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Positive Experience
Easy Interview
Application

I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BAT

Interview

Very fun process, interviewers were nice and down to earth, friendly vibes. Had a group task which focuses on critical thinking, they give you a text and you are tasked to solve a problem or problems through team discussion

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  • How would you market product X in this current financial environment?
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Anonymous Employee in Montreal, QC

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at BAT (Montreal, QC)

Interview

1. Phone interview with recruiter 2. in-depth interview with managers (1 hour) 3. Virtual half-day session, split between group presentation and individual case studies. The first part was a group presentation; we were given a brief and had to work together to present a final recommendation. This was all about teamwork and how you work with others to accomplish a task under pressure. Next were a couple of individual case studies, where we had time to prepare with the background information given and present our recommendations once again. 4. Phone call on the final status of the interview process.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Leeds, England

No Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

I interviewed at BAT (Leeds, England)

Interview

The interview was very leadership competency based with plenty of scenarios. There was also an analytical section to demonstrate your excel abilities. Overall the interview takes place over 2 sections. First with the recruiter then followed by the reporting line.

Interview Questions
  • Tell me about a difficult situation you had to handle and what was the result.
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Anonymous Employee in Vancouver, BC

Accepted Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BAT (Vancouver, BC)

Interview

That actually was the most important memory in my life, luckily everything went so well. I currently have a job with $120k a year. Try your best, good luck everybody!

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Pretoria, Gauteng

No Offer
Neutral Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at BAT (Pretoria, Gauteng)

Interview

Interview process was professional and effecient. everything was done online. and then a inperson interview was conducted.there was a diverse panel of interviewers and everyone had significant contributions. the waiting period was 2 weeks. and the communication was done online.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate

No Offer
Negative Experience
Average Interview
Application

I interviewed at BAT

Interview

Was invited for the interview after BAT reached out to me on social media, but it was never scheduled. BAT never learns. I followed up with the HR responsible, but no response from the HR either over email or on social media. Extremely unhappy with the way they conduct business here.

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  • The interview NEVER HAPPENED on the date and time I selected from the options they provided. Simply waste of time
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Kuala Lumpur

Declined Offer
Positive Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at BAT (Kuala Lumpur)

Interview

There is not much to reveal and say. Everything is good and well. The interviewer is polite and well-care. The question asked is challenging and able to answer it well.

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Anonymous Interview Candidate in Copenhagen, Capital Region

No Offer
Negative Experience
Average Interview
Application

I applied online. I interviewed at BAT (Copenhagen, Capital Region)

Interview

In the hiring manager interview, they were late for 10 mins resulting in the interview was only 20 mins. And there was no feedback, and no answers for 3 weeks after the interview even though I sent an email to HR asking for the follow-ups. Literally just ghosted interviewees, feeling really not professional.

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BAT

Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England

No Offer
Negative Experience
Easy Interview
Application

I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at BAT (London, England) in Oct 2023

Interview

I applied online I was contact via the recruiter based in Romania. I had a 30 minute teams video call with the Recruiter in Romania, she was a lovely lady, had passion, her English was ok. Second Round interview with an EA and HR people in London. 30 minutes teams meeting.

Interview Questions
  • The Recruiter kept on asking if you are prepared to very flexible, not clock watch and effectively worked a lot of overtime without pay or time in lieu. The EA in London asked very long convoluted questions which were very unclear and she clearly describing her own experiences. For a 30 minute interview we could not cover what we need to cover given the lack of preparation of professional interview questions from BAT side.
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BAT

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No Offer
Positive Experience
Difficult Interview
Application

I interviewed at BAT

Interview

Tutte le call si sono tenute da remoto. La prima call conoscitiva è stata svolta dalla HR, seconda call più tecnica con HR e Media Specialist e feedback a stretto giro. Colloquio in inglese

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BAT Interviews FAQs

Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at BAT as 47.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.10 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Trade Sales Representative and Trade Marketing Representative rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sales Executive and Customer Service and Sales Representative roles were rated as the easiest.

The hiring process at BAT takes an average of 27.75 days when considering 21 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Demand Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Global Graduate Program roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).

Common stages of the interview process at BAT according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:

Phone Interview: 21.31%

One-on-One Interview: 14.75%

Presentation: 13.11%

Skills Test: 11.48%

Group Panel Interview: 11.48%

Personality Test: 9.84%

IQ Intelligence Test: 8.20%

Drugs Test: 3.28%

Background Check: 3.28%

Other: 3.28%

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can you give me some tips on how to successfully pass an interview for a customer service job as a 17 years old?

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If asked what type of management style to you prefer? How do you feel about micromanagement? How do you answer this professionally? Nobody likes micromanagement so why ask? Maybe bc the manager there does?

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Morgan Stanley

In an interview is it a good practice to draw examples for answering situational questions from the most recent and relevant experience or should I draw examples from other previous experiences as well?

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