Pareto Recensioni 

Ben Wanger has been so kind and amazing helping me through the job hunt process I’m really grateful he’s been helping me alot

If zero stars were an option, that's what I would give.

I applied online for an Account Manager role and was immediately pushed into a series of "practice" interviews and an assessment centre. As part of the process, I was told I would need to deliver a three-minute pitch on why I wanted a career in sales—which was confusing, considering I had applied for an Account Manager position and have no interest in pursuing a sales career.

Before the assessment day, I was told the event would last a couple of hours and involve a small group of candidates. In reality, there were around 40 participants on the call and only three staff members present, with just one person doing all the talking. To make matters worse, they started around 20 minutes late.

The assessor was rude and dismissive throughout. We had to introduce ourselves individually, then go around again and explain why we wanted a career in sales (again, not relevant to me or the role I had applied for).

After that, we were placed into groups of eight for a cold-calling exercise and given just 10 minutes to complete it. Only three people from each group were selected to provide feedback to the assessor, while everyone else sat through presentations from every other group.

We then had an hour-long lunch break. By this point, we had already been on the call for three hours. The assessors returned late from lunch, and from 1:00 pm until 2:30 pm we simply sat waiting to be called into breakout rooms for our three-minute presentations. Once finished, we were sent back to the main call and left waiting again until 4:00 pm.

At one stage, all of the assessors left the call entirely, leaving candidates sitting there with no communication. They returned around 20 minutes later to announce who had been "successful."

Over the course of the entire day, I spoke for less than 10 minutes. What was advertised as a short assessment turned into an all-day exercise filled with unnecessary waiting, poor organisation, unprofessional behaviour, and irrelevant activities.

An absolute waste of time.

The whole assement day lasts from 9am to 4pm, it was a great experience and a fantastic way to boost your self confidence.

Luke Forster really went out of his way to help me prepare to do my best on the day !

Scarlet Starvella Aubert has been wonderful to work with, she has been nothing but amazing. Thank you Scarlet.

My experience with Pareto was exceptional. I received clear communication throughout the process, along with support and guidance from Luke Forster in preparation for the assessment day. His support helped me massively for the assessment and he is genuinely a huge asset to Pareto.

Amazing service throughout. Big thank you to Amelia and all the guys on the assessment day.

Overall really positive experience - my Graduate Manager, Amelia Thomas, helped me so much with preparations for the assessment day and supporting any questions I had. I was placed in an amazing role very quickly too - it was very efficient.
Only negative was that I was informed I would get offered a range of roles to look at, however role choices came through from different people at different times, so it was hard to compare roles against each other. Also, once I started progressing into the latter stages with one role, all communications regarding other roles I had interviewed at or displayed interest in stopped without warning. This didn't really matter as I love the role I progressed with, but if this hadn't had been my top choice I would have been disappointed - it felt as if I had been removed from other processes without discussion.

Rude company. Lack experience, just try to seem otherwise. They do not help you get jobs, they mock you and give you false hope.

Great support with securing my next role!
Lauren, Lily and Katherine were all excellent and went above and beyond to ensure I was kept in the loop and provided answers to all my questions.
Assessment Centre was smooth and was given ample support to plan and prepare ahead of time.
Fantastic communication, very professional, highly recommend!

Yoan, Lauren and Luke from Pareto were extremely helpful in preparation for the assessment day. Whether it was by email, phone call or a video call they provided me the tools and support to be successful on the day which I was .

I would recommend them all to everyone. Thank you again

Katherine Alexander and Lauren Stein have been very helpful throughout the whole process at Pareto. I would highly recommend proceeding with their service in order to get a role with very big opportunity. I was placed in a role within 14 days after passing the assessment day.

If I could give zero stars, I would.

Avoid Pareto at all costs. They advertise roles that are outright misleading - for example, listing “Edinburgh-based” graduate schemes when the actual companies are located in England. The roles are not where they claim they are, and it feels deliberately deceptive.

They also boast about placing candidates into jobs within 9 days, which sounds impressive until you realise the quality and transparency of those opportunities are questionable at best.

I was very clear about my situation: I don’t drive, but I’m fully able to commute within Edinburgh or Glasgow. Despite this, they pushed a role in Peebles - completely impractical without a car. The moment I said it wasn’t feasible, they stopped responding entirely. No follow-up, no alternative options, nothing.

Since then, they’ve continued advertising “Edinburgh city centre” roles on LinkedIn, while ignoring candidates they’ve already engaged with. It’s unprofessional and shows they’re more interested in quick commission than actually helping people find suitable jobs.

If you’re not an easy placement that earns them money quickly, they drop you. Simple as that.

Don’t waste your time.

Ben and Lauren were a great help getting me through the assessment and finding a role, and Pareto placed me in a role less than 2 weeks after passing the assessment!

My experience with Pareto, Katherine and Zoe in particular, was very positive. I was looked after from beginning to end with my onboarding and constantly reassured when needed. Couldn’t recommend enough!

Recruiters were very helpful and friendly. Zoe in particular helped with interview prep which was greatly appreciated!

My recruiter Vincent gave me all the tools to be successful for my interview process. Took time to meet with me about questions I had and just talk as a person not just as a customer. I appreciate the effort and the connections that I gained through Pareto

Luke Froster was amazing, always there to help, always responded fast and was always available for a chat on LinkedIn. I was successful on my assessment day against 10 other applicants on the day due to his and Zoe Beechinor’s help for the whole of my preparation that I needed for the day.

Lucy Canney was excellent to deal with and understood my career aspirations

Tobias and Lucy both gave good interview prep as well

Not 5* as a separate recruiter on the assessment day falsely assumed I was looking for 4 times the advertised base salary and didn't think to question/confirm if this was true.

Been dealing with a lot of recruiters for the progression of my career and want to give deserved recognition to Luke Forster.

Calm confident and great communication on what the Pareto process entails.

My experience with Pareto was genuinely one of the most disappointing recruitment processes I’ve encountered. The assessment day felt poorly designed and deeply inconsistent. Rather than objectively assessing skills, potential, or suitability for the role, the process appeared to hinge heavily on personal rapport and subjective preferences. In my assessment group, it was hard to ignore how favour was shown toward candidates the assessor personally clicked with (for example, bonding over supporting the same football team), while others demonstrating equal or stronger competencies were overlooked.

This made the whole exercise feel performative rather than professional. If you’re not immediately “liked,” it seems your actual abilities count for very little which undermines the entire premise of an assessment centre. The pay on offer also does not reflect the intensity, expectations, or pressure of the roles being marketed. When combined with a recruitment process that lacks transparency or consistency, it raises serious questions about how talent is evaluated and valued.

For a company positioning itself as a gateway to high-performance sales careers, I expected a fair, evidence-based process. What I experienced instead felt arbitrary, biased, and discouraging.

I would strongly caution graduates to manage their expectations and not assume this is a meritocratic process. There are far better recruiters out there who assess people on what they can actually do, not who they happen to get along with.