1. Video Call
2. Group Interview
3. Panel Interview (same day as the group interview)
Video call was a great experience and I made sure to ask important questions in order to not waste anyone's time. Once I got to the group interview, it was pretty clear that the "Key Account Manager" position that I had applied for, was actually the NEXT step after a "Success Representative" because they ONLY PROMOTE WITHIN. (that would have been helpful during my video call...)
I was called back for the panel interview and at this point, I was willing to sit down with them more intimately as I had many more questions following the group interview. When I asked all five of them about the actual role and if I would be a Key Account Manager, they kept going around actually answering the question. I could tell that they were playing a game and had been extremely dishonest from the beginning. All five employees on the panel would ask questions and then not listen to my answers... I was asked the same questions over and over again. Frustrating that the people who would potentially be my boss and team members could not use common social skills.
Upon leaving the interview, I was offered the job (formal letter to come a few days later) and the base salary was 20K lower than they had originally explained to me. WOW!
Overall this experience was a huge let down, but has sure shown me that companies can put on an amazing show, but their true values are poor and misleading. Good luck to anyone joining this company.
I did NOT accept the offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Meltwater (Paris) in Oct 2023
Interview
Hiring manager call On site interview with 4 people at the same time Final interview with VP 2nd round was by far the hardest with 2 Mock calls. Questions were quite pushy from Sales Director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Any recent news that could impact the business? Are you curious? What is the biggest hurdle in your career
I applied online. I interviewed at Meltwater (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2020
Interview
I applied via LinkedIn and received an email from the TA Manager about 2 weeks later for a phone screening. It was standard screening with the basic questions asked, and she advised the next round would be a conversation with the Sales Director.
The call with the Sales Director was solid; again, standard questions about my experience and he explained more about Meltwater and why they were expanding the team. He said they were screening candidates for a final round group interview for the following Wednesday and invited me to the session.
I received an email with more information on the group interview which included a presentation prompt that we needed to complete in 48 hours and a link to a NYT article that we were to discuss during the session.
The group interview started promptly at 8:30am and included myself, 9 other candidates and 5 Meltwater employees (all from the sales team). It was a 3.5 hour session, which consisted of learning more about Meltwater, introducing ourselves, and working in teams to discuss the NYT article and present recommendations to the team. The session ended with a last-minute task; a 1-minute "quick sell" on something that we were passionate about. At the end of the session, we were asked to provide our contact info, and that they would call us within the hour with an update on who would make it to the *final* round, a 1:1 interview session that afternoon with the team.
The final round with the team was fine, if a little ill-paced. I was asked to do a quick cold-call with one of the reps based on a prompt that I was just receiving and we talked more about what I wanted for my future. I didn't get an offer as they were looking for candidates who were more eager to jump into management much quicker.
