I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Decathlon (Moscow, Moskva) in May 2021
Interview
There were many interviews but the questions were interesting and the communication with CEO was inspiring. My hiring manager asked me about a referent person who is important in my life.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell about hardships you overcome in professional life
Do not waste your time to apply. They are cheating candidates to write internal proposals for them and show no respect to candidates at all.
I applied to their HRBP position. 3 weeks later I received an e-mail from them requesting me to spend 4 hours to solve 2 cases from them within 48 hours as the first step. The design of the cases reflect the lack of HR's understanding of the core values of the company, the the root causes of the people problems they are facing. There were quite several typos and they even stated the wrong deadline.
I asked for having an online meeting so that I could better understand the background of the problems the company is facing, and proposed several ideas during the meeting. The hiring manager gave me really positive feedback during the meeting, but insisted that she needs a written version anyway. I sent her my proposal. And she never replied to my follow-up emails again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Decathlon HK is in a rapid expansion and digitalisation stage. We recently opened our 8th store and hired 100 new teammates in 2 months time. Our average leadership age is less than 30. They are usually responsible for
managing big teams of 30-50+ teammates across stores. How would you create a training programme for them? Please share your ideas on a training programme idea/ calendar/ thoughts that you believe would be welcomed, easy to implement and with a measurable ROI. Please see the breakdown of leadership below:
N-1= 7
N-2- 15
N-3- 30