The hiring process at Howden takes an average of 42 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Content Marketing had the quickest hiring process (on average 42 days), whereas Content Marketing roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 42 days).
Good, very clear and easy. Helpful, you are told everything you need to know about the process. You are asked a range of questions, not just technical and not just behavioural or motivational.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Howden (París)
Interview
entretien RH (x2) : qualification téléphonique puis rdv physique
entretien manager : rdv physique sur le site
entretien direction : rdv physique sur le site
Il faut attendre plusieurs semaine pour avoir une promesse d'embauche. Je dirai que c'est un peu plus long que la moyenne.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
on nous demande notre plan d'action commercial détaillé. Si pas assez de prospect on nous fait la remarque.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Howden (Londres, Inglaterra) in Feb 2026
Interview
I was proactively contacted by Howden’s recruitment team, with my profile matching their job specification. The start of the process was incredibly intense and rushed, with the first interview on a Friday morning and the second happening on the Monday at 9am.
But from then on, it was anything but proactive. It took 3 weeks to hear any feedback from the 2nd round interview, with a third round scheduled for a couple of weeks later. The interviewers for the third round were poor, with key individuals not turning up and a lack of organisation very visible. Three weeks later, and after being chased, I was then asked to come in for a fourth round interview, with the people that didn’t attend the third round. Despite having to wait for 3 weeks for any feedback, once Howden wanted me in, they chased me multiple times until I agreed to an interview slot.
The fourth round interview was better, although the meeting room had been commandeered, wasting useful time. At the end of the fourth round, I was told that they would need two weeks before getting back to me.
After 2 weeks of silence, I chased up. I had been promised feedback that day, which didn’t come. Eventually I received a very generic ‘no’, via text, with no real feedback, just generic things.
This process took 3 months, with poor candidate management throughout. I had already started to question whether Howden really was a company that I would want to work at, given how poor my experience was.