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Basic questions about handling a manager that gives you little detail on a job description and how to handle. Asked about volume of hiring handled in the past. Questions about using Outlook and Excel proficiency. Asked how I would handle a busy workload (they had over 100 openings at the time). Question about creating urgency for managers to find their own candidates in remote locations and how I encouraged them to do so. I was asked how I dealt with difficult hiring managers - to provide an example. Not a difficult interview. Met with HR Mgr and Employee relations manager together in person. Interview over the phone was 30 minutes. Interview in person was one hour. After meeting with them I was asked to sit in the lobby and wait in case they had additional questions. Then I was given an "aptitude" test which was ridiculous (poorly worded and confusion) in a room that was freezing, pen and paper. Then a personality test. I was told by the employee relations manager "things went quite well". I was told I'd get a call early the following week. No call. I emailed and sent thank you notes after the meeting. There was literally no follow up at all. Very unprofessional "family" owned company. I bet the family does not know what a horrible impression this leaves on applicants to not follow up at all and what that does to your reputation in the community. This company does everything like the 1990's. Applications are pen and paper and so are all assessments, etc. They don't even have a resume database, everything is paper and files. I guess they are busy shuffling paper. In retrospect, I wouldn't have accepted an offer anyway. I was contacted by another company while waiting on Haynes, Skype interviewed the next day (plus for them that they know what technology is) - and got an offer 2 days later for more money. My best advice to you if you're looking for a career in HR is to keep looking past this antiquated unprofessional company! I can only imagine how their employees are treated. Another thing I learned through Linkedin research, the last two people left this job after 1 year, so it must be a revolving door for a reason!
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Recruiter/Human Resources

Interviewed at Haynes Furniture

2.9★
May 18, 2015

Basic questions about handling a manager that gives you little detail on a job description and how to handle. Asked about volume of hiring handled in the past. Questions about using Outlook and Excel proficiency. Asked how I would handle a busy workload (they had over 100 openings at the time). Question about creating urgency for managers to find their own candidates in remote locations and how I encouraged them to do so. I was asked how I dealt with difficult hiring managers - to provide an example. Not a difficult interview. Met with HR Mgr and Employee relations manager together in person. Interview over the phone was 30 minutes. Interview in person was one hour. After meeting with them I was asked to sit in the lobby and wait in case they had additional questions. Then I was given an "aptitude" test which was ridiculous (poorly worded and confusion) in a room that was freezing, pen and paper. Then a personality test. I was told by the employee relations manager "things went quite well". I was told I'd get a call early the following week. No call. I emailed and sent thank you notes after the meeting. There was literally no follow up at all. Very unprofessional "family" owned company. I bet the family does not know what a horrible impression this leaves on applicants to not follow up at all and what that does to your reputation in the community. This company does everything like the 1990's. Applications are pen and paper and so are all assessments, etc. They don't even have a resume database, everything is paper and files. I guess they are busy shuffling paper. In retrospect, I wouldn't have accepted an offer anyway. I was contacted by another company while waiting on Haynes, Skype interviewed the next day (plus for them that they know what technology is) - and got an offer 2 days later for more money. My best advice to you if you're looking for a career in HR is to keep looking past this antiquated unprofessional company! I can only imagine how their employees are treated. Another thing I learned through Linkedin research, the last two people left this job after 1 year, so it must be a revolving door for a reason!

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