Standard HR interview then a panel interview with the hiring manager and 2 team members. Very casual.
For a Canadian Crown Corporation, that should be ensuring hiring fairness, EDC follows no standard process and lets the conversation go where it needs to go. It was like pouring a glass of water across a table.
To inform me that I was not chosen for the job, I received a standard form email with no ability to reply-- the kind of email that would be sent to people who had not screened in for an interview. This was surprising and disappointing.
I emailed the HR contact who invited me into the interview to request feedback about why I wasn't chosen and received no reply. No reply.
For a company that wants to double its staff by 2020 to meet its aggressive targets, and is facing succession issues at the top, this kind of treatment of excellent candidates will not get them where they need to go. Because of how I was treated, I am relieved that I will stay where I am and not make the mistake of working for such an impersonal company who clearly needs work with its service orientation at all levels. HR, this means you.