I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Planet (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2022
Interview
1st interview: Line Manager & Employee A (who I thought was going to be my colleague in the team). 30-minute video call interview. They were very disorganised and had no structure -- they were thinking of their questions right then and there! At least they were honest that currently they are working overtime until midnight that's why they need to add someone to the team. After the interview, the third party Headhunter called and I gave my feedback that the interviewers were disorganised.
2nd interview: With HR / Internal Recruiter, but mostly he was selling me the role and the company and their plans for growth and "future plans" to raise the salary. (Note: I was just keen to leave my current employer so I was willing to explore opportunities at the lower end of my target salary range).
3rd interview: Another round of interview via video call, again scheduled with Line Manager & Employee A. But Line Manager had to attend another meeting so he was not there. Employee A asked me 1 or 2 questions (which was again was obvious she just thought of during the call). After 5 minutes she said that's all her questions. It felt so awkward that the interview was done, so I asked some questions about the role and the team to make the call longer to 15 or 20 minutes. After the interview, the third party Headhunter called and I gave my feedback, emphasising the feeling that the team was disorganised as reflected in the two interviews. I also found out from the Headhunter that Employee A who interviewed me alone in the second interview was actually GOING TO REPORT TO ME AS MY STAFF.
I withdrew my application since I had an offer with another company and I felt uneasy and lacked peace and had a bad feeling about the team and the role.
Misleading Job Title and Job Description: The day-to-day role was not aligned to the job title. The job was to coordinate with and provide evidences to external auditors, not to perform an internal audit within the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the questions was asking me how to solve one of the problems they currently have with their external auditors -- I thought it was a test / trick question. But it turns out the Line Manager actually did not know how to solve the problem himself.