Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Busy Bees as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Administrative Assistant and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Administrative Assistant and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Busy Bees takes an average of 7 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Administrative Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Administrative Assistant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 7 days).
Interview process straight forward. Interview was done with the direct hiring manager after screening from HR. Given portfolio of brands and asked to present ideas of activities. The company culture is very welcoming.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Busy Bees (East Malling, England) in Jul 2021
Interview
Long and thorough discussion based interview with the two nursery managers - around the two hour mark. Asked a variety of questions from personal experience to practical examples. Once discussion interview is complete you are invited back for a "stay and play" to see if you gel with the team/children in a certain room.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What age group do you have the most experience looking after?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Busy Bees (Kettering, England) in May 2022
Interview
It was an online interview. Questions were typical of a nursery interview, including safeguarding questions. The interviewer was friendly and the process felt relaxed. Some of the questions included: how would you act if a child made a disclosure to you and how do children learn