Initial interview with recruiter went extremely well. She was very pleasant and welcoming over the phone interview. She scheduled a face to face interview with a regional manager. It was evident that he wasn't prepared for the interview and didn't have a copy of my resume. He came across very rushed and uninterested in the interview upon initial contact. Not sure if it was because of my race or my appearance as a larger person but he seemed to not be interested. He barely asked any questions and the interview was over in less than 39 minutes. As a seasoned banker with over 15 years of experience and 10 of those as a manager. It was very interesting to hear the feedback that he provided the human resources associate. It was obvious he was not engaged in our conversation as he should have been. This interview did not leave a good impression of the leadership of the organization.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Fifth Third (Indianapolis, IN) in Aug 2020
Interview
Quick phone interview followed by a three person interview (in-person). The district managers were more focused on why I was considering moving from my current employer than they were with my 16 years of experience. I focused on the coaching and sales aspect of my experience and they weren’t really concerned with quality coaching interactions. This tells me they aren’t hiring a manager, they are hiring a very experienced sales person. If your passion is coaching and developing, avoid at all costs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you’re a top performer at your current employer, why look for a job here?
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Fifth Third (New York, NY)
Interview
Applied online, in less than a week received a phone interview with a Recruiter, 2 days later (Friday) had a face-to-face interview with the Area Manager, was offered the job on Tuesday the following week. The background/ credit check took about 4 weeks. Be patient, if they want you, you're honest and don't have any disqualifying things on your background, it will work out.
I was very pleased with my compensation package as well.
They use the STAR interview style:
Situation/ Task
Action
Result
It's important to be as specific as possible. not what you would do but an actual moment in time and what you did and the outcome.
The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Fifth Third (Evansville, IN)
Interview
It’s a shame that Fifth Third’s HRIS will not import from my resume or LinkedIn account. Their system had me manually input my information-this took over an hour. Their pull down boxes freeze. It wouldn’t allow me to import anything-even after I manually typed the info. Terrible, terrible system. I gave up. Get it together 5/3rd!!!
