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Glassdoor Announces 2017 Best Places to Interview; Airbus Comes Out on Top
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Glassdoor Team | Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | 16 Aug 2017
Let’s be honest: Interviewing isn’t most people’s idea of a good time. Along with your own nerves, you often also have to deal with delayed responses from the hiring team and vague answers about where you are in the process. But it’s not always this way. Certain companies have cracked the code on how to provide an interview experience that’s not just okay, but downright delightful — and we’ve found the best of the best.
Now in its second year, Glassdoor’s 2017 Candidates’ Choice Awards for the Best Places to Interview honours 50 U.K. large employers (among companies with more than 1,000 employees)* and 100 in the US. Coming in first is Airbus, a company based across the UK, and a leader in designing and manufacturing aerospace products. With a 94 percent positive interview experience, candidates interviewing at Airbus appreciate the 'friendly atmosphere' and 'well-run group activities' as part of the process.
“I submitted my application in December 2016 then got called for an assessment centre February 2017. It lasted all day, staff were very friendly and put us at ease. The day consisted of a group activity, interview and individual exercise. As well as the opportunity to speak with a current graduate.” — Airbus Employee (Portsmouth)
Airbus isn’t the only company that earned high marks from candidates, though — other top employers include:
Top Five Best Places to Interview in the UK
*Candidates’ Choice Award winners for the 2017 Best Places to Interview are determined using Glassdoor’s proprietary algorithm, in which an employer’s overall interview experience rating is mostly taken into account, along with factors including interview difficulty rating and interview length (number of days for the interview process). At a minimum, employers for the UK list (those with 1,000 employees or more) must have received at least 20 Glassdoor-approved interview reviews, including at least 20 interview experience ratings, from UK-based employees between 2nd July, 2016 and 1st July, 2017. For reporting simplicity, interview experience ratings are displayed as whole numbers, though calculations extend beyond the thousandth place to determine final rank order. Complete report methodology can be found and downloaded here: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/List/about-employees-choice-awards.htm
- Airbus (Interview experience: 94 percent positive)
- Yell (92 percent positive)
- Hiscox (86 percent positive)
- easyJet (86 percent positive)
- Salesforce (85 percent positive)
*Candidates’ Choice Award winners for the 2017 Best Places to Interview are determined using Glassdoor’s proprietary algorithm, in which an employer’s overall interview experience rating is mostly taken into account, along with factors including interview difficulty rating and interview length (number of days for the interview process). At a minimum, employers for the UK list (those with 1,000 employees or more) must have received at least 20 Glassdoor-approved interview reviews, including at least 20 interview experience ratings, from UK-based employees between 2nd July, 2016 and 1st July, 2017. For reporting simplicity, interview experience ratings are displayed as whole numbers, though calculations extend beyond the thousandth place to determine final rank order. Complete report methodology can be found and downloaded here: https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/List/about-employees-choice-awards.htm
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