Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en GLG (Londres, Inglaterra) en jun 2015
Entrevista
I applied online and shortly after got an email from their internal recruiter to set up a phone interview. The internal recruiter asked me about my experiences and to describe GLG. After the phone interview, they set up a phone interview with a Senior Research Manager. This interview was a 45min call where I was asked to talk about my previous experiences, they also asked me to describe GLG and to pitch GLG to a potential council member.
After I was invited to a face to face interview with 3 senior staff. I was asked to talk about what I knew about GLG and why I wanted to work for GLG. One senior staff gave me a small case study i.e. An investment firm is looking to invest in mining but have no knowledge on a particular region. I needed to identify "experts" on the mining industry and why would I choose them.
After this round, I was invited to complete a case study from home. Two Senior Research Managers called me explaining the case study. I had one hour and a half to identify as many experts as possible and explaining why I chose them, then I emailed them my responses and they followed up very shortly with a 15min to discuss my findings. They want to understand how you proceeded with your research and why you chose them, I chose 4-5 experts which they really liked as I chose quality over quantity.
The very next day, the internal recruiter called me to invite me to the last round. This time I was interviewed by a director and with two senior staff. They asked me the same type of questions i.e. competency based questions where I needed to describe a time where a had a conflict with someone at work, how would prioritise your time if you have 5 projects at the same time etc..
Overall, it's a very repetitive process, if you are smart you will get to the final round but if your personality is not the right fit for the team then you won't get the job no matter how good you performed during your interviews.I asked about work-life balance and the answer was: "working 10-12 hours a day is the usual thing in this office" so be aware of this, I was very disappointed with this answer specially for a job that pays around £35k. Internal recruiters are very slow at getting back to you and not helpful at all.
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en GLG en abr 2024
Entrevista
There was an HR screener over the phone which was pretty straightforward. Asking me about my research experience and why GLG. Then I landed a first interview which I thought went pretty well! I thought me and the guy got along, it was an engaging conversation. Next steps were to be a case study interview and a final interview. And then I got GHOSTED. There was zero response whatsoever. This was 3 weeks ago, and I still haven't heard back.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Why would someone want to sit next to you at work? Why do you want to work for GLG?
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. Acudí a una entrevista en GLG
Entrevista
I got a LinkedIn msg from hr, explained to me about the position for few min and I also went through my resume. After few days I was scheduled for a case study interview with a team manager.
5 rounds in total. First with an agency recruiter, second with GLG staff which involves a mandatory second language assessment otherwise they wouldn't be interested in hiring you. I spoke to the team leader and a colleague who appreciated my past experiences and skills. Consequently, in the fourth round, you are required to perform a case study for them which takes 1:30h. You are being assured that there is no wrong or right answer but the goal is to establish your reasoning and thinking. After, completing the case study they decided not to move forward with my application because of the lack of quality that went into it.
For the case study, you are allowed 1 hour to provide a list of experts containing names, positions, and company that can answer or advise to the following question - A client (laptop manufacturer) approaches GLG asking them for advice on the current trend in laptop sales.
I executed by researching prominent experts in the industry with 17 names and 2 alternative companies who specialize in market research and included my reasoning for my choices. The interviewer also asks you to rank yourself from 1-10 on your performance.
Even though they assure that there is no right or wrong answer they already have a certain way of doing things and your way of thinking or researching may not be acceptable.
Hope this helps to anyone that is planning to interview or who are in the latter stages of their interview with this company.
Good luck.