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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Edmonton, AB

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Introduce yourself - What role do you feel the administrative assistant serves in the office? - What software and office equipment are you proficient in using? -Tell me about a time you had to support a large team. Were you successful?

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Via zoom, conversation was very informal and not role specific. It seemed as if they were just starting to reintroduce hybrid work and unsure how the management style was going to work.

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The interview process was fast and effective it started with a digital test and then group interviews then it moved onto 1 on 1 situations. The digital interview consisted of a quiz and then a video recorded answer.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Antwerp

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Interview et rendez vous pour essaie avec personnel tres sympathique et souriant pour évaluer la qualité du travail. Tout s'est tres bien passé sans aucun souci, on évalue autna tle caractère que l'efficacité

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  • Avez vous deja travaillé dans ce genre de surfaces
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Anonymous Employee in Toronto, ON

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Straight forward and fast-paced. 1:1 interview last for about 30 minutes. The manger was patient and nice. Overall nice experience. Easier than I thought, probably because I was well prepared.

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  • Why IKEA? Why this job? What makes you suitable? What are you values? Describe a time when you make a mistake.
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Anonymous Employee in Zaventem

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vriendelijke manager die mij op mijn gemak heeft gesteld! heeft een aantal vragen gesteld zoals: weet je waarvoor de afkorting IKEA staat? waarom wil je werken bij IKEA? Ken je iemand dat werkt binnen IKEA?

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  • weet je waarvoor de afkorting IKEA staat? waarom wil je werken bij IKEA? Ken je iemand dat werkt binnen IKEA? Wat studeer je en hoe lang ben je bereid om bij IKEA te werken?
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Padua

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Effettuato solo il primo step della selezione. Intervista video di breve durata con domande inerenti alla personalità del candidato e esperienze lavorative pregresse. Primo step non superato probabilmente per poca esperienza nel settore.

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Anonymous Employee

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Processus standard avec des questions types comme 'Parlez moi de vous'. La personnalité est très importante et ils posent des questions sur la motivation d'y travailler. Globalement c'est bien faisable.

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Anonymous Employee in Tours, Centre

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- Réponse à une offre d'emploi via Indeed - entretien en ligne + video à réaliser - appel téléphonique - 1 à 2 entretiens physiques avec le ou la manager du secteur et une personne supplémentaire dans les bureaux de l'entreprise.

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I applied online. I interviewed at IKEA

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Three step interview process. First by phone interview with HR. Then in-person/video with a manager, and a third grandfather interview. Had a question/product to prepare for in the grandfather interview. Mostly straightforward questions, cultural fit is important.

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IKEA Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IKEA as 72.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.48 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Product Developer and Localization Project Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Front End Cashier and Intern roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at IKEA takes an average of 19.86 days when considering 183 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Interior Designer Intern roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).

Common stages of the interview process at IKEA according to 183 Glassdoor interviews include:

One-on-One Interview: 21.29%

Phone Interview: 20.33%

Group Panel Interview: 11.72%

Background Check: 11.72%

Drugs Test: 10.53%

Presentation: 10.05%

IQ Intelligence Test: 6.46%

Skills Test: 3.59%

Personality Test: 2.87%

Other: 1.44%

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Hello everyone, I am interviewing a public accounting firm advisory consultant role (senior role). The first round went very well. I am very interested in the work content. I will be interviewing with partner in second round. My only concern is travel requirement (30-50%). Although I am likely put in the group(based on my expertise) that won’t need much travel, some groups do need 30%-50% travel. Thus, I want to raise the concern in second round interview. See remaining words in the comment

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Hello all! I wanted to get your thoughts on some feedback that I received from an interview I had this week. It was supposed to be 30 mins but it ended up only being about 15 with only 3 questions. I felt like the interviewer was rushing and I left thinking “is this the only interview?”. And indeed it was. I didn’t get the job. Her feedback was the answers to the questions were great but she felt like my focus was on being FTE and not the job. It’s a contract position so ….

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Hi! I have an interview coming with CoinFlip for an SDE position. Has anyone recently gone through the process?

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We’re looking for co-workers and are holding hiring events across Canada. Hiring events this week: June 6 IKEA Vaughan (Restaurant and Sales) 4pm-7pm June 7 IKEA Beauharnois CDC 2pm-5pm IKEA Boucherville 4pm-6pm IKEA Burlington 9:30am-4:30pm IKEA Ottawa 11am-1pm IKEA Quebec City 4:30pm-6pm IKEA Halifax 1pm-3pm June 8 IKEA Burlington 8:30am-3pm IKEA Montreal (Safety and Security) 10am-4pm IKEA Boucherville (Logistics) All-Day June 10 IKEA Montreal 10am-12pm
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Helping our customers create a better everyday life at home requires a large team with many different jobs. With such a wide variety of jobs we’re confident that you’ll find at least one that interests you. We’re looking for co-workers and are holding hiring events across Canada. Hiring events this week: May 30 IKEA Burlington 7am-11am May 31 IKEA Boucherville 4pm-6pm IKEA Burlington 9am-4pm IKEA Quebec 4:30pm-6pm June 3 IKEA Montreal (Food Hiring Event) 11am-1:30pm IKEA Boucherville 10am-1pm
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