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[ Knowledge Base : Business Recruitment Process ]

Created by [ Rowan Dempster] on Dec 24, 2019

Business Interview Process:
Job posting/ Application

The Business Interview process begins with a job posting on the WATO Website, which is managed by Graphics/DevOps

The postings will be divided into each group. This includes, Marketing, Sponsorships, Graphics, Finance and Internal Affairs (Website on Software). The post will include a description for each and time commitment required. This job posting should open 8 weeks before the start of the term and close 4 weeks before the start of the term.
Students will be asked to fill in the blanks for the positions they like and will be prompted to fill a maximum of 200 words answering

  1. Why do they want to be a part of the team?
  2. What can you contribute to the team?

We will be able to see based on potential students responses, their level of interest in the role and if they researched.

For Graphics, we will ask for a portfolio or sample work that they have completed.
For Marketing, we will ask for a blurb time that they have created a marketing campaign and what were the results.

Interview Selection:
Students will be selected based on previous experiences and/or their additional information provided. Their responses, additional documents, and responses are all taken into account to see if they have the skills and if they are qualified for the role.

There will only be a need for one interview - this will consist of culture, behavior and personal questions.

5 minutes - Introduction to WATO, what the teams do, type of work being done, core member expectations

10 minutes - About going over their resume, experiences,

10 Minutes - Situational Questions and questions related to the role

• X - related to their group - based on the discretion of the one conducting interviews

Sample Questions:

• How do you handle working with different types of people?

• How confident are you of understanding technical concepts?
• How are you able to handle stressful deadlines?

• What are some ideas that you have to market Watonomous?
• What is some feedback you have for our marketing channels?

• Tell me about a time where you had to coordinate logistics for the event?

5 Minutes: Interviewee asks questions to the interviewer.

What to look for the interview?
• Do we want to work with the candidate? Are they likable?
• Does this candidate seem to be qualified based on their resume and experiences?
• What are the candidate's interests and career goals? Are they applying to WATO just to have something on their resume or are they genuinely interested in the work?
• What does the candidate hope to achieve during their time in WATO?
• What are the candidate's existing commitments for the time that they'll be at WATO? Do they think they have enough time for it?

Kick off/ Onboarding Process for Business **
Once Team Managers are Core Members have been selected, there will be an onboarding/training day.

Ideally, it would be great if we can have a retreat of some sort but that is far too costly.
Instead, we can do a day session with provided lunch.
The morning will be focused on getting to know each other as there is a disconnect of who the team members are. The teams lack cohesion as they have not developed a relationship with each other.
Therefore, having some light activities of getting to know each other (that are not awkward and cringe) will create a better team dynamic (1.5 hours).

The second part will be consisting of a PowerPoint presentation to showcase how all the business teams are interconnected with each other and the goals for the year. This is to demonstrate the importance and interdependence of each other teams. This will also be an opportunity to talk about the past faults and accomplishments and what are the expectations of each member (1.5 Hour).

The third part would be a presentation/group meeting with the Software, Mechanical and Electrical Teams. The technical teams would provide basic information to what each team does so that business members are educated and have a better understanding of the team as a whole (1 Hour).

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