Difference between EL vs. Experience Interview

[Dr T Non-Fan]

A week is nothing. One major difference in the hiring process of experienced actuarial analysts is that they often work for a living, so the interview schedule needs to be coordinated around both parties.

[Tiffany<3]

Another Question:

Would having a recruiter put me at a disadvantage? This interview is for a job at a very popular city with a lot of job applicants. Is it possible that the company may want to hire someone else through their own website in order to avoid paying a recruiting fee? The reason why I'm asking this is that this is not a senior position, so they may not want to shell out the fees unless I am "exceptional".

This interview process is taking longer than I thought. When I was looking for my first job, it usually takes companies less than a week to get back to me with an answer: 1) how to proceed with round 2/3 or 2) rejection.

This is an opened discussion. I'm not really looking for a solid answer since it probably won't help me on the interview at this point, but it's good to know for future references.

[Tiffany<3]

In another words, if you were an interviewer (or HR personnel), would you try to exhaust the pool of candidates who didn't have a recruiter before you go on the next stage with a candidate who was introduced to you by a recruiter?

[silverfox]

Originally Posted by Tiffany<3

In another words, if you were an interviewer (or HR personnel), would you try to exhaust the pool of candidates who didn't have a recruiter before you go on the next stage with a candidate who was introduced to you by a recruiter?

No, you talk to the candidates that look the best before you move onto the ones that are subpar.

[tenthring]

Originally Posted by Tiffany<3

In another words, if you were an interviewer (or HR personnel), would you try to exhaust the pool of candidates who didn't have a recruiter before you go on the next stage with a candidate who was introduced to you by a recruiter?

For this to be the case, you would have to have a situation were recruitment costs ate into the hiring manager's/department's budget. Generally that isn't the case, the company decides if it will pay for recruiters or not and doesn't assign that cost to the hiring manager. Thus they don't have to consider that.

Its not very useful to think of corporate decisions as "what's best for the company." Rather you should look at the incentives faced by various actors within a corporation that have a stake in the decision. In hiring its usually in a managers best interest to get the best candidate he can within the salary bracket he can talk management into.

[Vorian Atreides]

Recruiter finder fees (especially for EL) are generally minimal given the costs incurred to train a new hire. So, as silverfox mentions, the focus is on finding the best candidate; no need to exhaust the "free" pool of candidates in this process.

[Tiffany<3]

Week 2: No response from either recruiter or interviewer.

Should I follow up with recruiter (at least ask when should I expect a response)?

[Tiffany<3]

Originally Posted by Tiffany<3

Week 2: No response from either recruiter or interviewer.

Should I follow up with recruiter (at least ask when should I expect a response)?

This is driving me nuts. I SHOULD have some sort of a response already. Is it normal to wait this long for a response for the FIRST phone interview? I hope they didn't just forgot about me, lol.

[IKnewIt]

Follow up with your recruiter. Though I would have expected any worthwhile recruiter to have given you a status update by now.