The recruiter was friendly and asked me to walk her through my experience in talent acquisition. The questions the recruiter asked me were relevant and the phone interview took about 30 minutes.
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Question 1
What positions/departments have you recruited for?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Pattison Food Group (Langley, BC) in Oct 2025
Interview
I believe the recruiting process was unnecessarily lengthy. This entire procedure lasted for a month.
1) Call with recruiter - This was ok
2) Technical assessment. The document had a time limit of 2 hours. I can almost confirm it's impossible to finish that assessment in 2 hours. I took an entire day worth of time to finish the assessment. The interviewers still liked my work (assuming because I was proceeded to the next round)
3) Virtual technical round with the hiring manager and one more senior personnel. This round was also very technical. I answered most of the questions.
4) In person round - This was also extremely technical. This is where I felt the suspicion. Why are my technical abilities tested three times? Unsure of the necessity of that.
5) Reference check (before the offer) - While this is fair. It felt like they were still not convinced and wanted to interview more candidates. I still gave references and finished that process but they still wanted to wait before they can reach out to me. This is where I drew my boundary and withdrew my application. I felt like my time was not respected. It felt like they were buying themselves time to find a better match. I would have appreciated an earlier rejection instead considering the amount of time and energy I put into this position. This is where I felt even if I had received an offer, it would have not worked out the right way. So I withdrew my application before hearing the final verdict.
Not to forget, I had to follow up twice to get update on my application after waiting for reasonable timeline (which was promised to me by the recruiter). But I really don't think it was their fault.
Overall, an unfortunately disappointing hiring process.
Hope this helps anyone considering applying here.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was all more focused on technical questions. Three technical rounds (assessment, technical round 1 and round 2 which was even more technical)
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Pattison Food Group (Vancouver, BC)
Interview
I did two rounds of interview with them, one was an screening call, the other one was a virtual meeting. After that, I sent 2 follow up emails, but never heard back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About my past experiences, my compensation, my work and why do I want to join them