Applied in December, got a response one week later asking to discuss. HR interview happened the following week and the final interview happened in January 2021. The interview was competency based questions, my interviewers were personable. I was told I was a strong candidate with all the required skills and there was nothing I could have done better. Yet they gave the role to an internal candidate who was admittedly (according to them) more junior and with less technical skills. They got the job because they know the company. Why wasn't this an internal role if that trumped experience? I felt like this was a waste of time, if someone got an offer because they genuinely are more skilled than me, that's fair. If it's because they are internal, how is that fair or balanced? I thoroughly researched L'oréal, their financials, plans for the future etc which is all I could do as an external candidate. If I had known my skills didn't matter, I wouldn't have applied.

J'ai passé un assessment center avec succès puis j'ai été contacté pour participer à une journée de recrutement digital. Le processus de recrutement a duré en tout 3 jours.