I had such a poor phone screen with a recruiter from here. I cannot believe that she is even employed at Grail. She was hostile from the beginning and said “I only wanted to speak with you because I want to know why you applied for a coordinator role when you’re currently a recruiter.” Regarding my resume, she implied that it was spotty and asked in a judgy tone: “what do you want to be when you grow up?” After I answered her question of why I like recruiting, she said “part of your answer made me cringe.” Finally, she said she would get back to me 2 days later, and I didn’t hear from her on the specified day. As a recruiter, I KNOW that you don’t have to be mean in order to obtain the information that you need. Honestly, this interview made me cringe. I would advise to not start off the interview with hostility by 1) having zero small talk and 2) asking why I’m applying for a coordinator role and why I want to leave my current role.. right off the bat.
This interview was extremely unfriendly and rude, and I don’t even want to work with a catty person. I’m sure other recruiters wonder what I want to be when I grow up, as I’ve changed my career a few times, but they definitely ask it in a different manner.
The process was simple and efficient: meet with hiring manager, meet with panel, wrapped up with recruiter. Everyone was well prepared and answered all of my questions thoughtfully. Interviewers were personable and extremely knowledgeable.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at GRAIL
Interview
Really really horrible hiring experience. Phone screening, onsite interview, then reference check. Everything went downhill at the reference check stage. After about a week of no contact, the recruiter set up a phone call with me. The recruiter told me I was not chosen because they had other candidates in the pipeline with more experience, and would talk to the team about giving me a contract role. The recruiter could not provide me with strait answer as to why I was not chosen for the full time role, blabbering on about a random comment an interviewer said, or them not being able to contact a reference, etc. The odd part was that I did not ask why I was not chosen! In short, I felt the recruiter was trying to come up with a reason why I was not chosen, but did not really have a definitive answer. Probably one of the worst recruiters I have been in contact with in any company.
