Royal London Interview Questions

Interview

I spen hours prepping my CV and then repeating most of the information on their corporate application form . I also had to answer (it says you can opt out but your application isn't processed unless you answer these questions) really intrusive questions about age, ethnicity, sexual preference etc, I was happy to do this after reading their own description of a diverse and flexible people-centred organisation.
I logged in a few days later as I haven't heard anything and just got an automated rejection.

Application

I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Royal London (Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)).

Interview

I applied in April 2020, I had screening telephonic call in first week of June 2020. Then I had interview call in mid July 2020.

Everytime I followed up with the recruiter, they never bother to respond or provide feedback by themselves.

It's been 4-5 months now after applying, screening/interview calls now, no feedback or anything from their side although role needs to recruit on urgent basis. Horrible feedback or follow up system.

Application

I applied through other source. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Royal London in March 2020.

Interview

Applied in April 2020, was invited for a online test and telephone interview. After that was invited for the assessment center. Asked HR about when I would hear back however haven’t been given feedback ever since. No response from the firm even after multiple attempts at contact. Not a great reflection of the culture at the firm.

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Royal London (London, England) in February 2020.

Interview

Initially a very smooth process but massively fell over after the interview. Initial telephone interview went well with the recruiter and was invited to a face-to-face with the hiring managers. F2F interview went well, both interviewers were friendly and made for a pleasant interview experience. I was promised a response within a week but this never came.

After the week's wait, the job was relisted online and the recruiter couldn't be bothered to have the courtesy to tell me I'd not been successful. Repeatedly tried to make contact with the recruiter for a response but nothing was responded to. Gave up after four weeks. Evidently the company doesn't care enough about it's people to have basic common courtesy towards potential new recruits, something which seems to be a common trait amongst these reviews. I will be avoiding the company going forwards.

Application

I applied online. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Royal London (Edinburgh, Scotland) in January 2020.

Interview

Quick telephone chat followed by face to face interview. The interview was beginning of Jan, was supposed to hear a few days later. Followed up with an email but still not heard back.... I'm assuming I wasn't successful /s

Application

I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Royal London (Wilmslow, England) in November 2019.

Interview

Arrived early, interviewers took me to the Mailroom (which as I seem to recall was deep in the bowels of the campus), told me to do the two tests - ant that is where .my positive interview experience ended - from that moment on, and even during the interview - they were making non verbal signals to each other, at one point even correcting me as a strength that I gave wasn't good enough!

I had to do the interview in a Computer room as they hadn't gotten ready a meeting room!

Application

I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Royal London (London, England).

Interview

1st call, positive. F2F, all-white-male panel where now clear I’m a B/EM female. No matter how qualified wasn’t getting the job. Equal Opportunities policy, empty words. Doesn’t stop racial bias

Application

I applied online. The process took 6+ weeks. I interviewed at Royal London (Edinburgh, Scotland) in October 2019.

Interview

As a resourcing professional, I can honestly say this is the poorest process I’ve ever seen. My treatment as a candidate was in complete contradiction to the “value” RLG markets themselves as having for their people. It took 4 weeks from being invited to organise a face to face interview, which I was told would be a one stage interview. I then waited 12 days for “feedback” where I was asked questions around my salary that I had already answered and confirmed three times. I was subsequently invited to second interview for which I had to chase 5 times to organise. I then received an email from the recruitment team saying she “thought the hiring manager had emailed me” and “the role was offered to another candidate last week.” I didn’t even get as much as a phone call or an apology. I’m so disappointed in the way I was treated by RLG and their representative recruitment outsourcer. If this is the way they treat their candidates I can only imagine how they treat their staff and customers.

Interview

Had an initial phone screening interview with hiring manager. Was called in for a face to face and to prepare a presentation for a 12month strategy (which is a big project, normally taking at least a week in your regular job. This was on top of my current role at a different company).
Never received any feedback at all which speaks volume how serious company is about their employees.

Application

I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Royal London (Edinburgh, Scotland) in August 2019.

Interview

There was a few of us brought in, we were split into 2 groups. My group had to do a group exercise and then one on one telephone role-plays. Then I had a one on one competency-based interview questions. It was easy enough and the people were very friendly and helped me not feel nervous. They give you a document to help prepare for the group presentation and telephone roleplay - you just have to be yourself and be relaxed. The only thing is they promised that they'd let us know the outcome either later that day or the day after - but I had to email a few days later to find out whether I'd got it or not.