I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Indeed
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter via Linkedin and had a brief phone call with her several days after discussing my qualifications and experience. I was asked to send samples of my work. I then had a second interview with the communications manager I would be reporting to. She was very helpful and thorough in describing the role and what gaps needed to be filled in the current organization. I then explained my experience and how it related to the requirements of the role. I was then asked a somewhat vague question.... "How would you go about putting together a communications strategy and then measuring its success?" I explained this depends entirely on the target audience, the overall goal, etc. But I did provide a hypothetical scenario and explained tackling the process in that specific scenario. It would be much more helpful to see how a candidate thinks by asking them to come up with a strategy based on a specific issue.
I was then asked," What new innovation will you bring to our communications team?" I explained I would utilize the power of video in executive communications, etc.
I then followed up with the recruiter one week after the interview to inquire about the status, and she called me to explain that they they were going to more forward with other candidates. The recruiter did make an effort to explain to me why, which is appreciated. She told me that the manager thought I did not explain any of the projects I worked on, and that video is not innovative enough since its been around. Let me first say that the manager took half of the 30 minute call to explain the role and its creation ( which was very helpful). That left me 15 minutes to explain my experience, how it connects to the role, and then answer her questions. I spent the majority of those 15 minutes explaining, very specifically, all of the projects I created and launched successfully. She also had samples of my work, which I referenced throughout the call, multiple times. Regarding my answer to the innovation question, video communications is just starting to be utilized in many large corporations and while it is quite mainstream in our world today, using it INTERNALLY within an organization to communicate is not mainstream.
Basically, I was fed two excuses as to why I could not move forward. Maybe the fact I had twice the amount of experience as the manager interviewing me was an issue. I find it highly unprofessional that the interviewing manager provided this as feedback, very well knowing that it was a dishonest representation of our interview.
Indeed, I will be moving on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What new innovation will you bring to the communications team?
Callous, Unprofessional, uncourteous and uncouth, that's how their HR's are. Lack of courtesy and ignorance that's what defines their HR, don't even think of going for an interview. This company severely needs their HR overhauling.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Indeed (Austin, TX) in Sep 2017
Interview
Multiple phone calls, one Google Hangout with hiring manager and Onsite Interview. Most interviews were short no longer than 30 minutes. General Interview questions; what do you do now? , Give me an example of....
Onsite interview was rather unorganized, sat for 45 mins in interview room alone as no one changed schedule for interviewer on PTO. Situational exercise was given that was relatively easy. 2 campaigns with data were given and I had to inspect and give recommendations of optimizations.
All who interviewed me were friendly but the interviews were short, 30 mins. Many said, "Ok, we have 1 minute left what questions do you have for me?"
Overall was underwhelmed given the company reputation and a company who works in the employment industry.
Post onsite I asked to be removed from the hiring pool.