I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Internet Brands (Springfield, MA) in Jul 2014
Interview
Phone interview with a recruiter and then in person with the office. Was very simple and straightforward but the phone process was a bit complicated with multiple people calling me and asking me the same questions over and over again. They seemed very disorganized trying to coordinate everything. The IB recruiter didn't even know my future boss' name.
I applied online. I interviewed at Internet Brands
Interview
The whole process from start to finish took about 1.5 weeks - very quick. It was a phone screen with a recruiter, and then 3 1:1 interviews, 2 with team members and 1 with the manager of the position.
Questions weren't too hard, mainly asked about my past school and job experience.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Internet Brands (El Segundo, CA) in Mar 2017
Interview
Hands down the most unprofessional interview process of my life. I was offered job, asked for a start date, and told they were moving forward with hiring process. Then on the day I expected to get my final offer letter, they told me they changed their mind. Unbelievable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was the proposed new team member of the Demand Force site taking on the position as Marketing Coordinator.
I worked with the recruitment team over a 4-week span. I took an entire non-paid day off of work to partake in a 3 hour interview process with the marketing and recruiting team. After this, I was asked to complete a case study as one of the finalists which took over 5 hours to complete. A few days later I was told that the team was "moving forward with the hiring process." After a conversation with the hiring team, I was told that after confirming my background check and two references, I would be sent an offer letter. I passed my background check and received glowing reviews from both of my references and I was asked when my best day to start would be and that the offer letter should be finalized by the end of the week.
Naturally, as anyone I know would, I began celebrating with family, friends, and co-workers who were excited for me to move onto the next step in my career. My boyfriend, who was so excited for our trip, brought me to Disneyland as a gift for being hired onto a dream job. I was felt to feel so confident that I had secured the position, I even almost put in my two weeks early last week.
Excited to review my official notice of employment, I instead got a devastating call that left me so upset I had to leave work in the middle of the day. While I was picked to take on a position just a week prior, I now was being told that I was unqualified for the position according to the upper management.
I understand that there is nothing that can be done now to fix what has happened. However, this message is to explain how severely disappointed I am in the hiring process with this company. The lack of communication between the recruiting team and the upper management team is something that I nor anyone else I have told this story has heard of before. I will move on from this situation with gratitude, because I would never want to work for a company that has this big of a disparity in what they are even looking for in a candidate.
First, I had a 30 minute phone interview with the recruiter. Next, I was called for an in-person interview. Met with the same recruiter from the phone interview, who was very accommodating and helpful. Met with the Director of Marketing of the branch for which I was interviewing. Again, a very relaxed, conversational interview experience. Overall, a pleasant and informative interview.
