Indeed Associate Country Manager interview questions

Initially I received an email to schedule a writing exercise that was composed of 4 questions and I had 1 hour to complete. These were the four questions: Question 1 – Answer in English We recently launched Indeed Tanzania and want to reach out to influential bloggers. Please write a brief email to one of these bloggers (no more than two paragraphs) introducing Indeed and summarizing our product and highlighting Indeed’s key strengths. Question 2 – Translate into (different language) Please translate the “Guidelines for Inclusion on Indeed” found below into xxxxx. Only include paid, current jobs directly posted to your job board by authorized company representatives. Include complete data for the job including company name, location, job title and complete job description. Job seekers should be able to view the entire job description without requiring a login and there should be no charge to apply to jobs. Respect job seekers' privacy and confidential information. Sites that offer free posting, or sites that "crawl" or redistribute jobs from other sites will not be included. Your site should include a clear contact page with a physical address, must not employ excessive or fraudulent advertising, and must demonstrate an appropriate level of organic traffic relative to job count. Indeed reserves the right to remove from its index any site that fails to adhere to these guidelines or results in excessive user complaints or spam. Question 3 – Answer in English How is Indeed different from a job board e.g. Monster, CareerBuilder? Question 4 – Answer in xxxxx Write a brief follow up email to xxxx around why you feel you are suited to this position at Indeed. Three days later I received an email to schedule a phone interview. The interview lasted almost 45min and she asked me several questions about ways to improve the products offered by indeed or new areas that I could think they could invest. These were some of the questions they asked me: Why did you apply to work for Indeed? Tell about your professional experience? Are you willing to relocate? Salary expectations What were you doing during this period ? were you unemployed? Interview went great she was very nice and supportive during the interview but never received any contact from HR again, not even an email saying they decided to go with a different candidate.This is extremely frustrating, not knowing. Even a simple rejection form letter will do. We put so much time and effort on those interviews for nothing. Honestly a company that functions with no regards with their candidates might do the same with their employees keep your eyes open!

This company's practices were an insult to my intelligence. I was contacted to schedule testing one night for a position that had been open for more than thirty days. (Yes, the email was sent at night.) I responded with time preferences and received an email the next morning (shortly after the start of business hours) that said they had received a lot of applications from more qualified applicants in the meantime. I responded because that obviously didn't happen. In return, I was told that the recruiter who sent that email was not in the same office as the position and had no responsibility for filling the position, and therefore they still were interested in keeping my candidacy going. They also said they were "investigating" how the rejection was sent. I tested the next week; hours before my test started, they re-advertised the position. I took the test anyway, not expecting anything to come from it. The test itself was not as advertised. What was advertised was four questions that would test my foreign language skills. It turned out to be two items in English (testing my knowledge of the company and its products), one writing exercise in the foreign language, and a translation. Only one of the "questions' was a question. And did I mention that the test sheet had a couple of grammar errors on it? If you're testing my writing, please show me that you have enough knowledge of writing to compose something correctly without the stringent time limit that is placed on test-takers. I hope they have a good writer evaluating these tests. The expected rejection letter came a few days later and it contained more writing issues. I responded to ask for feedback and was told that none could be given, "as you expected," an expectation I had never expressed. I did apply for a second job there right after receiving the final rejection just because I qualified for it and like the company's product (and need a job). Indeed runs a good website, but its HR practices are among the worst I've come across.