Interview with an agency? What should you expect?

In this world of HR where we recruit on behalf of other companies, interviews will not be the same as those of the company’s HR people. If a company decides to use an HR consultant to the job of interviewing and short listing, they expect a very structured and thorough approach to this exercise. When you attend a recruitment agency interview (which should take about 45 minutes), you should feel confident that the recruiter has all the information necessary to find out whether you are the  ideal candidate for the job. You should know what the contact plan between you and the consultant is and what the next stages in the process are.

Let us now go to the basics, what is an interview? Essentially it is a conversation with a purpose. A informational interview is the most common type that you will experience with an agency; it is designed to get as much information as possible in the shortest time.

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