I had a very bad experience with this particular private recruiter. I have applied for one of the HR jobs advertised for one of the big companies in Abu Dhabi. Pre-interview, everything looked professional, she even gave me a lot of advice for the interview which unfortunately was totally unrelated the the interview to which i was going to. However, she seemed genuine and i was happy to be considered for the role.
The company which she sent me for the interview was a total disaster from start to end. Beginning from being late, filling unnecessary forms with private details, the interviewer was extremely Junior and under qualified to hire. They said that they had large volumes of recruitment to be done. However, they have no recruitment system and process in place. It also seemed that they have not even looked at my CV because they were asking me questions which clearly i did not do. From that point on you just feel rejected already as you realize they are looking for another candidate profile and they just wasted your full. After that you just start answering questions as fast a possible so that you don't waste even more time with an interviewer who clearly has time to waste.
After the interview, i was advised that they will contact the recruitment company in 1 week and they will give her the feedback. However, 3 weeks passed and still didn't hear from the recruitment company. When i approved the recruitment company to follow up, she said that i did not get the job. Which was fine for me. As she asked for feedback about the interview, I said that they were clearly looking for another candidate who did mainly recruitment and not HR. She then started shouting at me! and she said anyway i knew you might not get the job as you are over qualified.
Even though i was not too keen on this specific job. However, i'm more disappointing with the recruitment company and the treatment.