Today I’m sharing from my experience the graduate recruitment process for the business / commerce industry. The actual process depends on the size of the company and how many applicants they have. Generally the more applications, the more steps required to filter out the best candidates. Companies might hire on a rolling basis – this means that they start reviewing and processing applications when they are received, rather than waiting to the deadline date for submission, so it is always a good to submit your applications early.
The time for the whole process to go from start to end depends on the company, often it can be a couple of weeks before you move through each stage, especially at the initial stages of testing and video interview stage as it takes human resources (HR) a while to go through all their applications. In Australia the majority of the big companies open their applications around March and April, and these are usually for positions in the following year. E.g. applied in March 2019, got an offer in April 2019, will start work in January 2020.
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