A COOL, disruptive start-up would like you to undergo a series of gruelling interviews and psychometric tests before being admitted to their ranks.
The company, which says it has a creative, agile culture and embraces innovative change, has made it clear you will not gain access to their chilled out environment unless you are precisely the right type of person.
Marketing executive Oliver O’Connor said: “First there’s the friendly pre-meet with HR, which is really 45 minutes of interrogation about your previous experience. Then there’s the manager interview with an hour of discussion about your motivation for wanting the role, during which nothing less than a messianic zeal for our marketing app will be good enough.
“After that you’ll spend eight hours of your own time on a simple strategic business plan and present it to a panel, where we give you viciously negative feedback to see how you take it. It’s all part of our commitment to openness and self-growth.
“Then there are the fun psychometric and verbal reasoning tests, followed by a final grilling by the Marketing Director where she looks perplexed that you’ve made it this far while you struggle to appear relaxed sitting on a bean bag.
“We’re not Google or Apple, but we’re trying very hard to position our brand to be just as as obnoxious as they are.”
