I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at First Republic (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2013
Interview
I met with the current executive assistant, then with the director who I would have been supporting. The whole interview was about an hour. Atmosphere in entire office was professional and polite. They were friendly and didn't ask me too many hard questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past experience, specific examples of what I did previously in a support role
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at First Republic in Jan 2023
Interview
It was standard - phone screen, a few digital and then in person interviews. They hire people for their values and who they are as people, almost more than their experience (but need to meet qualifications).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why First Republic Bank? What of our values do you relate to most?
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME
I have gonna thru the process twice in the last few weeks. BOTH times I followed thru. Guess what? BOTH times they decided to put off hiring until next year and budget resources accordingly. The right hand literally doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. Get it together FRB!
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at First Republic
Interview
Very thorough interview process focused on ensuring candidates have extensive experience in the executive support function. They elaborated on having a full training process for new hires within the EA function.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you help triage requests from executive's direct reports?