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based on 8 ratings - Updated Jun 8, 2025
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Russell McVeagh as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Scholarship and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Scholarship and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Russell McVeagh takes an average of 30 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 Scholarship had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Scholarship roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
I interviewed at Russell McVeagh (Auckland, Auckland)
Interview
Quite intense, psychometric was awful, and in person interview was ok but a lot less relaxed than other firms and questions to stump you. Partners were super adamant on "why Russell McVeagh"
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Question 1
If a partner gave you a piece of work and you were about to have a final for your competitive sports team what would you do?
I applied online. I interviewed at Russell McVeagh (Auckland, Auckland) in Mar 2025
Interview
I was called by the Talent Aquisition Specialist to do a phone screening, that went fine. Then I went in for a one hour long interview.
It was traditional competency and behaviour-based questions, over all I actually thought it went well but weirdly they just never got back to me, I chased them twice and I just kept on getting delayed until in the end I gave up.
I interviewed at Russell McVeagh (Auckland, Auckland) in May 2023
Interview
The interview process was very standard, in line with what I experienced interviewing at other large firms. The interview focused on learning more about your character based on your experiences recorded in your CV.
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Question 1
Tell us about a time where something did not go to plan and how you learnt from that experience.