I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Michael Page (Tokyo) in Jan 2019
Interview
There are approximately 3-4 round interviews
First round: Background check, general questions
Second round: role play on how to negotiate and convince people
Third round: role play on cold calling candidates
After that it will be a result announcement and the team that you will be joining and salary negotiation etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself .
Reasons of applying
How do you see yourself in 5 years
What is your strength and weaknesses
Describe the situation when you faced difficulties and how did you overcome?
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%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 1%
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