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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostAny 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.
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.
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostAny 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.
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Originally posted by swamp View PostIn 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!
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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!
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Originally posted by The Agents View View PostContractors 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.....
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Techinical testOriginally posted by ettubrute View PostWhat's that?
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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.
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Originally posted by xchaotic View PostPersonally, 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
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Originally posted by The Agents View View PostContractors 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.....
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostIn the graduate ones we did...
Initial face to face
Competency based interview via activities
Techinical test
Meet and greet senior stakeholdersOriginally posted by ettubrute View PostTechinical test. What's that?
Think for my GlobalCo grad intake we had;
1 - Phone interview from 3rd party recruitment advisors
2 - Assessment half day including team based exercises (observed), 30min interview with HR lady, 30min interview with technical manager .. suppose that might count as 3 steps?
3 - hour and a bit interview with a PM about what I can't remember
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Originally posted by Scary View PostWhat are the 7 stages?
Does chat with a technical person for 30 mins then chat with a business side person for 30 mins count as 2 stages?
I can't understand how it's possible to need more than:
1. Phone interview
2. Interview + technical test
3. Negotiations for pay and conditions
Initial face to face
Competency based interview via activities
Techinical test
Meet and greet senior stakeholders
There are also other things such as a presentation. Interview with senior management, interview with tech teams or similar, meets and greets for team fit with various teams if you didn't do the previous two interviews, more assesment days and so on.
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Originally posted by The Agents View View PostContractors 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.....
Normally an interview is a day off work, and the pre stages often involve spending several hours.
Are we now expected to spend a month a year looking for a job?
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.Last edited by BlasterBates; 30 July 2010, 09:05.
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Originally posted by Scary View PostWhat are the 7 stages?
I am so glad I don't have to go through all this anymore.
In these days of lean this and agile that, what is the point of long drawn out recruitment procedures like this.
Is it any wonder that so few manage to get through the whole process and that firms discover that they cannot find people, or is that the point.
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