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Very positive interview experience
How others got an interview
- 3%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 3%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
- 2%OtherOther
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- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Defra as 73.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.12 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Communications Officer and Finance Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior USer Researcher and Reviewer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Defra takes an average of 69 days when considering 78 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Technical Writer had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Policy Support Adviser roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Defra according to 78 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 33%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 8%
Phone interview: 7%
One on one interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 1%
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