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Andrew, here’s how your interview with Equitas landed.

Thank you for the time you gave to your conversation with Michael. You covered your career in talent acquisition, why inclusion matters to you, a project you took through to delivery and your questions about the role. Below is a closer look at what stood out and how the conversation unfolded.

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What stood out

  • Results

    A shift at the frontline

    At Saint-Gobain the female frontline population rose by up to about 13% after 12 to 14 months of measuring.

  • Delivery

    Delivering Pinpoint

    You delivered an MVP of the ATS in a 12-week window.

  • Mindset

    Root causes

    You linked root cause analysis and continuous improvement to where your career started.

  • Ownership

    Driving responsibility

    You said ownership and responsibility is something you drive with everyone you work with.

How you showed up

The areas we covered, what you said, and what you did well.

Qualifications and experience

Relevant education and certifications

Your score 5/5

This area draws on the background you described, which began in engineering, moved into agency-side recruitment across tech, IT and telecoms, and then, for the last 12 years, into in-house talent acquisition, building and fixing TA functions and teams.

What you did well

You said this breadth gives you methods you can tune to a business, whatever the industry.

Technical skills proficiency

Your score 4/5

You said that ATS vendors all promise the same things, so the skill is choosing the right one at the right time, with the scale, size and cost model right and some future built in.

What you did well

You also said you went deep into the back end of the system and trained the IT help desk during the last four weeks.

Alignment with job requirements

Your score 4/5

When Michael described the complex mobilisation, you said it was the kind of craziness you like.

What you did well

You asked what the main outcomes needed in the first six months would be.

Confidence and professionalism

Your score 4/5

You mentioned giving a talk at the RO100 meet the day before RecFest this year on where AI ends and humans start, with another due in Birmingham as a breakfast event.

What you did well

You said you bring structure to situations like that.

Communication skills

Verbal communication

Your score 4/5

You described sitting in both camps, as a contractor who sees a business as a client and as an employee who becomes more embedded.

What you did well

You closed by thanking Michael for taking the time.

Written communication

Your score 4/5

Written communication was not assessed directly in this conversation. You did mention having the business case built for the Pinpoint project.

What you did well

You mentioned needing to start LinkedIn posts about your upcoming event.

Engagement and active listening

Your score 4/5

You checked which area Michael meant when he asked for an example, and then answered his follow-up questions in turn.

What you did well

You asked Michael how the role’s time is divided between internal hiring, client delivery and developing services.

Clarity and coherence of answers

Your score 4/5

When Michael raised employer brand, you split it into three parts: the employee value proposition, the employer brand and the talent brand, which is what people externally say about a business.

What you did well

You closed your 90-day answer by returning to its headline: understanding, then building from there.

Problem solving

Analytical thinking and logical reasoning

Your score 4/5

You said that the seconds, minutes, hours and days spent on tasks are where the commercial business case comes from.

What you did well

You said you love solving complex problems and get into the detail to dig them up.

Creativity and innovation

Your score 4/5

You described focusing veteran hiring on female veterans from the Navy and RAF, because they came from male-dominated environments and helped turn the tide at a male-dominated frontline.

What you did well

You said the numbers were small but still significant.

Ability to handle challenges and find effective solutions

Your score 4/5

When the sign-off took longer than planned, it landed in the team’s peak hiring season, so you appointed team leads, took on the hands-on work yourself and worked with Pinpoint to move from the full pack to a minimum viable version.

What you did well

You said you absolutely loved the experience and learned a lot from it.

Cultural add

Alignment with company values and culture

Your score 4/5

You described inclusion as making things accessible, open and transparent, with belonging at its centre, and mentioned your school governor volunteering, where the aim was to open doors to work experience for young people.

What you did well

You added that you are careful about promising only what is achievable.

Ability to work well with the team

Your score 4/5

At Saint-Gobain you worked on “ban the box”, removing the tick box about past convictions, collaborating with the frontline executive and the risk team until it went through.

What you did well

You said the work challenged your own thinking too.

Adaptability and openness to new ideas

Your score 4/5

You said that in your experience the plan a business starts with changes considerably once you uncover the real conditions, often within the first 30 to 60 days.

What you did well

You described keeping a golden thread to head towards, with contingency built in for what happens next.

How the conversation flowed

1. Catching up and setting the scene

You and Michael compared notes on the hiring market, and you said you were seeing more fixed-term contracts than ever. Michael then outlined what the conversation would cover and how the interview data would be captured, and you said you were happy with that.

2. Your range of sectors

You described the range of sectors you have worked in, from chocolate and online gambling to local authorities, home care and veterinary services. You also mentioned buying and building an ATS.

3. Equitas and the role

You said you knew Equitas from earlier conversations with Michael and were drawn to the technology and to the chance to join a next growth phase. After Michael explained that the role includes delivering complex projects as well as hiring for Equitas, you said you enjoy that kind of complexity.

4. What the role involves

Michael asked what would be challenging about the role. You pointed to putting budget and effort into the right things, and to getting open answers from stakeholders.

5. Starting a new role

You said your first 90 days would be about getting close to the business and its customers before building strategy and tactics. You answered Michael’s Mike Tyson line with one about getting punched in the face.

6. Why inclusion matters

Michael introduced inclusive by default as a core company value and asked why it matters to you.

7. Making a difference at Saint-Gobain

Asked about the project where you had most impact on fair hiring, you picked Saint-Gobain, which you called one of the most complex for you, with two pieces of work running at once. Michael followed up with questions about the veterans hiring and its outcome.

8. Your proudest project

Michael asked which project you were proudest of owning end to end, and you chose the ATS project at Dnata. You began with workshops that brought together operations, TA, HR and IT, which took four workshops over four full days rather than the two you expected.

9. Your questions and close

You asked where Michael sees the biggest challenges, then offered your thoughts on employer brand.

How you showed up

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      Summary and next steps

      Not moving forward this time

      Your overall score4.1 / 5
      Needed to progress4.7 / 5

      Thank you, Andrew

      A huge thank you for the time and effort you invested in both your application and interview with us. We are sorry to say that you are not moving forward this time, and we know this is not the news you were hoping for. It was a pleasure to hear about your journey and there were a great many positives.

      What stood out for us
      • Communication. Your clear, articulate way of speaking helped you build rapport quickly.
      • Range of projects. A range of complex projects, including introducing new technology on tight timelines.
      • Scores. Every area scored at least 4 out of 5.
      Things you may want to build onA few gentle, optional ideas for other interviews, offered with respect for how much you brought to this one.
      • Outcomes beyond delivery. You gave clear figures for the female-veteran hiring. For the Pinpoint ATS project you described the workshops, timeline and decisions in detail; adding a measure of what changed once it was live, such as time saved for recruiters or hiring managers, would make its impact just as easy to picture.
      • A niche-role example. When Michael described some roles having a very small talent pool, you noted it could be challenging. A short example of how you have approached sourcing for a niche role would be a useful addition alongside your process and technology examples, and the specialist veteran suppliers you mentioned are a natural starting point.

      Thanks again, and we wish you every success