5 min freeRecruiter screenRecruiter screen, rehearsed out loud
1
person runs this conversation
12 min
The shortest conversation
The call that decides whether anybody technical ever reads your CV, run by somebody with eight questions and twelve minutes to get through them.
A2 · basicB1 · working
Who you will be talking to
Recruiter screen, with 1 of these 1.
In whichever order helps. The first 5 minutes with a free partner cost nothing, so you can talk to two of them before you choose.
5 min freeRecruiter screenWhat actually happens
Five things people say before they start.
One of them is usually the real reason. What sits underneath it is what actually gets scored.
/01
“You start in 2014 and you are still in 2019 when they interrupt.”
Ninety seconds on your career
Not your life story and not a list of jobs. Three beats, where you are now, the thing you are known for, why you are having this conversation, and a last line that hands over the next question.
/02
“Your answer would survive a find-and-replace of the company name.”
Why this company, specifically
The answer has to contain something that could not be said about a competitor. One fact about the product, the market or a decision they made, and what it has to do with you.
/03
“You keep saying we and they keep asking what you did.”
What you actually did
A recruiter is not evaluating the architecture. They are checking whether the thing on your CV was yours, and the whole check is the follow-up question after the project description.
/04
“You say you are flexible and hope they go first.”
The number, said out loud
Range, notice period, location, work authorisation. The screen ends here and flexible is not an answer. It reads as no answer, and it costs you the anchor.
Not the situation you need?
Bring the real thing: the job description, the date on the letter, the words the school used. Everyone who runs recruiter screen will work from what you actually walked in with.
How a first conversation worksWhat it costs
One price a minute, whoever you talk to.
A harder conversation simply runs longer. The shortest way to rehearse recruiter screen is 12 min.
You pay for the seconds you talk, and the minutes come off a balance you already hold. Nothing renews, and you are never sent a bill. Plans and refunds.
Your first 5 minutes
What 5 free minutes are for.
01
Do the whole twelve minutes
There is no useful half of this conversation. The place it falls apart is minute nine, and you have to get there.
The terms, in full
- Free
- 5 minutes
- No card asked for
02
Read where the time went
The score opens with your speaking share and your response gaps, which is usually the first surprise.
Paid for out of your free minutes
- Ninety seconds on your career
- Why this company, specifically
- What you actually did
- The number, said out loud
Questions
What people ask before they start.
Nearby
What people open next.
The rest of Interviews first, then everything else at the same difficulty.
All the situationsBehavioral round
A2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentC1 · advancedTell me about a time. Then: what did you actually do, and what would you do differently.3 peoplefrom 12 minVisa interview
B1 · workingB2 · confidentNinety seconds at a window, through glass, with a queue behind you.1 personfrom 5 minTechnical deep-dive
B2 · confidentC1 · advancedTwenty minutes explaining a system out loud to somebody who has built one.1 personfrom 20 min
A2 · basicB1 · workingB2 · confidentC1 · advancedTell me about a time. Then: what did you actually do, and what would you do differently.3 peoplefrom 12 minVisa interviewB1 · workingB2 · confidentNinety seconds at a window, through glass, with a queue behind you.1 personfrom 5 minTechnical deep-diveB2 · confidentC1 · advancedTwenty minutes explaining a system out loud to somebody who has built one.1 personfrom 20 min