I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Korn Ferry in Jan 2023
Interview
I received a message on LinkedIn advertising a Recruiter role in Bucharest. Since I was searching for a role, I happily accepted it.
The first interview was with the recruiter where I received standard interview questions about me and my experience. A second interview saw set up with the hiring manager, pretty standard as well. A third interview was set up with the business partner that I would be working very close with if hired.
The process was successful and in the end I received an offer which I happily accepted and signed. The recruiter mentioned that she would get back to me with a start date... and it never happened. For weeks we've been emailing back and forth regarding the start date. It's been a year and a half and I still haven't heard from them.
The process was great, the end was very disappointing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What were some of the challenges that you've had in your role and how did you overcome them?
Felt like the interviewer was busy and didn't want to be there.
Told me they have a strict budget for this role (very low and pretty unliveable) - if there is a strict budget why is this not added to the job ad, it wastes both the interviewer and interviewee's time.
Told me they would get back to me and never did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General Qs on background and communicating with senior stakeholders in all countries
It was a great experience. The briefing was very thorough, and they were very professional, they have asked your experience, including specific examples and a time you faced failure? What did you learn from that experience？
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your experience, including specific examples and a time you faced failure? What did you learn from that experience?
All are professional from initial interview up to final interview. On time, friendly atmosphere and feedback was received on the time they promised, great office environment and assisted candidates all throughout the process.
Recruiter applicants have rated the interview process at Korn Ferry with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 51% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Recruiter roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 35 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Korn Ferry overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Korn Ferry as a Recruiter according to 35 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 24%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Personality test: 9%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Presentation: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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