William Butler
1/5
Candidate beware. This company is not what it seems. Chosen as a candidate for a senior role in the organization, they dragged me through 4 interviews over nearly two months. First interview went swimmingly, giving me the opportunity to interview directly with one of their senior partners. This interview went very well too, opening the door to a case interview which identified some gaps, but overall feedback was positive prompting a flowery call from HR indicating that they company was keen to bring me on, but perhaps at a manger, rather than senior manager role, but wanted me to have a 4th interview with a second senior partner to finish off the process.
4th and final interview was disgusting. After 2 postponements (not my doing), Senior partner shows up to online interview several minutes late, occupies a completely empty boardroom at a client's office and proceeds to jostle his laptop/phone all around the room the entire time, asks no relevant questions, but proceeds to judge my skills and abilities. I found the entire affair to be incredibly unprofessional, all the while feeling throughout this brutal 1 hour "interview" that I was nothing but an inconvenience for this individual. I've never felt so disrespected and devalued as an individual or candidate in my entire career. After nearly two months and 4 grueling interviews, I get a rejection email 2 weeks later (not even the courtesy of a call) to notify me that suddenly my "skills and experience are not a match for the type of work Baringa will be doing now or in the near future". It takes 4 interviews to determine this? Unbelievable.
The misleading, disingenuous, and unprofessional conduct of this organization is a stain on it's fabricated "reputation". I've reported my experience to my university Career Services and will be writing far and wide on every career blog in the UK of my experiences with Baringa as well. How I was mistreated is clearly a reflection on the organization and it's culture, so at the end of the day Baringa did me a big favour and likely saved me from a toxic work environment. Good riddance. But, if I can save another candidate from a similar experience, I feel I've accomplished one good deed.
