I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Hays (London, England) in Sep 2014
Interview
There are four stages to go through.
Phone - why you want to go into recruitment
One to One with HR Interviewer - work / career background more about yourself. 2 role plays, think quick on your feet
Assessment Day 2x Role Play, selling in candiate
Regional Director - this is the one where you have to win over, be careful what you say.
I applied online. I interviewed at Hays (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
1st stage: 1:1 with Talent Acquisition - teams or in person. Includes a role play scenario - phone call to business/potential client.
2nd stage: Group interview - made up of three tasks. 1st - 60 second pitch on a random statement e.g. cats are better than dogs. 2nd - mock phone call to client, random scenario given. 3rd - pick a CV, pitch it to client in mock face to face meeting.
3rd stage: 1 on 1 interview.
Teams interview with a senior consultant then a second teams interview which was an assessment centre day which lasted two hours. Long and drawn out. Tested character personality and confidence.
within 30 mins, it was a video interview on teams with a very experienced recruiter. Would ask questions based on your cv experiences, especially if ur degree is not related u should give a good reason of why u want to work as a recruitment consultant
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asking about why applying for the role, how do u understand this, what do you think a recruitment consultant will do in a day and how could you sell a job, sell a candidate or why a company should use professional recruitment firms
