London Borough of Hackney Interview Questions

- No feedback given after the interview, even aftee emailing multiple times - Old school / backwards interview practises - No respect given to candidates time , got declined via a generic email and not a phone call

Straightforward. The panel was revealed before the interview. Slightly unorganized. Feedback took two and a half weeks to get to me and most of it was not relevant to the interview.

An application with basic questions on experiences. An invitation for an intreview was followed requesting a presentation for a panel. I thought the intreview would be professional and I will be challenged against my experience but unfortunately one of the panel seemed racist and aggressive. He only liked, on the presentation, how we measure project progress as if he would like to learn it rather than intreviewing me. I think the council's culture is awkward and non- professional. The first time in my life I see a submitted format of application, in which they hide your name and background to the panel as it was clear later why, as one of the seniors explicitly was aggitated, irritated, and fidgeting after presenting.

A form-based questionnaire with some scenarios, lightly technical, freeform answers. A second stage technical where you are given a task in advance but then run through it live via screen sharing, writing code as you go. A bit clumsily done. Immediately following, a mixed panel interview with soft skills questions and pseudo technical questions. Many questions here were basically how well you know the AWS product line up. Some technical questions were so simple that it felt like trick questions. Was told a decision due within a day but never heard back. I didn't perform very well in the interview, but the lack of follow-up was disappointing. The post has since been readvertised for the third time.

1 interview on Google Meet with two senior members of the Delivery team, focusing on competency questions and drilling down into detail depending on answers. Panel was friendly & welcoming

the process is very very slow and the online form far too time consuming considering the job isn't a very difficult. I feel that the interview was a rehash of the same thing as the questions asked at the application stage

It was on Google Meet. Firstly, there were technical issues. It was not possible to share attachments into the message chat so delayed start of interview. Questions were shouted in a rather condescending way with one of the interviewers being extremely pushy and borderline rude. It was obvious they had little interest in my lesson which I had spent time and energy preparing. I was told at the end of the interview that this was not a permanent job despite the original advertisement stating so. I felt like I wasted my time doing this interview.

Interviewed by panel and service users. Positive experience overall, 3 people on the panel. I was notified within 3 days of the outcome. there were 2 questions per panel member.

There was no formal interview, I was asked a few questions regarding background and any criminal records. Was hired shortly after this. The interview was conducted during first shift, which was unprofessional

Standard online application and at least 1 week notice on interview. HR recruitment team are very good at making contact/personable. However officers conducting interview were brisk and badgering for answers. They failed at shortlisting as I said on my form I didnt have ALL the experience req. Wasted my time - don't shortlist people and then ask Qs they wont be able to answer!