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Updated Jan 30, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Human Resources at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 2 weeks)
Interviewer asked questions about past work experience and assigned a skills test. Test consisted of reviewing an old document and recreating it. The questions were simple, but the assignment was difficult.
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Reason for Declining
short contract.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Project Manager at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Jun 20, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2011 (took 1+ week)
Interesting.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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No
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Summer Experience at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Dec 13, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 (took a day)
I applied on-line and was called in to interview with a 2-person panel. Interview consisted of 5 or 6 questions with minimal interaction (question and answer) while they wrote down my answers. Very formal and be prepared to know in detail information about the unit you are applying for. Study the questions tips on their website and be prepared with an example from your past experience.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview and a Skills Test.
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Senior Project Manager at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Oct 25, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 4 days)
Phone call followed up by email with details for interview. Interview was a 30 minute case study followed by 5 question interview process with case study presentment at the end.
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Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Presentation and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Policy Analyst at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Sep 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 (took a day)
I got a got a referral from my previous Director. It was for a short term contract so the interview was not as formal as to be expected. It was one interview with a panel of two people, the Manager of the Unit and the Director of the Branch. The work culture is very business like but relaxed.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Project Manager IT Source at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Jul 8, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 2+ weeks)
The interview started with 30 minutes to prepare a presentation on " You are the new project manager on a project that is having vendor and people issue. There are other projects dependent on completion of this project. Staff is overworked and there is resistance to the new PM. The delivery time is firm. You have to prepare a 10 minute presentation to provide an update to the review board/leadership". After I finished 30 minutes, I was given a list of questions that will be asked in the interview and write my notes to refer during the interview.This interview consisted of a 2 person panel. None of them looked me in the eye more than once as they were busy writing down every single situational and behavioral questions.
Interview Questions
Give a situation where asked by your manager to ignore an issue, what steps did you take.
What obstacles did you face? and how did you overcome them?
What was the result of the endeavor?
What did you learn?--This is asked more than once in the interview
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a Presentation and a Background Check.
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Human Resources Coordinator at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted May 26, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2009 (took a day)
This interview consisted of a 3 person panel. None of them looked me in the eye more than once as they were busy writing down every single word that I said. The questions were situational and behavioural. For example, 'tell us about a situation where a deadline was tight, tell us how you handled the the problem and what steps you took'. main thing, dont be thrown off if they dont even look at you!
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Manager at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Apr 24, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took 3 months)
Online application, screened centrally, screened by direct supervisor, interview
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Presentation and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Risk Consultant at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Mar 24, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 2 weeks)
The interview is pretty easy with standard questions.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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Economist at Government of Ontario, Canada
Posted Feb 8, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Toronto, ON (Canada) (took 1 week)
No professionalism on their part. I would respond to their interview questions and they wouldn't even listen. Generally would cut me off after I spoke for 2 mins and change the subject. No interest in what I was saying, wouldn't answer my questions seriously. Refused to take my reference form they told me to bring. Honestly, if they want good people they should treat people with respect. By about 3/4 of the way through the interview I was so offended I lost interest and definitely didn't want to work with the likes of the people "interviewing" me.
The questions they asked me had pre-written answers so if I wasn't saying what they had written on their paper I wasn't listened to.
I was told it was going to be a behavioral interview and instead I was asked technical questions throughout. I found that was very deceiving and rather childish to pull something like that.
Overall the worst interview I have ever had. I would NEVER work for the government of Ontario.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a Group/Panel Interview and a Phone Interview.
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