I initially received an email informing me that I had entered the first stage of the recruitment process, which was to be a telephone interview. The conversation focused on my motivations for changing jobs, what was important to me and how my experiences fit into the role I was applying for. I also learned quite a bit about the position and was told that I was moving on to the next stage, which was to take a logical reasoning test (on the SHL platform). The email with instructions for the test was clear, I took the test and waited for feedback on the result. After a few days, I received a report with a summary and information that I was moving on in the process. In the meantime, I sent the recruiter a list of questions I didn't have time to ask during the first interview, and received answers to some of them very quickly (the others we agreed were better left for the next stage of the recruitment process - an interview with the department director and a member of his team). We met for a videocall during which I talked about my experience. In addition, I received several questions related to a specific use case that the team I applied to is working on. The interview went very well, was factual and I had plenty of space for additional questions I wanted to ask.
After a few days, I received feedback with a summary of the process and very valuable and specific feedback on why they decided not to hire me. Despite the negative decision, I was very satisfied with the whole process and learned a lot of value for myself from it.
