I applied online. I interviewed at CBRE (London, England) in Nov 2023
Interview
Screening call. It was a 15 minute call after the online tests. The interview person asked a couple screening questions for eligibility and then some formal questions about the job. The aim was to test whether applicants can speak confidently and are interested in the role
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Question 1
Why this role, industry and company?
How well do you work in a team?
Assessment centre, two rounds of group presentations. First round based off info provided beforehand, second round based off new info but 15 mins to prepare to yourself before group discussion
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Question 1
How would you incentivise green change within employees
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at CBRE in Nov 2023
Interview
An hour-long interview with two interviewers who are currently working at the ESG team. Use STAR method to tackle competency-based questions. Do some research (core values, products and services, working culture) to tackle motivational-based questions. Do prepare some questions to ask the interviewers in the end. Sometimes the interviewers will ask some follow-up questions if you did not manage to explain them clearly in your first attempt.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
0. Tell me about yourself.
1. Describe a difficult situation that resulted in an unavoidable change(s). How did you overcome the problem?
2. Describe an occasion where you had to build relationships with different people to reach a specific objective.
3. Describe a situation when you received dissatisfaction from someone. How did you overcome it?
4. Why do you want to work with CBRE?
5. How's CBRE different from its competitors?
6. Explain the differences between sustainable (green) and unsustainable (brown) practices in the built environment sector. How will you identify them?