Online application at Vodafone's global careers site for a position in Spain. Received a call from HR (outsourced to Ranstad), quick conversation and arrangement for an interview. Told me they will send a email with interview details, I didn't receive anything. I called back one day before supposed interview. I confirmed it and I was told I will receive the email this time, and I did but interview date was wrong. Anyway I got to Vodafone's HQ in Madrid next day as agreed in telephone conversation. I had to wait more than 1/2h for my interviewer to arrive. I spent 2,5h for the interview process. First explanation about the process of the interview. I did a practical exercise about a subsidiarie I was supposed to manage and solve some actual problems and make a plan for sales improvement, then make a presentation of that. Then a formal, classic interview about my experience going through mi resumee and finally a short interview in english (prior steps in Spanish) The HR interviewer was professional and nice, despite the "logistic" problems to arrange the interview. I was told that in the next week they will have a decission about candidates going to next step interviewing with the business people, and after that the will hire 2 people among the finalists in the week after. I was also told that if I was not selected for the next step I will receive communication of such news and an extract explaining the reasons why I was not selected. I received a call next week; I was told that the process will pass to standby untill Christmas holydays were off, but that I was among the finalist and I will receive a call afther vacations to arrange a second interview with business people. At the date when I was suppossed to be called I had no news from Vodafone, I called back the next week and I was told that the have "lost2 some candidates and they were doing more 1st phase interviewing to get more finalists. After one month from that I am still waiting a call from them or any other communication.

HR lead initially via phone and then specialists/functional owners. straightforward capabilities based questions against job advertised. No trick questions. 60 min interviews against HR criteria - several follow up informal interviews post formal round.