitch for how MyCo can work with them to deliver what they want.

Exactly.