Candidatei-me por indicação de um funcionário. Fui entrevistado pela Thames Water (Reading, Inglaterra) em jul. de 2023
Entrevista
This seemed like a pro forma interview. HR at Thames ask line managers to interview candidates from different industries, but the hiring manager had already called me before the interview to tell me "you're not the kind of person we look for ... but HR recommended you." I have heard a similar story from another applicant. I rated the experience a negative because pushing industry and personal diversity on managers who want something else is not a great way to go. Calling someone's personal number without notice before an interview and asking many questions is also not a great way to go.
Perguntas de entrevista [1]
Pergunta 1
Classic project manager interviews questions, and one health and safety question that assumed I had utilities industry knowledge: which I do not.
Candidatei-me online. O processo levou 1 semana. Fui entrevistado pela Thames Water em fev. de 2024
Entrevista
Unless you have a background in construction or engineering do not apply for the PM role at TW. The interviewers were lovely but if you are external to the industry it is just a ticket box exercise for them you won't be considered for the job.
Candidatei-me por indicação de um funcionário. O processo levou 2 semanas. Fui entrevistado pela Thames Water (Reading, Inglaterra) em jul. de 2023
Entrevista
I was told by one of the hiring managers, who phoned me unannounced before the interview, that I “was not the kind of person they looked for” but that they would interview me because HR had recommended me. He then asked me “if I knew what I was getting into” and whether I expected “a silly salary.” I did my best to answer professionally and respectfully. This seemed to be in line with other glassdoor reports of HR and hiring managers at Thames not being aligned around the “diversity” issue. I decided to go ahead with the interview for the experience, but expected nothing to come of it after that conversation. The interview took place over Teams, with the two interviewers telling me they had a “script” and had to stick to it. They asked fairly routine project management competence/experience type questions. Both interviewers were men with backgrounds in engineering who had been with Thames for many years.
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Pergunta 1
Take us through your career; Give us an example of stakeholder management; Discuss how you managed health and safety on a project; Describe a project that was going wrong and how you handled that.
