Six rounds of Interviews

SodiumCooled · 25-02-2026 04:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124260018#Comment_124260018

You are never going to really tell if someone will fit no matter how many interview you will do. That's going to take months in the job before that really becomes apparent. You will tell as much in 30 mins to be honest as in a few hours and not waste people's time on both sides. In my current role I had one interview for 30 mins that's it. My previous employer went from one round and hiring to anything up to 4 rounds of interviews and it was a total waste of time. As for meeting multiple people and "getting on" with multiple people I found the opposite I would have people I wanted to hire, with the right skills and who I was very happy with who would then move on to rounds of interviews with other managers (who I myself may not have been overly getting on with). They would ask unsuitable questions (due to their background not actually matching the role I was hiring for), get agitated when their questions weren't answered and try to say a person I wanted to hire was unsuitable. I have I think two example that I had to argue over to hire and both have gone on to be excellent members of staff and have outstayed me with that employer.

30 mins to an hour was more than enough to make a judgement as I said earlier my mind would usually be made up based on the CV and 10 or 15 mins asking a few questions based around the content in the CV would be enough to tell if they were a spoofer or actually knew their stuff.

Dublinflyer · 26-02-2026 09:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124264728#Comment_124264728

Completly agree with this, I have been on the interviewer side of the table and generally within 20 mins I know if the person is right or not. It can be a bit harder to make that call if it's a video call but you can still get a feeling one way or another from a person.

LambshankRedemption · 26-02-2026 07:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124266059#Comment_124266059

Ive been the interviewer too and have had some interviews that didn't make it to 20 minutes.

Dublinflyer · 27-02-2026 09:28AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124267789#Comment_124267789

I only ever had this once, the person I was interviewing clearly had made up most of the experience on the CV and had no clue about what he was talking about, it was a "thanks for your time" moment.

slave1 · 05-03-2026 12:26PM

6 rounds is a red flag, imagine how frustrating it would be working in such a red-tape environment day in day out.

Sleepy · 05-03-2026 01:20PM

6 rounds of interviews is a sign of a HR department trying to justify their existence or a US Multinational utterly terrified of European workers rights. Both are huge red flags.

The Black Oil · 05-03-2026 08:10PM

Last year, a guest on RTE's The Business said this is over-engineering the recruitment process.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22474045/

Dublinflyer · 09-03-2026 09:07AM

Thanks for all the comments on this, I don't feel like I made a bad call on this one! It's the last time will apply for a position in a business oriented social media company 😉

LambshankRedemption · 09-03-2026 09:06PM

Is this the first time in the history of Boards when every single one of the respondents agreed with each other?

I bet if I started a thread in AH saying the sky is blue, Tom from Lizard People Awareness Ireland would be posting that it's not actually blue, it only looks blue because thats what the Lizard People want us to think, meanwhile Dave from Flat Earthers Ireland would be on saying actually there is no sky to begin with.

Dublinflyer · 10-03-2026 03:04PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124299388#Comment_124299388

I wonder if I can get a peace prize for this, they seem to he handing them out these days 🤐

LambshankRedemption · 10-03-2026 11:58PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124301134#Comment_124301134

Ask FiFA, they might give you something big and gold.

RebelButtMunch · 11-03-2026 02:13PM

I was on a Talent Screen call yesterday to talk about a role in IT.

The process is 4 stages

Hiring manager interview (plus one other)
Practical leadership interview (2 people)
System design interview (2 people)
Interview with senior leadership (??)

It's far too much and off putting. I think at least one of those rounds should be merged. For my sanity but also for the people doing the interviews. Imagine being the hiring manager, finding the ideal candidate and then having to wait for 3 more rounds before the job can be offered.

LambshankRedemption · 11-03-2026 02:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124304095#Comment_124304095

And in the meantime, the perfect candidate gets offered something else.

Dublinflyer · 11-03-2026 02:21PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124304095#Comment_124304095

Practical Leadership interview, what does that even mean? And unless your role is on the exec team there is no reason for senior leadership to be involved, that's my opinion anyway.

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