I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Royal Voluntary Service in Jul 2025
Interview
Very friendly panel of 2x employees (Hiring Manager and Head of Dept). Felt very welcomed and like my application was taken very seriously. Interview included a 10 min presentation and approx. 30 mins of questions - nothing too surprising and all questions were relevant to the role.
I had lots of time to ask my own questions too which was useful. Only thing I would recommend is more diversity on the panel. Very positive experience overall, seems like a really great place to work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
STAR examples for creative project, teamwork, managing priorities.
Tell us about your skills and experience, why do you want to work for RVS.
I interviewed at Royal Voluntary Service (Manchester City Centre, England)
Interview
Really straight forward, more like a casual chat than an interview. Everything was clear and easy to take in. All aspects of job and service detailed and easy to understand
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you be flexible and work around the company needs?
I applied online. I interviewed at Royal Voluntary Service
Interview
got no interview, managed to call them and get a call back.
I was appalled that I was told that for one of the posts I had applied my application would not move forward as "they had found someone with the relevant skills". I have those skills, and haven't used them in a while.
The same manager was responsible for another post that was still open. She said "there's still hope", when I asked her, but did not invite me for interview.
I am a person in their 30s looking for a career change and thought this charity would give me a good place to start. Nah.
Who, knows, might be also an issue that I'm not British?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
me: how about the other post that I applied to?
manager: oh yes I'm a manager for that too
me: so there is still hope there?
manager: yes.
conversation ends.