CareerTok Takeover – Apprenticeship Experience at L'Oréal

In this conversational video, David Bastidas (Assistant E-Commerce Manager) and Heloise Klein (Marketing Apprentice at L'Oréal Professionnel) discuss their recruitment journeys. Filmed seated together in a lounge area, they share insights on attending the "Get your apprenticeship in one day" recruitment event at Le Visionnaire in Paris and discuss how they handled unexpected interview questions.

[Visual / On-screen text: DAVID BASTIDAS - ASSISTANT E-COMMERCE MANAGER]

David Bastidas: Hi everyone! My name is David Bastidas, and I'm Assistant E-Commerce Manager here at L'Oréal.

[Visual / On-screen text: HELOISE KLEIN - MARKETING APPRENTICE FOR L'ORÉAL PROFESSIONNEL]

Heloise Klein: Hi guys, I'm Heloise Klein, and I'm an apprentice at the L'Oréal Professionnel marketing team.

[Visual / On-screen text: #CAREERTOK TAKEOVER]

Heloise: And today, we are taking over the #CareerTok.

David: And Heloise, how did you end up here?

Heloise: So I was invited to participate in a "Get your apprenticeship in one day" event at "Le Visionnaire" in Paris.

[Visual: Exterior glass dome architecture of Le Visionnaire building in Paris]

David: Yeah, me too! I also did that!

Heloise: Did you enjoy it?

David: I enjoyed it. It was kind of like a speed dating in which they presented us several managers, and you had to enter, have interviews, present yourself, so it was quite an engaging format.

Heloise: And we had a very good breakfast, too!

David: Ah yeah, breakfast! [Laughs]

[Visual / On-screen text: TRICKY QUESTION?]

David: Did you have any tricky questions, or something like that?

Heloise: They gave me one of their hair coloration packaging and asked me like, if you could do it better, what would you do? And it was tricky because I had to criticize one of their products. I told them that I would like, put some emboss, make it more glossy and more sexy, and I think they liked the idea. And was there any tricky question that you were asked?

David: The tricky question was: "How do you measure success?" And for me it was tricky because I went for another approach, kind of like a philosophical approach, in which I told how I feel when I achieve an output. And I think they really liked that, it was like an answer outside of the box, so it was okay.

Heloise: Very interesting!