I applied to this job through linkedin. This interview process was very intense to say the least, if you are not a good interviewer DO NOT apply! Also, make sure you find out as much as you can about this industry before you try entering it, it is NOT for the faint hearted, shy or lazy. I was contacted by an internal recruiter out of NY & was asked basic over-the-phone questions about myself & experience & then was sent a pamphlet about the company & was asked to look over it. Had another phone interview a few days later that delved a little deeper into my professional experience & why I wanted to get into recruitment, then was scheduled for a face-to-face at my local office. Next interview was with the manager of the team that if I was offered the position, I would be working under. This manager was great! Warm, energetic & made the tough interview actually enjoyable. This interview was a "typical" interview for the type of role & company that MP is. Was about my experience, the traits that make me a fit for sales & then other questions pertaining to the job. I also did 2 role-play exercises. Though tough, I knew I did great (the manager told me I did) & after I had to take a personality test. I won't give away what they want from you but I will say this, if you fail the personality test you will NOT move on. I'm sure you'd like to know how to pass but honestly, looking back on it now, if you fail the test by answering HONESTLY you do NOT need to be working for MP in the first place. I don't say that to be rude but MP is looking for a specific type of person & sometimes you aren't what they want. I passed the test. After the test I also met with another manager of another team (just a check & balances type thing I think) & it went well, even though this person seemed totally bored & was obviously more concerned with getting to their next meeting. I then came in for the final interview with the Director of my local office. From what I had heard from the manager that liked me (they were really rooting for me) this person was supposed to be down to earth & easy to talk to, THEY WERE NOT. Honestly, I've dealt with a lot of higher up business executives that are not exactly "nice" but hey, it comes with this industry, but I can say that in my gut I could tell that this person did NOT like me. I learned more about the company from this interview than from any other information I had received. Which makes sense since this person was running that office. This interview was basic interview questions & then I had to do two role-play exercises. The first was recruitment specific (I didn't do well on this one) & was a little strange to me since I had NO recruitment experience at all, which they knew. The second was a sales role-play, this is where you need to show you personality & show that you can sell air to a blind man. I thought I did really well on this part. After all this, this is where the interview took a turn for the inappropriate (in my opinion), this person was pretty much telling me that they didn't want to rush this, & that he had followed his gut before & it bit him in the a** (at this point I could tell something was up), he then started making sure I knew what I was getting myself into, even though at this point I had on about 5 occasions made it very clear I understood to the best of my knowledge that I knew what I was applying for. He then started to make sure I understood that at Michael Page everyone is the same, & that you have to fit in or you can't work there, they did this by asking me if I was "trainable" & after giving a very competent answer made it clear that by "trainable" everyone at MP is pretty much a clone, he brought up the way that they dress & then his eyes drifted toward my outfit, I obviously thought this was weird since I was wearing a black 3 piece suit. I had already been told by the previous manager (the bored & uninterested one) that everyone one at MP looks the same, dresses the same, acts the same, talks the same but at this point I could tell that this MP office was more of a fraternity/sorority stereotype. I also asked this person if there was something about that he was concerned about or if head any unanswered questions about me & they paused, said "that's a good questions", pause, "well you didn't do so well on the first exercise...", pause, "well on that note lets do this..." I then was asked to go home & think about everything & make sure this is what I wanted & that we would call me on Wednesday (2 days later) to speak with me. I went home sent my thank you emails the next morning, got a call that evening (From my recruiter NOT the director) that I didn't get moved on. My explanation? they wanted someone with more experience, even though they were recruiting entry-level & recent college graduates & I had already had a year of corporate sales experience.