Sites n Stores interview questions

This was a VERY lengthy process. There are a series of activities that must be completed as a part of the first round of interviews. 1. Networking Speed Dating test: You sit down and chat to other candidates for a few minutes and when the bell rings you score the person you just spoke to. I can appreciate the company attempting to test networking abilities, however the questions seemed off-handed. E.g 'Do you trust this person' (rate from 1 - 5) and 'Did they seem like a happy person'. It was all a little forced. 2. Group task: Working in teams you must come up with an idea and sell it. Basically they just want to see how you work with other people and how you present ideas. This one wasn't too hard. 3. Go on stage and say something you're thankful for and something you're most proud of. This can me time consuming when there is a room full of 30 people attempting to make an impression. It drags. Basically Drew Doolan will sit there and watch you like a hawk, and at the end three people reveal they are already current staff members. After the "secret" is revealed, you then proceed to one-on-one interviews with the current staff members. I get what Sites n Stores are trying to do but it was a bit elementary for people who are already established professionals in the industry. I made it to the next stage which requires you to answer questions in a written document and send through links to your work. Unfortunately, I didn't make it past this round. If you swapped these two stages around it would make more sense. After such a lengthy interview process, the things I am most disappointed about is the lack of feedback. Applicants put in quite a few hours for this and if you don't make it all you receive is a generic 'unsuccessful application' email. After asking for feedback I didn't get a reply.

There was a four step process executed at such an unprofessional level. I was in shock. Even for a company with such a bad rep as they have, this was something else all together. Firstly we'd stand with all the other people in a room, about 14 people all up. We'd get given handouts with a table for us to fill out with questions like; "Would you work with this person?", "Is this person happy?", "Would you get along with this person?" And a space to fill in names and answer the questions. Walking around the room we had two minutes to get to know each individual person. The room was loud and the process was something out of primary school orientation. The next thing we'd get told to do is stand in a circle and say what we like to do and what we thought our greatest achievement was. All whilst the head of the business sat there with this smug, knowing look on their face... Something fishy was brewing here... After we had gone around the circle they stood up and said "I have a confession to make, between you there are three people that already work here. Please step forward if this is you.". Three people step forward and I am just shocked. Something I thought only happened in movies was unfolding before my eyes. There were literally moles in this group!? To see who is suitable and who isn't!? Why Sites n stores why!? We'd then go off individually with said moles and answer questions pertaining to the interview process. Then get chucked back into the room for another half hour to "chill out" others being picked off and getting thrown back to the room. All this before for what should have been the only part of the interview process. Getting to know the potential employee/employer. After all this we were told we would get a phone call to say if we "passed" onto the "second of four stages" the last being a direct interview with the owner themself! Wow! Such a privilege! I was very insulted to say the least. To have had my time wasted like that.