Compass Children’s Homes interview questions

Applied online for home in Birmingham, had a phone call with HR the next day to confirm details, HR sent application to home, home interviewed me a few days later via Teams. Interview was conducted by home manager and another member of staff, whose role I forget. Home manager discussed induction process at the beginning of the interview, but was clearly reading it off the screen in front of her and I felt like I was talking to a call centre and it was a bit information overload before I'd even started. Finally, the interview started and I was asked about six questions in total such as what does safeguarding mean to you? I wasn't asked any probing questions and it felt like home manager was sticking to a script. Other staff member interviewing me didn't say a word all through the interview, which I found a bit unnerving, and I saw her on camera using her phone while I was talking. I didn't see either of them typing any notes during the interview. They both seemed in a rush and like they weren't really interested. I don't know whether it was because my interview was on a Monday morning. Didn't tell me when I'd hear back and I had to chase this with HR myself, and I recieved an automated rejection email the day after the interview, not giving me any feedback. I think you can tell a lot about a company by the way they interview candidates, and the interview didn't feel that it was designed to bring out the best in candidates.

Brilliant and friendly. I took about an hour but the were reaosnalbe as I was a foster carer before but no direct expperince in homes, I was lied to about over time pay, anythign over 40 hours was promissed at tiem and half. Once joined and worked my first month i was told this had never existed.