Absolutely disappointing phone interview. The phone call ended within 3 minutes. The first thing the interviewer probed was "Do you know this is a sales job, with high KPIs and long hours? Can you do it?" Just when I was about to share my knowledge what associate consultants do, I was interrupted by "I don't think you know about the job. Go read up about it and call me back tomorrow." I was appalled. I have never encountered an interview where the interviewer is just simply uninterested and rude. In the first place, why would she call when she is not even willing to spend 5 minutes of her time listening about why you are interested in the job. I understand that you are a big player in the industry but do respect that job seekers do not have to put up with your bad attitude on their end.
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Question 1
Do you know this is a sales job that is KPI driven and involves long hours?
Treated you like a criminal. Too pushy already in the interview. Definitely don’t recommend. You will regret it. Don’t waste your time having rounds of interviews. Don’t seem to be a healthy work environment.
Friendly and easy going. it was okay, interviewers were friendly and down to earth, they want to know you as a person so they asked about my hobbies, what i want to achieve in life and what are my drives and motivation
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Michael Page (Tokyo)
Interview
It was a pretty positive experience, I don't remember when and where I applied for this job but i got a call from a consultant and talked to her. After that, 2nd round with manager, 3rd round with regional director and 4th round with regional director and manager again,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
pretty basic questions but the 2nd round was surprisingly in Japanese, after i mentioned my N2 the manager started to speak in Japanese with me. The 3rd and 4th round were role-plays and situational questions.
Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Michael Page with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 40.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 31 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Michael Page overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Michael Page as a Associate Consultant according to 31 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 21%
Personality test: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 1%
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