Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Pollara as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Research Manager and Senior Executive rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Research Manager and Senior Executive roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Pollara takes an average of 28 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Senior Research Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 28 days), whereas Senior Research Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 28 days).
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pollara (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Had to submit CV and application letter. Their President did a Zoom interview with me. He was very upfront, informative, and down-to-earth and friendly and even compassionate. He was very clear and direct about their needs and goals and the expectations for the successful job candidate that gets hired. Very smart and focussed on exciting new models and practices and products. I was asked to do a writing and analysis test as part of making it to the next tier of consideration. After that, I was interviewed by their COO and a VP, as part of the next tier of consideration. In a timely manner, they told me that they had to offer the job to someone else because, of their 4 hires, they needed to ensure they had a mix of certain skills across the team. They were impressed by me, but I didn't have one of these specific skills they wanted to have on their team. Buyer's market, I guess. Said he wanted to keep in touch in case I'm available and interested when they hire again this year. Very kind, he even followed up this week, about 2 months since we last interacted, to share a job posting for an organization on the client side that would be a good fit for me. How great is that? Humanity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My research interests, my research experience and skillset, areas I wanted to grow and upskill into, etc.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pollara (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Was recruiter by someone known to the hiring manager. Process consisted of an in-depth interview with the recruiter followed with an on-site interview with the managing director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None of the questions were difficult, or unexpected. All quite standard based on the needs of the position. In fact, most questions were quite general.