“Thanks for taking the time to speak with me today. Before we dive in with our questions, let me give you a quick glimpse into who we are and what we’re about at Index.
Index is a collection of high-performing, specialist recruitment businesses, all brand leaders in their markets. Our mission is bold: to become the fastest-growing company in the world, which means, by definition we have to reject the norm and do it better.
This comes with huge upside, it means fast-track progression for those who deliver, the highest pay in Liverpool, and the chance to take your career global with opportunities to relocate to one of our US offices.
When I originally applied I was particularly excited by some of the success stories. Mary went having a years experience in our Liverpool office to moving to our Orlando office where she’s now a manager earning over $250,000 a year, all within a couple of years. Joanna came in with no recruitment experience to becoming a Managing Director and a shareholder earning a similar amount in under 5 years. In our San Diego office Moises had a pay cheque of $80,000, last month! I could go on and talk about others.
Some people join us at entry level and become shareholders, but I also think its important to state that others don’t make it, the difference is simple: it’s them. This process is about working out whether we’d be the right fit for each other.”
“Before we get into the conversation, I want to make sure I cover a few non negotiables. These questions are really important in terms of making sure we are the right fit for you, and vice versa, so I’m going to jump straight in if that’s ok?”
“Now we’ve covered our non-negotiables, let’s get into learning more about you. As I’ve mentioned, we are exclusively looking for high achieving, top talent to join our mission. We are a team of A* players that sit within the top 1% and want to expand our group of like-minded individuals.”
“At this stage, we want to get a sense of how you approach complex problems, make assumptions, and think creatively. These questions don’t have a single ‘right’ answer—what matters is how you break down the problem, your reasoning process behind it?”
NOTE TO RECRUITER, THE ANSWER IS LESS RELEVANT, ITS ABOUT THE CANDIDATES ABILITY TO CONVERSE WHILST DISCUSSING A SUBJECT MATTER THAT IS UNFAMILIAR TO THEM
(This is minute and hour hands only)
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21. How have you found the call?
22. Do you have any questions?
Our process is quite different to other businesses, this is because we don’t want to conform, we want to do it better. This process concludes in 5 days and includes a few tests, 1 video call, a call with our CEO and 2 face to face interviews. This gives you a huge opportunity to showcase yourself as an A* player.
We understand it’s a lot, and it’s fast paced, but it stages how we conduct ourselves as a business from the get go. We are offering a lot, so we want to make sure we are expanding our team to more top talent pool individuals.
Are you able to commit to this timeline?
The next step will be to complete our tests. These are a personality, intelligence and recruitment test. It’s something we ask everyone to complete to ensure we are the right business for you. I will need these done within the next hour.