I applied online. I interviewed at Urban&Civic in Jun 2025
Interview
Had an initial interview on teams which was great and was invited to an in-person interview straight away, only for them to then cancel it last minute on the day. They cited the reason was because I asked if they would reimburse the mileage to travel to the interview, which other companies have provided in the past and in my experience its a general practice. I don't see this as a valid excuse to cancel my interview, as it was just a general enquiry and shouldn't impact my interview let alone allow them to judge me as harshly as being told "my attitude isn't fit for the role" or "I'm not enthusiastic" - not sure how they reached that conclusion from me simply asking a question!
They've created a fictional story, to validate their own unprofessional behaviour.
Also wondering why the person in HR is sharing my queries with the interviewing manager, as this ultimately caused the whole sour situation. I have always known candidate and HR discussions to be kept confidential, yet this person seemed clueless and lacked knowledge in her own job - wondering how she ever got hired!
Even after trying to clarify with this person over the phone, what I thought may have been a misunderstanding, I was led to believe I would hear back with a potentially changed decision, only to be ignored when I emailed to ask for an update 4 days later.
I am gobsmacked that I'm being faulted for making a simple, general enquiry.
Horrendous and unprofessional people who have no regards for all the time wasted prepping for this interview!
Avoid if possible!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Teams interview was general questions that you'd expect for the role.
In-personal interview was abruptly cancelled last minute, with no valid reasoning.
I interviewed at Urban&Civic (Corby, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England)
Interview
First stage - teams call, informal chat to discuss yourself and role. Second stage - an hours tour of their estate followed by an interview lasting about an hour. Questions read off of a sheet, more of a tickbox exercise.
It was a 30 minute introductory interview via Teams. I never got to know the outcome of my interview. I understand I wasn't selected for the role, but it would've been courteous for them to email me to let me know and areas that I could have improved in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was general chit chat, first they asked me what I knew about the organisation.