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I hate remote or phone interviews and absolutely want to go there in person. You get a totally different experience of me in person and how I am and how I carry myself, and I want to see the office, other people, and talk face to face with the interviewer, shake their hand, feel their energy.
It’s fair, but only if there is a confirmed role. I went through 4 F2F meetings over 3 months bouncing through 3 different clients and teams they could have put me on. I was so happy at the end of it to say “I took a role at another agency."
Sure, it’s inconvenient, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable or unnecessary. Both the candidate and the company need to make sure it’s the right fit. You should want to learn as much about the agency and the client and get to know as many of your potential colleagues as you can so that you can make an informed decision. This is also why it’s important to only apply to places you think you really want to work at, so you can minimize as much of these concurrently as possible.
(To add) if you are doing that for multiple Opportunities, you would always be coming in late/ leaving early/ "having dr. appts.”
I don’t think the amount is too much, but many places do a poor job of scheduling. There should be a screening interview with manager. Then you should be brought in to meet with the rest in back to backs on a single day (or at most split across two days). Agree with everyone that finding the right talent is critical and that multiple perspectives help you.
What’s wrong with that? You’re going to work with more than one person, so you’re going to meet with more than one person. Our rule is at least 3. (From different domains, each looking for different things.) Maybe that’s why people stay here so long – we take our time to find a good fit.
I think having multiple interviewers is critical. It's generally a great way to gauge personality and adaptability, and you can often spot and validate negative traits this way. In fact, I think the interview process should be even more intensive for manager+ roles. Way too many incompetent people slip by simply because they have good interview skills, but aren't put to the test for the actual job.
What do you mean? You think a prospect shouldn't have to interview multiple people?
Spark is awful for this. It's due to the poor leadership culture. It's avoidance of taking personal responsibility for decisions
To avoid ambiguity I don't think 3-4 people in total face to face (ideally over a short time period) is excessive. However I have seen plenty of occasions where it is 6+ face to face. And in the worst cases a dozen
The worst is a series of 30 min back to back meetings. 30 minutes is only enough time for a one way dialogue. So I've sold myself (very briefly) but no idea if I'd want to work here bc there are no time for my questions or an actual discussion.
^ Exactly, couldn't agree more! 30min should be only an HR prescreen call. Also, I don't think I'd be able to have more than 2 back to back in person interviews of 45min-1 hour each. After that it's exhausting energetically and overwhelming. And your performance and concentration drops
It’s mainly that if you have 2-3 opportunities you are interviewing at once, that can amount to 9-12 days of scheduling before/ after work or “dr. appts”— the constant follow-ups should be minimized to a finalist. Similar to Facebook and tech companies (use Skype for screening), limit the face to face until the day you are deciding if you’ll make an offer
Yeah we are definitely guilty of that