The interviews held a clear structure, with good communication between all. 3 stages - first getting to know about the role, company etc. 2nd was a test and chat with wider team. 3rd involved another chat
Lors de mon premier entretien RH, ça a commencé par une présentation de la recruteuse qui m’a parlé de l’entreprise, de son activité et du poste. Ensuite, j’ai pris la parole pour me présenter et revenir sur mon parcours, mes expériences principales et ce qui m’avait conduit à postuler.
Elle m’a posé plusieurs questions sur mon CV pour comprendre plus en détail mes missions passées, mes compétences, mais aussi la logique de mon parcours. On a ensuite abordé mes qualités personnelles, comme ma capacité à travailler en équipe ou à gérer des imprévus, à travers quelques questions comportementales.
Une bonne partie de l’entretien était aussi axée sur ma motivation : pourquoi j’étais intéressé par l’entreprise, ce qui me plaisait dans le poste, et ce que je recherchais en termes d’environnement de travail.
À la fin, on a discuté des aspects pratiques, notamment mes disponibilités, mes prétentions salariales et le déroulé des prochaines étapes du recrutement. L’entretien s’est terminé par un temps où j’ai pu poser mes propres questions.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Kantar (Johannesburg) in Apr 2025
Interview
The interview process was relatively smooth, and followed a logical sequence, expressed via the below breakdown:
1. Initial pre-screening interview with talent acquisition.
2. Upon success, followed by a group cross-functional team interview with senior members.
3. Upon success, followed by a case study briefing session, with expectation for the candidate to present their work at a later stage.
4. Upon success, you'll receive your offer of employment, and begin your on-boarding process.
I was successful from step 1 - 3. Whereby at each stage, I received VERY positive feedback!
At stage 3, after delivering my case study presentation, I was instructed to await for further communication from talent acquisition, regarding the next steps.
A day or two later I received an email from talent acquisition, expressing that the team loved my presentation, and they requested that I exercise some patience and await final for final feedback after two weeks or so, whilst the they iron out some internal moving parts.
I waited the whole duration of the time frame I was given, and even exceeded it, still with no feedback!
I then took the courtesy to follow up and find out whether they were at a position to provide me with said final feedback, regarding the outcome of my candidacy?
Long-story-short, I never heard back from them!
This made me feel VERY dejected and SMALL.
I had poured my all (heart and soul) throughout this VERY lengthy recruitment process, and even accommodated the team when spur-of-the-moment changes had to be made during the recruitment process.
I had shown so much understanding and courtesy to delays / changes in pre-made plans, and I would've appreciated if the same energy was reciprocated.
What I found confusing about the latter experience was the ghosting, especially when I had been showcasing competence and success in all stages (with exception to the final one).
You'd owe it to an applicant who has made it that far in the process a response in terms of the final outcome.
I hope that companies do from time-to-time, come onto Glassdoor and read these reviews.
I believe that their imperative in terms of either maintaining or improving employer branding.
Negative experiences as such are very damaging to a company's image.
These sort of experiences also affect the candidate's overall perception of the company.
This is a company I've been wanting to work for for the longest time.
Please do better!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The initial pre-screening interview with talent acquisition, followed the conventional line of questioning, whereby you're asked about your background, why you're eager to join the company? How do you believe your experience and skillsets will be valuable to the company? & why the company should select you?
This is also accompanied by you receiving a synopsis about what the company does, their culture and overall requirements for the job (detailed information that may have not been covered in the job's description).
The talent acquisition partner will also ask you questions that relate to your preferred ways of working.
This is so they can gage whether you'd be a fit for the company culture and team dynamics.