La procedura ha richiesto un giorno. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Edward Jones (Los Angeles, CA) nel mese di ago 2010
Colloquio
Prior to the interview EJ sends you a 17 page employment application. That's no exaggeration. Fortunately, it's a read/write PDF. I completed it and tried to fax it back to St. Louis, as directed. The fax number given to me was wrong - it was a private voice line. Finally sent it to an alternative number. Incidentally, the app asks for your date of birth.
The interviewer was your typical HR moron. She knew absolutely nothing about the job I was interviewing for, and could not ask any intelligent questions about me or my suitability. Instead, she read verbatim (from a script, apparently) approximately 7 'behavioral questions' asking me to identify situations and how I handled them in previous jobs. She then very painstakingly transcribed my answers. I was on the phone an hour.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
Tell me about a particularly challenging situation in a past job, and how you addressed the issues, blah, blah, blah
Tell me about a time in which you were working on a deadline driven project and an important client came in and needed attention. How did you manage the 2 competing priorities, blah blah blah.
The interview process included a phone interview with a recruiter, recorded video responses to multiple prompts, and finally an in-person interview with the financial advisor. The process took several weeks.
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The financial advisor asked about connections in the community.
Lengthy and involved, with video responses, pretests and more. I wish I hadn't wasted my time because the last questions told volumes about the agent's ability to be fair/equal opportunity.
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Was I aware the industry was dominated by women and would I mind that I might be the only man in the room at regional functions? Hmmm.
Very drawn out process, over a month. I have interviewed a couple of times. The first time I was never even in contact with the recruiter as I had only gotten the automated emails for each step. It was difficult to find her email when I had a question, which she never responded to. The next recruiter I had was more engaged but it took about 4-5 weeks after the last interview with several emails that were essentially "thanks for being patient we are still deciding" to get a rejection email on a saturday
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Domanda 1
how do you prioritize multiple, changing tasks and deadlines