I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Vestas Wind Systems
Interview
I applied online, through their career website.
Shortly after, I received an invitation for an "on-demand video interview", which is basically your opportunity to record your answers to 14 different questions, mostly about yourself and as often as you want. The process and website was very easy to handle, and it appeared to be a fair way to screen a large quantity of people. I enjoyed it.
However, two weeks later, I received an e-mail that informed me, that "We are delighted to inform you, that your application has made it through the first selection in our recruitment process." That was on the 06th of October. And I am quoting again:
"Your resume and video interview will be shared with the Hiring Manager the week of October 2nd. You will hear from one of our Recruiters’ on your candidacy the following week. We are anticipating two rounds of interviews. First interview will be either on location or by Skype with the Hiring Manager week of October 16th depending on your location - and a second onsite interview with Hiring Manager and HR representatives end of October to early November. You will also be asked to complete an online assessment and a Vestas case during the process as well."
As you can imagine - I was delighted!
Sadly - and I am being honest here, because I do thing that Vestas is a great employer and tries its best - I never heard back. Wrote two e-mails (16. & 19.) to the address that had sent the invitation and tried to get in contact with HR personnel at Vestas through LinkedIn. Until today without any response on either channel.
Really unfortunate, but not a great experience after all.
EDIT: On the 01.11. I received this e-mail - just FYI
Hello [NAME],
Unfortunately, the position in Hamburg has been cancelled. Please visit vestas.com for other opportunities within the organization.
Yours sincerely / Med venlig hilsen,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell us about (1) Teamwork (2) failure (3) international experience
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Vestas Wind Systems in May 2011
Interview
Applied online and within a couple of days received an invitation to do the IQ/Math/etc. tests. Each test was a different phase, with knock-out rounds.
After I passed the tests, a phone interview was next (had some issues with connection on the first try with but they were nice enough to reschedule it).
After passing phone interview, got an invitation to assessment center to Denmark. AC was tough, whole day from 7 in the morning to 7 at night. Lots of interviews, group work, personal and group assessment, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you sell a specific turbine to an electricity producer?