Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Rowans Hospice as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.67 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for HR Advisor and Marketing Officer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Volunteer and Marketing Officer roles were rated as the easiest.
I interviewed at Rowans Hospice (Lee-on-the-Solent, England)
Interview
How would you deal with a hard of hearing customer
Tell me about yourself
What do you know about the charity
What do you do in your free time
How would you decline a donation
Interviewers seemed very uninterested in me and rude. They seemed like they had already made their mind up about me before the interview had even finished. They hated that I had only worked from home in my last job and thought I wouldn’t be able to cope working in an office, which is ridiculous. I’ve had many jobs working with people in a non WFH environment but they didn’t seem to care. This was a virtual interview and I received a few work messages pop up on Skype which made a noise and in my interview feedback they called me unprofessional because of this. I couldn’t physically turn it off! Think I definitely dodged a bullet not getting this job. I was perfectly capable of the work and think I would have really helped the charity! Shame they were so small minded and dismissive
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work here?
What experience do you have that makes you capable of the role
I applied online. I interviewed at Rowans Hospice (Waterlooville, England) in Oct 2021
Interview
I was looking forward to attending an interview for Rowans Hospice, however the experience was very negative.
I was kept waiting for 20 min, which happens, but no one kept me informed.
Part of my interview was a task, which I had no clear time frame and was being watched whilst undertaking, which is extremely off-putting.
One of the panel was very stern, cold and abrupt and didn't want to connect on any level, reading questions of a script with no care or enthusiasm.
I understand certain covid procedures, but I was about 10feet away from the panel and had to practically shout to answer and could barely hear their questions.
Needless to say, I was not impressed with their hospitality or process. To make matters worse, they send a standard response to the outcome via email, when I have taken time off my current role, travelled and prepared to meet them in person. I think a phone call is polite regardless of the news!