Clearsulting Interview Questions
& Process

A recruiter from Clearsulting contacted me about the role and arranged an initial interview with the hiring manager. Following that, I had a second interview with a Director and a third interview with the practice head.

The whole process took about 3 months which was a bit slow even for HR these days. There were about 3-4 stages. I had an initial chat with the HR person, who was nice. The interviews with the Project Directors after that were okay, but sometimes weird. One director asked me directly if I would leave if I got the job, even though the offer hadn't been made yet. This felt unprofessional. I was rejected because of a lack of financial experience, even though they knew that from my CV and earlier stages. I do have some knowledge of financial instruments, but that was apparently overlooked. The HR person kept checking in to see if I was still interested after each interview. It felt like they had doubts about my interest from the beginning, which made going through so many stages confusing. The organization felt a bit unstructured and left me with more questions about the culture than answers.

The interview process started with a recruiter call where we discussed my resume and my background. Following that, there were two consecutive interviews that focused on behavioral questions and my problem-solving methods. While the recruiter was very pleasant, the interviewers in the second round didn't appear very engaged. Unfortunately, I never received any feedback after the second round regarding the outcome, which felt unprofessional. I would have appreciated at least a notification that I didn't get the position.

The interviewer was a bit late to the interview. She didn't apologize. She yawned and her responses to my answers felt really rote. She didn't seem to be interested in me at all. The company still seemed like a nice place to work though.