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Vorstellungsgespräche

Danke für Dein Feedback. Natürlich bedauern wir sehr, dass dieser Eindruck entstanden ist.

Eigentlich ist unser interner Recruiter mit jedem/r Bewerber*in in engem Austausch, sobald es ans bessere Kennenlernen geht. Entsprechend werden auch Absagen, nachdem bereits ein Interview stattgefunden hat, persönlich oder in individuellen Emails vermittelt. Wir bemühen uns unsere Beweggründe so transparent, wie möglich zu machen.

Versichern können wir, dass wir bei jeder Ausschreibung die Besetzung der Stelle zum Ziel haben. Fake-Ausschreibungen würden zu viel Zeit und Energie von zu vielen beteiligten Kollegen in Anspruch nehmen. Den Benefit einer Ideensammlung können wir hier nicht erkennen.

Wir bedauern, dass in Deinem Fall offensichtlich etwas schief gelaufen ist und nehmen es zum Anlass unsere Prozesse noch einmal unter die Lupe zu nehmen.

Beste Grüße und viel Erfolg bei der weiteren Suche,
Florian Gulden
Managing Director

Hello!

It is sad to hear, that you were not satisfied with our offer. I can ensure you though, that we treat all applicants equally and we pay equally. We have salary bands for each level. If we offered you a position as a trainee, then this was based on our professional assessment of your skills and the fit for the position we tried to fill.

I'd like to add a few more facts to show, that the reason for our assessment was surely not your gender:

- icon incar was founded by my mother, a strong and smart woman, that raised me in the strong believe of equality of all human beings. This is something that matters for me and that I want icon incar as an organisation to live every day.
- As a results, our team composition is even between all genders, unfortunately with a lack of women in the highest management positions - something that we actively try to fix.
- This is enforced by our shareholder's code of conduct (https://sites.wpp.com/sustainabilityreports/2015/other-information/wpp-code-of-business-conduct/).

I hope, that you found a great position in the meantime and started your career successfully.

All the best for your future,
Florian Gulden
Managing Director

While we are sorry to hear you were left with a negative impression, I want to clarify to the public the context of your application.

We had a very pleasant interview process with this applicant and at the end told them that we would like to make them an offer to join us. We then scheduled a final meeting to discuss and negotiate that offer the very next day.

During this meeting it became clear that we would not be able to reach a compromise on a financial package to their satisfaction. After a day of deliberations, we came to the conclusion that we would be rescinding the offer due to a difference in compensation expectations.

We explained this in a quite lengthy email in which we stated several times that we felt the interview process had been a great experience, that we wished them the best of luck, apologised for any inconvenience, and stated that the sole reason for the rescinding of the offer was difference in salary v. budget for the role.

We then immediately made some changes to our process to ensure that we discuss a salary outline as early as possible in the process to avoid this situation in the future. So we are surprised to see across the board 1 out of 5 stars when the candidate was so enthusiastic and positive about joining us.

We continue to wish all our candidates the very best of luck and as always welcome any additional feedback about our comprehensive interview process.

Max Mueller
Global Team Lead, Talent Acquisition
icon group - Berlin