I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Circles (Singapore) in May 2025
Interview
The interview process was a video interview between me and the recruiter and it did not go well.
I wanted to share the unpleasant interview with the recruiter a few months back, the way the recruiter talked, felt like she doing me a big favour to interview me. Tone was rude, dominating and super high handed. Kept cutting me off and talking down to me.
If HR team behave like that one, how to work? Somemore, i was talking about the interview with my friend and turns out used to work with her at a firm here in Singapore before. He says she also got let go there for same kind of behaviour and other reasons.
I don't even know if the company got do background check before hiring or train HR to talk politely and professionally. Bad experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
She asked me to about my profile, roles and responsibilities.
Normal interview process. Simple & Straightforward. Hiring team updates timely on the next steps and set clear expectation on what to expect. Easy to follow through and also kept informed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you pivot your hiring strategy without compromising on quality?
HR contacted me first, it was 2 rounds of interview after that. First round was with direct reporting manager, then the next one was with manager of reporting manager. Interview was normal, not especially easy or difficult