The recruitment journey
What you can expect from the recruitment process here at Switchee.
Recruitment process statistics
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Time to fill
19.7 days from opening a role to closing it.
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Time to hire
24 days from receiving your application, to hiring for the role.
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Time to reject
4 days, you will always hear from someone at Switchee, regardless of whether you're through to the next round or not.
The recruitment timeline
Application received
As soon as you send in your job application, we get notified and the process starts! It takes us time to review each application carefully (we read all cover letters and answers)!
Phone screen
If your application has been selected, you will be invited for a phone screen. This is where our Talent Coordinator (Keziah), will talk you through Switchee as a business, product and also the specific role.
This is a chance to put your best foot forward!
Top tip: make sure you have a good understanding of the job description & a little about Switchee as a business.
This is a two-way street, so it's important you ask us questions too :)
Technical interview
First stage technical interview. Here's where you'll meet the hiring manager (typically, the hiring manager will be directly managing you), and a member of the wider relevant team!
These take 1 hour and are almost always done virtually. You can expect the interviewers to ask skills and scenario-based questions in relation to the responsibilities in the job description.
This is a two-way street, so it's important you ask us questions too :)
Task & presentation
This part of the interview process (only applicable to some roles) is the time to put those skills into practice!
We tend to set scenario-based tasks relevant to the role applied for.
During this time, our Talent Coordinator will be on hand to answer questions!
These are typically held virtually and by the hiring manager and a wider member of the relevant team!
Culture interview
This is the final interview stage in the process. And so important for both Switchee and YOU!
We're looking for a mix of culture fit (i.e. do you align with the values) and culture add (i.e. do you bring something to Switchee that we don't have)
This stage typically lasts 45 minutes and is with our Head of People and a wider member of the team, normally we would add someone who you would collaborate closely with in another team, or someone from the department relevant to the role that you haven't met yet!
Top tips:
- Be yourself!
- Think of some company culture-related questions to ask, what is important for you? Do you have any non-negotiables regarding the next company you're looking to work for?
Offer/Hire
WOO! You got offered the role!
Here's what you can expect from us during the offer and hiring process:
- Verbal offer
- Written offer
- Accept/decline
- Pre-Onboarding materials and communication from our Talent Coordinator!
Candidate experience makes us better
We believe in the power of feedback and so collect candidate eNPS scores from every person who makes it through to the phone screening stage.
We offer all an opportunity to score us on a scale of 1-10 and provide feedback for what they liked or didn't like during their process. We work on all of them and get back to people for more information or to share we've done something to address things :)
We report on our candidate experience score monthly to the SLT. Our September 2023 eNPS score was 20! There is no industry standard for this, but this score is above our internal target!
Pssssst? We've got nominated for the Recruitment & Retention Campaign of the Year 2023. Here is what made us one of the most inclusive and caring employers in our sector!