Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Control Risks as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.33 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Researcher and Corporate Researcher rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Researcher and Corporate Researcher roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Control Risks takes an average of 60 days when considering 3 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Researcher had the quickest hiring process (on average 60 days), whereas Researcher roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
The process was pretty standard. An interview with HR, an assignment, and a panel interview. I had been very excited about this job until the panel interview. Two of the people interviewing were very snobbish; one of them almost refused to say anything at all during the process, except for one question and they seemed like they really did not want to be there. When I asked about career advancement, they danced around the question but the bottom line is that there is none. For this same question, one interviewer was slightly condescending about me not having a second nationality, justifying this by stating that my nationality was very hard to sponsor abroad which is why I was not going to be able to pursue other options within the company elsewhere. The third person was the only nice one who actually seemed to want to be there and seemed to listen carefully to what I had to share.
When I got the offer, HR insisted I talk to them the same day, but I ended up receiving the written documents like a week and a half after they said they would send them, so I don't understand what their rush was. In the offer, the person who extended it (who had been in the interview, which I assume meant they had seen my name and credentials multiple times) wrote my name wrong twice. Fortunately, I did not need to take this offer.
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Question 1
Work style, credentials, projects you have worked on; standard questions
I applied online. I interviewed at Control Risks (Londres, Inglaterra)
Interview
Disorganized and wanted free consulting work. Basically gave 2-3 days probono consulting. I know this because the company I worked for pitched work for the same client they requested diligence on during the interview.
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Question 1
Explain how to manage service sales for a specific client? Basically how to up and cross sell their services.
Interview process is typical, multiple rounds starting with a written scenario portion. Leading into the verbal interviews, which is a combination of experience questions and scenario questions to gather how you would solve specific problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Where have you dealt with crisis situations in your life and how to you manage that?