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Graduate Program at Telstra
No Offer – Reviewed May 4, 2013 New
Interview Details – Group activity, 1-on-1 presentation and then interview
Interview Question – Time where I used past skulls and experience to solve a problem Answer Question
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Service Executive at Telstra
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Sep 2012 – Reviewed Apr 28, 2013
Interview Details –
Phone call to set date for interview - did follow up of interview
no background or referree checks done
Interview Question – None - pretty straightforward questions didnt go into any detail Answer Question
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Telecommunications Graduate Engineer at Telstra
No Offer – Interviewed in Sydney (Australia) Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 16, 2013
Interview Details –
Voice interview where you add your voice to the recording system, Online test which uses Onetest as the provider, Phone Interview is a 15 minutes chat with the recruitment team. after that is the assessment center and then the final interview.
The process is very good and challenging.
Interview Question – No difficult questions. Answer Question
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Technical Expert at Telstra
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Sydney (Australia) Sep 2010 – Reviewed Apr 3, 2013
Interview Details – Like many large organisations, the people you deal with during the application phase are not the people that interview, or that you may be actually working with.
Interview Question – Can't recall - none were that unexpected or difficult really Answer Question
Negotiation Details – n/a - offer exceeded my expectations
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Sales Consultant at Telstra
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jan 2013 – Reviewed Jan 21, 2013
Interview Details – Applied via seek.com and was contacted a few days after. Had an over the phone interview, an in store interview with the managers, and then a second interview with the area manager. It was slightly tedious but I felt as though they were doing this as quickly and properly as they could.
Interview Question – What would make us hire you over the next person? View Answer
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IT Manager at Telstra
No Offer – Reviewed Dec 2, 2012
Interview Details – Please be as detailed as possible - including initial communications, planning, and number of interviews. Bonus points for your perception of the people, office, and work culture.
Interview Question – Please try to be as detailed as possible regarding the technical question, business case, etc. Answer Question
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Sales Manager at Telstra
Accepted Offer – Reviewed Oct 17, 2012
Interview Details – Was fortunate I didn't go through the usual hiring process, I meet with my manager and he more a less hired me on the spot
Interview Question – Wasn't one, it wasn't an interview it was a meet and greet and I gave a good impression and was hired off the back of that Answer Question
Negotiation Details – There wasn't a lot of negotiation Telstra has a fairly rigid salary offer (its generous but difficult to negotiate more)
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Sales Account Manager at Telstra
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in London, England (UK) Feb 2012 – Reviewed Oct 14, 2012
Interview Details – 3 Interviews, last one with CEO. Presentation required, focusing on industry sector.
Interview Question – How would I differentiate in my role ? Answer Question
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Network Engineer at Telstra
Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2011 – Reviewed Jun 29, 2012
Interview Details – First applied online, then got phone interview, then did online test, then did group stage interview, then did one-on-one with a manager, then got the job offer via email.
Interview Question – How did I put the customer in the center of what I do? View Answer
Negotiation Details – No couldn't negotiate a graduate salary.
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Senior IT Domain Specialist at Telstra
No Offer – Interviewed in Melbourne (Australia) Apr 2012 – Reviewed May 29, 2012
Interview Details – It is a classic case of Telstra delegating the management of the hiring process to an incompetent recruitment agency called Talent International. Telstra does not care how the agent behaves as long as the agent is able to recommend a suitable candidate. In my case, the agent required me to pay for my own air fares to travel to Melbourne, then asked me to reschedule my travel at my own costs, then put me through psychometric tests, then - after 1.5 month - told me that they recommended someone local over me just because they presumed that I don't have any agile software development management experience, which was clearly a false claim. The agent actually told me that I passed the interviews and received very appreciative feedbacks and that I also performed well in all the psychometric and personality tests. I just listened to the agent and chose to let them have their way because I was already dreading the prospects of facing the difficulties of relocating to Melbourne without my family.
Interview Question – When you know that the business will suffer because your immediate manager is too afraid of his peer (potential political back clash) to back your business case justification on the Captital Review Board, what did you do? View Answer
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