Reply to: A Group Face-To-Face Interview

[SueEllen]

Have you seen "SAS - Who Dares Wins"? The trick is to always expect the unexpected.

So for example, they'll offer pre-interview sarnies and canopes and suchlike, but as soon as the candidates have scoffed all they can eat of these, the interviewers will rush in bellowing and blowing whistles and you'll all be packed off on a ten mile run!

You are suppose to eat before. That way if they offer you food or drink you accept to be polite but just take a bite or sip to be polite.

[OwlHoot]

Now I'm up to the 2nd stage, which is going to be a collective interview to all the contractor candidates
that the client wishes to bring on site at this time.
It's the first time I've come across this,
and wondered whether any of you have been through this before,
and if so - what is it like and what is the purpose of it?

Have you seen "SAS - Who Dares Wins"? The trick is to always expect the unexpected.

So for example, they'll offer pre-interview sarnies and canopes and suchlike, but as soon as the candidates have scoffed all they can eat of these, the interviewers will rush in bellowing and blowing whistles and you'll all be packed off on a ten mile run!

[saptastic]

She got the job....

[greenlake]

Laxative or LSD in the coffee pot in the morning. Last person standing by lunch, gig is yours. Sounds a doddle.

She got the job....

[GB9]

Never heard of anything like this. Sounds humiliating.

Hunger games next.

10:40. Thursday 23 Feb 17.

I agree with Scoots, even down to the Hunger Games.

[LondonManc]

Laxative or LSD in the coffee pot in the morning. Last person standing by lunch, gig is yours. Sounds a doddle.

Don't forget the tazer for the tea drinkers.

[Eirikur]

Have seen this for perm roles with some of the so called big 5 consultancies.
I was invited I think it was Deloitte 3 years ago or so, told them if they were interested in hiring me they should meet me face to face, which they didn't want, because HR process blah blah blah, so I declined.

[northernladuk]

Laxative or LSD in the coffee pot in the morning. Last person standing by lunch, gig is yours. Sounds a doddle.

[scooterscot]

Never heard of anything like this. Sounds humiliating.

Hunger games next.

[lukemg]

Yeah I have done this - I wouldn't do so again...
You will probably get a group task to sort out, everyone is being watched to see how they interact in a team etc.
Everyone is on best behaviour so it is usually ok, you want to contribute but not squash anyone else down (unless the job is after that type !)

If this is a contract, it better pay top dollar, if it's perm - then why ??

[MrMarkyMark]

Depends how desperate the op is for work.

I would tell them to feck off......after I'd finished laughing

Cynic.

I'm sure there will be a lot of fun had on the day

[VillageContractor]

One of my last perm roles did this - it was more for getting lots of candidates interviewed at once cos we were in a rush.

2 hours was a coding test/examples IIRC

Next bit was an interview with 2 people.

[GB9]

Depends how desperate the op is for work.

I would tell them to feck off......after I'd finished laughing

[MrMarkyMark]

By this do you mean they are bringing in all the contractors together and you are chasing the same position in the gig? Or are you going to be working on the project together and it's a new team so they are using it as a team bonding session to see how you get on together?

If the former it sounds like a very permie thing to do. Think it can be quite common, I had the same thing when I doing my A-Levels for a job in Halfords many years ago. If it is this for a contract, I would be giving it a wide birth.

Sounds like a consultancy to me

[doconline]

<snip>
Now I'm up to the 2nd stage, which is going to be a collective interview to all the contractor candidates
that the client wishes to bring on site at this time.
</snip>

By this do you mean they are bringing in all the contractors together and you are chasing the same position in the gig? Or are you going to be working on the project together and it's a new team so they are using it as a team bonding session to see how you get on together?

If the former it sounds like a very permie thing to do. Think it can be quite common, I had the same thing when I doing my A-Levels for a job in Halfords many years ago. If it is this for a contract, I would be giving it a wide birth.