I applied online. I interviewed at The Wallich (Cardiff, Wales) in May 2019
Interview
Competence based interview and presentation for FTC. Contacted at 4.20pm on Friday to attend interview the next Wednesday. Follow up email confirmation stated 30 mins presentation and 45 minute interview- overall a good interview experience lasting 1 hour 40 minutes. Clearly told results would be confirmed by end of week. It has now been 3 weeks and I’m yet to be contacted, I have rang and emailed and still no follow up contact. I lost half a days pay and had to pay for parking and the inconvenience of making the time to prepare a presentation and interview prep on top of my qualification commitments for the weekend coupled with lack of contact since interview has left a very bad impression following my experience of the key HR team within The Wallich - yes they did the interview too!
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Wallich (Cardiff, Wales) in July 2016
Interview
'Competence Based' interview; in front of a panel of interviewers. They wanted examples from my past work experience.
Even though I was working for The Wallich Clifford Community as a Relief Support Worker, I was interviewed as if I had no knowledge or experience of the job.
The interview was formal. I had met the interviewers before, but they and I had to pretend that we did not know each other.
I felt at times that they did not understand my answers. The reason for this is that I had worked in a very similar job for a long time in the past and had learned the kinds of people skills that cannot be taught only learned by experience. The interviewers had not worked in such a way and therefore could not understand what I was talking about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a situation where you solved an issue of conflict?
What would you do if a client made sexual advances or spoke inappropriately to you?
What would you do if you saw a colleague acting unethically?
How would you engage a group of disengaged clients?
What else can you bring to the job?