AtkinsRéalis Recruiter interviews, decoded.

Applied for a Recruitment role. I asked a question through their chat feature to the person responsible for the role, which I thought was a nice and engaging feature, but no one responded. A month after applying, I still haven't heard back. Given the capabilities of modern ATS, this is unacceptable. I hear from so many candidates in my line of work every day that they don't get a response after applying. It's poor practice and lazy. You should respond to your applicants. They've invested time in their application, so the least you can do is respond within a reasonable timeframe.

It was a 3 step process with mostly one-on-one interviews. The first interview was with the team leader and it was a really bad experience. The leader interrupted and bullied me the entire time. I was shocked that a leader would behave that way. He spoke about a poor working environment and relationships with others, and it seemed like it was probably due to that specific person.

The interview process was pretty rough. There were 3 interviews total, and the offer they gave was way lower than I was expecting. They knew my salary expectations from the start, but the offer was $30,000 less. It felt like they weren't really listening to me when that happened.