Your Recruitment Journey at Columbus
Here’s what you can expect throughout the process.
Our Recruitment Process 🪜
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1. Reviewing your application
Our TA Partner (not a 🤖), together with the hiring manager, will review your application. We may use AI-assisted tools to help us analyse applications, summarise candidate information, and compare it against role-related criteria. AI supports our recruiters and hiring managers, but it does not make recruitment decisions. People always make those.
If we see a potential match, we’ll invite you to a screening interview. Whatever the outcome, you’ll hear back from us. We aim to provide personalised feedback within 2–3 weeks, preferably sooner.
Sometimes the process may take a little longer, as our hiring managers balance recruitment with other projects and responsibilities. We appreciate your patience and will keep you updated along the way.
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2. Phone/Teams interview with a TA-partner & ALVA-test
Someone from our in-house TA team will have the first talk with you! 💬 As part of our process, we use ALVA-labs, a logic and personality test.
Depending on the role, the test will be sent out either before the screening interview or later in the process.
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3. Teams call or psychical interview
After the initial stages, you will have an interview with the recruiting manager and a team member. Depending on logistics and location, we conduct both remote interviews via Microsoft Teams and in-person interviews.
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4. References & background check
As part of our recruitment process, we conduct reference checks and background checks. ✅
We value your privacy and integrity, so our background checks are tailored to each role. We only check information that is relevant to the position and the security requirements associated with it.
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5. Different scenarios of outcome
A) Congratulations on your new job! 🎉
B) If you didn't go all the way: ☹️
As an employer, we have our needs and expectations, just as you do. Sometimes these don't align, or we may not have a suitable role at the moment. However, we value ongoing dialogue in case a new opportunity arises.
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6. Welcome!
We will stay in contact with you until your first day with us and prepare for your onboarding.
We focus on concrete examples
We will ask competency-based questions during our process, where we want you to provide concrete examples from your previous work experience. For example, we might ask: "Tell me about a time when you had to adjust to a colleague’s working style to complete a project or achieve your objectives." This question focuses on collaboration, which is one of our core skills (and values).
Preparing for the Recruitment Process
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Research us
Learn about the company's mission, values and culture. This will help you know what questions to ask and show genuine interest.
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Review the job-ad
Understand the key responsibilities and required skills. Be ready to discuss how your experience and skills align with the role.
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Relax & stay positive 😃
Ensure you get enough rest before the interview and approach it with a positive mindset. It's okay to let the interviewer know if you are nervous!
Measuring your experience
After finishing the recruitment process from the interview stage, you will receive a short survey to rate your experience in the process.
Hope you are willing to spend a bit of time to give us this feedback. 😊
Thanks in advance!
Get to know us a bit more 🧡
Have a look at our website to learn more about our organisation or our Instagram account to get to know the people who work at Columbus.
