I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at BAT (London, England) in Oct 2015
Interview
The first stage is to receive an automated questionnaire: This has around 20 to 25 multiple choice questions. They all have 3 possible answers and you have to choose two. The software doesn't allow you to choose only one, and don't answer/don't know option doesn't exist.
The questions are very subjective, and in the process they occur more than once, but with different groups of answers. Normally you would think that for subjective questions there are no right or wrong anwwers, but obviously they don't seem to think that way. I eventually received an automated message saying that I failed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you enjoy more in a company? Having fun, having stability, or being assertive.
Remember you have to choose two options !
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BAT (Nairobi) in Jan 2014
Interview
It felt more like a casual conversation. Interviewers were friendly and made me feel at ease and also gave me room to ask them questions about the employer. They also gave me a chance to tour the company to get a feel of whether the environment was suitable for me just in case I never aced the interview so that I could apply in future.
Finance Assistant applicants have rated the interview process at BAT with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Finance Assistant roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BAT overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BAT as a Finance Assistant according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
Group panel interview: 33%
Drug test: 33%
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