1. Phone interview 2. Face to face interview 3. Group assessment 4. Meeting with Branch Manager and Western Sydney Director
Research the Hays website in and out, do the interactive recruitment test they have, try score the highest in it, tell them in the interview you completed and what score you did, this impressed them when I mentioned it in the interview. Know their core values, I got asked to relate a real life work & personal example to each of them to prove I possess those values also e.g. tenacious, expert etc.
Most difficult stage of this interview process was the group assessment. There is only so much you can prepare for, but to comment on my experience, alot had to do with how quick off the mark you were, how confident you sounded when speaking. Examples of exercises and tasks were; each candidate given a statement i.e. Is it important to know the company or client you are selling to? Is Sales a dirty word? etc. Then you would have to prepare a brief 2-3min speech within 10-15 mins.
Other exercises were; Cold calling to employers, these scenarios varied, so brush up on some quirky openers and closers, always be wary of the conversation it could simply be that over the phone they sound really busy, ask them if they need any temp admin assistants or something, thats what I should of done!
And finally, conducting a position analysis with an employer, ask straight forward questions that will derive the most information from the employer about the position. Example, what are the key skills areas you are looking for in the candidate etc.
Successfully moving on from the group assessment, I met with the Branch manager and Area Director, who ask you more and more questions into your experience and work life, why you want to work for Hays etc. Just rehash alot of the questions you were asked in your phone and 1:1 interview at the beginning of the interview process.
After the whole process I was successful in getting an offer, but had to decline due to them not approving my leave for several weeks 6 months down the track which is understandable. 3 weeks seems to be the most amount of leave they can approve within a year for staff.
Overall, Hays appears to be an extremely professional company, which has a strong focus on developing those who are a blank canvass or new to recruitment so they can mould them into the type of recruiters they want. Will try my luck again with them, since getting my travel out of the way!