Hiring location
Toronto, ON
Platform tenure
4 months on platform
Achievements
Read anonymous recruiter reviews for James O'Brien at RBC on Rate My Recruiter. Compare ratings, response times, and candidate outcomes before your next interview.
Recruiter summary
James O'Brien has a reputation score of 64 out of 100 (grade D) based on 2 anonymous candidate reviews. They recruit for RBC. Candidates report an average response time of 10 days. The ghosting rate is 0%, and 100% of reviewers would work with this recruiter again.
Reputation metrics
Ghosting rate
0%
Avg response time
10d
Salary transparency
3.5
Professionalism
4.5
Interview quality
3.5
Job accuracy
3.5
Follow-up rate
100%
Would work with again
100%
Based on 2 published reviews. Low confidence sample. High: 10+ reviews, medium: 3 to 9, low: fewer than 3.
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2 Candidate Reviews
Cloud Engineer
OfferDetailed reviewAnonymous candidate · 5/28/2026 · Would recommend
Latest stage: Offer · 5 timeline steps
James helped navigate RBC's internal level codes which make no sense from the outside. Explained pension vs. base tradeoffs without being pushy about accepting. Hybrid policy questions got forwarded to HR quickly. Solid experience for a big bank recruiter — felt like he actually wanted to fill the role, not just collect resumes.
Java Developer
RejectedDetailed reviewAnonymous candidate · 5/13/2026 · Would recommend
Latest stage: Rejected · 4 timeline steps
Bank recruiting moves slow — James set expectations on that upfront which helped. Process took six weeks for three rounds, very Canadian banking pace. He was courteous and followed up after rejection. Feedback was vague though ("cultural fit") which is pretty typical for banks. Not bad, not standout.