I work for a big 4 consulting firm and I think our process works well and is extremely short. We hire financial engineers (quants) and data scientists. I’ve lived through working with hundreds of hires and can say from actual experience it works quite well. This is our process:
1. Review resumes to see who meets the criteria based on credentials.
2. Recruiter phone screen to screen for any glaring issues
3. We conduct an interview day and the candidate interviews with 3-4 people (30 minutes each). We have a mix of levels conducting interviews but make sure to have at least 2 leaders from our practice. We try to make sure we collectively poke around all areas (technical, cultural, communication).
4. That same day or the following day (want to make sure candidate is fresh in our heads) we discuss candidate.
5. Each interviewer (starting with the most junior) has to speak about candidate and rate them from 1-3. It can be any decimal rating but cannot be a 1.5 (an “I don’t know” answer).
6. Interestingly, we are mostly in the same ballpark on these calls and when we move forward, we are generally happy with that person.
I can’t speak for the candidate who may have to wait a bit between application, recruiter conversation, and interviews. But at the very least, the interview to decision process is pretty painless and you’ll have a decision within 2 days max.
1. Review resumes to see who meets the criteria based on credentials.
2. Recruiter phone screen to screen for any glaring issues
3. We conduct an interview day and the candidate interviews with 3-4 people (30 minutes each). We have a mix of levels conducting interviews but make sure to have at least 2 leaders from our practice. We try to make sure we collectively poke around all areas (technical, cultural, communication).
4. That same day or the following day (want to make sure candidate is fresh in our heads) we discuss candidate.
5. Each interviewer (starting with the most junior) has to speak about candidate and rate them from 1-3. It can be any decimal rating but cannot be a 1.5 (an “I don’t know” answer).
6. Interestingly, we are mostly in the same ballpark on these calls and when we move forward, we are generally happy with that person.
I can’t speak for the candidate who may have to wait a bit between application, recruiter conversation, and interviews. But at the very least, the interview to decision process is pretty painless and you’ll have a decision within 2 days max.