Hays·Consultant

Hays Consultant interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

GermanyPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a recruitment experience that felt sloppy and disrespectful.

A recruiter reached out and offered me a stage placement even though I had applied for a position with a contract. When I declined the internship option, the recruiter said they’d check internally whether it could be done with a contract and promised to update me.

After that, I never got a real response. I tried contacting them, and eventually the only thing I received was a message through LinkedIn, with no meaningful follow-up. Calls and messages from me didn’t seem to go anywhere.

It also bothered me that the job posting didn’t clearly reflect the stage/internship mismatch, so I felt

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