I applied online. I interviewed at Roc Search (Austin, TX)
Interview
I received a call not too long after submitting my application. Short phone call with basic questions and scheduled me to come into the office (I lived in Houston at the time). The interview was mainly with the internal recruiter and then the president later on, in total took about an hour and a half I think and I felt really good about it. They called me a few days later and asked me to come back to Austin for a final round interview. The recruiter told me prior I would interview with the team leader and then shadow for an hour or two with some of the people I would be working with. When I got to the interview it was nothing like that. I sat in a room and what seemed like endless white (almost all British) men came in one after another, made it kind of seem like there was no communication/plan for this interview really and they were just grabbing whoever available. I was off-put by the change of plan for the interview with no communication, but I rolled with it. By the time the fifth (unplanned) white man came in to interview me, I was getting slightly annoyed, and by the end of the interview, he asked me what his name was and I could not remember his name (just the four men before and every other person I've met there) and it ends on a really bad note, obviously and understandingly. But it gets worse. One of the original interviewers comes back and begins interviewing me again, ends by basically admonishing me for mentioning that I would find moral value/reward in this job (I specifically said "helping people find jobs and companies innovate would add a morally rewarding aspect to this job". He goes on a rant about how the first 3-6 months of the job I would be required to sell fake job ads to 200-500 people to get their references and build my book. While I am aware you need to implement creative techniques to build your book in the first year, this is not how you do it. He felt the need to emphasize the unethicality of it blatantly. He was literally trying to warn me, it was weird to say the least. He even felt the need to draw out a diagram so I could "understand" how they build books using fake job ads- using the example of creating a fake Facebook job ad. I have friends and relatives that work at much larger Austin/Houston recruiting firms and they all were stunned at my story of the interview. Regardless, after that, the interview ended and the recruiter came back, said she had a good feeling, they were all going to meet right after, make a decision and she would call me tonight or in the morning. I knew this was not a company I wanted to work for, however, I was curious if they were going to make an offer and my relocation to Austin was occurring soon. I did not hear from her for a week and she did not answer an email sent to her. I hear nothing. After driving up there twice to interview for hours.. Weeks later she calls me randomly and says that they are making decisions this week to hire more entry-level, I told her I was not interested. Very bizarre interview and company. It seems like a gentlemen's club that has barely got an ethical or effective foundation to stand on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were with friends and you left the room, what would three friends say about you?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Roc Search (Austin, TX) in Sept 2019
Interview
They first have an over the phone interview that is pretty informal, a more get to know you and why you are interested in recruiting. Then they have you come into the office for an in person interview, but they were great and the interview was pretty standard questions. They want to know your motivators and why you want to be a recruiter and what you would bring to the table.