I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at TELUS (Toronto, ON)
Interview
No real interview. Extremely poor HR experience. Have applied for positions that I could do in my sleep, but they, like all corporate monstrosities, have an online black hole. Always received a "go away" email for all of them. Received word that they wanted to interview me on an apparent "cattle call" and requirements for a 30-minute behavioral interview followed by me giving a 30 minute presentation with Powerpoint that would address how they should proceed and a discussion of theory! I'm guessing, like many companies nowadays, they're looking for free work from applicants.
No screening phone call. Just instructions to make time in my day to trek to their office in Toronto with close to zero information to work with. So, I sent along a nice note asking for clarification, how many others may be interviewed if they could release that info, and the general background they're looking for (I'm no engineer, but the questions were quite technical, unlike the job description which was more business management centric). Received the "go away" email shortly thereafter.
As Telus is part of the the wireless telephone "tri-opoly" in Canada, they apparently feel they don't need to be cordial or helpful. Their loss.
Interview was remote. Interviewer cut to the chase and asked very detailed questions on relevant skills and experience. They were transparent with all of my questions. Interview went really well, but I eventually declined to move to the next round as the interviewer later mentioned they will be leaving the team and I didn't want to continue interviewing for a position not knowing who my manager will be.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at TELUS in Jun 2025
Interview
The hiring process was long and inefficient. I waited over 5 weeks for a response, during which HR completely ignored my follow-ups, providing no communication, feedback, or updates, which left me feeling overlooked, undervalued, and highly disappointed by the overall experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe an unsuccessful experience you had with a task at work.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at TELUS (Ottawa, ON) in Apr 2025
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on LinkedIn about a remote Project Management opportunity with Telus. The screening interview went well, and I moved on to my first remote interview with the Telus Team Lead. From there, I was told that he wanted me to prepare a 20 minute case study presentation, with very specific instructions. I basically prepared an entire project management plan, and change management plan including graphs and matrixes in under 2 days. I felt the presentation went very well, however at the end of the presentation the hiring manager (Wesley) asked extremely specific questions about my charts, down to the digits and timelines I used. Nevertheless, I responded in a logical way given all the information I was provided. A few days later, I was contacted and told that I didn't get the position because apparently I didn't answer a question about Telus's product lines in enough detail. I thought that's something you learn on the job and can be trained on?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How my project timelines presented in the case study presentation graph would work in the real world (even though in the case study I only had 3 months to complete the project).
