I applied through other source. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CCS Fundraising (London, England) in Jan 2025
Interview
This "vacancy" has been recycled at least 3 times to my knowledge. I applied in good faith via CharityJob in December last year and was shmoozed by Rachel Anders, Talent Acquisition USA. Lots of sycophantic, cheeseball "sucking up" over 3 interview stages last 12 weeks to solicit my response to a writing exercise then WHAM, I was totally ghosted. Like do many other reviews from candidates living in the US, this is an unimaginitive outfit, with zero ideas desperate for ideas and your presentation. As a Fundraising Consultant of many years, I've never heard of this outfit (or any charity's who have used them) so I don't know where they have built this client list of credentials from. Absolute disgrace, that they continue to advertise fake jobs for ideation. Avoid at all costs!!
I applied online. I interviewed at CCS Fundraising
Interview
Experienced three stages of their overall process: an brief informational chat (mostly them sharing details that could have been an email), a behavioral interview, and a take-home assignment. Got a boilerplate auto rejection message some weeks after submitting the assignment. Nothing personalized.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How have you worked within the constraints of nonprofits?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at CCS Fundraising in May 2026
Interview
A recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn, and I decided to apply after I had a 1:1 with them where they explained to me more about the role and what would be required.
The interview process was a standard 3 rounds - an initial HR screening (1hr), a panel interview with two associate VPs (1hr), and a 1:1 with the lead executive (30 min.) that the executive mentioned was pretty much the last step in the interview process. In-between the initial screening and the panel interview, there was a case study which I had to prepare a short written insert and a presentation for a hypothetical situation. This case study was presented at the beginning of the panel interview.
The process was fairly smooth, but halfway through the interview following the HR screening, I was left in the dark for around 4 weeks (I assumed I got ghosted at first) and the role that I applied for changed titles and salary range. I was able to get clarification as to why this happened when I brought it up in my interviews, but there was not a direct acknowledgement from HR that this happened.
In the end, I was not extended an offer, which they communicated fairly promptly, but I wonder if they just hire on a rolling basis since the position was still up even at the end of the interview process. All-in-all, it was a standard hiring process and the case interview wasn't too bad, but the role change in the middle left some confusion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard Behavioral Questions: Tell me about a time when...
Case-Study Specific Questions: How would you approach this situation?; What assumptions did you have when making the deliverables for this case study?
A bit informal, phone screening and initial panel interview. It seemed concealed that the interview process was for their “warm candidate pool” rather than an available position. Employees seemed happy and projects were interesting.
CCS Fundraising interviews FAQs
Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at CCS Fundraising with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 31% positive. To compare, the company-average is 34.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Consultant roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 37 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CCS Fundraising overall takes an average of 62 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CCS Fundraising as a Consultant according to 37 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 14%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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