I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Korn Ferry (Frankfurt am Main) in Feb 2019
Interview
Interview was scheduled but after 15 minutes of waiting for the Consultant based in Frankfurt, I dropped him a check-in email whether the interview was going to happen eventually, so he called me after 25 of delay. He was not prepared of my CV at all. He wanted to switch languages despite the JD not mentioning anything about a must of another language, which I highlighted to him. He advised me to apply for another role which is based in another country, the previous location of mine. I explained to him that I have been living elsewhere, so if he would have checked my CV at all, he should have known this. He clearly did not. Then he asked another question asking where I was located, so he did not pay any attention to my previous answers on my base. Lack of professionalism , lack of interest and just a bad attitude. This was clearly one of the worst and most incompetent conversation I've ever had with a Recruiter. I would have expected a bit more from Korn Ferry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where are you based?
What is the level of x language?
Felt like the interviewer was busy and didn't want to be there.
Told me they have a strict budget for this role (very low and pretty unliveable) - if there is a strict budget why is this not added to the job ad, it wastes both the interviewer and interviewee's time.
Told me they would get back to me and never did.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General Qs on background and communicating with senior stakeholders in all countries
It was a great experience. The briefing was very thorough, and they were very professional, they have asked your experience, including specific examples and a time you faced failure? What did you learn from that experience?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your experience, including specific examples and a time you faced failure? What did you learn from that experience?
All are professional from initial interview up to final interview. On time, friendly atmosphere and feedback was received on the time they promised, great office environment and assisted candidates all throughout the process.