Our Process

Our goal in challenger is to advise and support our talent communities in accelerating their career growth. From the first conversation, we get to know you, your background and your aspirations. We then provide you with an overview of the market and how we can support you going forward.

This is a detailed face to face conversation or via video call. We use this time to fully gauge your skills and experience through a technical and competency-based interview. We also get a thorough understanding of your motivations and career objectives. This information helps us to understand and deliver your value proposition to our clients.

Following our interview, we will advise you on the potential career paths available to you, the clients we work with as well as current and potential opportunities in the market. We will then agree on a plan of action, clients, and opportunities you wish to explore.

The CV, in essence, is a sales document that should effectively highlight your value proposition. We spend time with you to structure the optimum CV, to present to our clients, on your behalf. This will involve “fleshing out” your experience and enhancing your relevant, quantifiable skills and achievements. This ensures you put your best foot forward during the application process.

One of our key metrics in Challenger is our CV to interview ratio and we pride ourselves on securing an interview for our candidates once we submit you for a live role. We put together a powerful application on your behalf. We have also invested in the latest video technology that enables us to submit a brief personal video. This approach really benefits you, the candidate, and helps you to showcase your personality and motivations. Once the application is put forward, we aim for initial feedback within 48-72 hours.

This is a critical aspect of the process. We will dedicate time with you to further brief you on the company, culture, and unique interview format. We know our clients well which ensures that you have the best information and support possible. We will also run through technical and competency questions relevant to the opportunity to prepare you for all likely scenarios and to increase your chances of success.

We will commit to delivering feedback after each interview and will endeavor to make this as detailed as possible. This will make the remainder of the process as smooth and positive as possible. If you are not successful during the interview, this constructive feedback will no doubt assist with any subsequent recruitment processes.

Through consistent communication with both parties, we will have confirmed and reconfirmed salary expectations throughout the process to negate any unwanted surprises. This enables us to manage the verbal offer and contract signature in a transparent and efficient manner. We also conduct a full reference check on your behalf to ensure a smooth conclusion to the process.

You are then presented with full details of the Offer. We strive to achieve the optimum solution where both parties feel happy and excited about progressing. Our extensive recruitment experience and transparent communication with our client goes a long way to achieve a strong outcome on your behalf.

This is not purely financial, but equally that you are comfortable with all aspects of the role and career opportunity to make a fully informed decision.

We stay in regular communication during your notice period and once you have started in the new role to ensure you have every support required.

Feedback is critical for us both in terms of our performance but more importantly, how you are settling into your new role. We keep in contact in the initial months and also meet with you for lunch to discuss your progress and hear your feedback.