I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (London, England) in Aug 2024
Interview
Hire Vue interview is a recorded interview. You need to answer three questions; for each, you have 2 minutes to prep and 3 minutes to answer (roughly). You can use some prep time with example answers.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (London, England) in Feb 2022
Interview
Interview over Zoom with two team members. Questions ranged from competencies ("tell us about a time when...") to experience using certain marketing platforms, and about how I would work to build connections and communications throughout the firm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Outline why your experience makes you suitable for the role
Tell us about a campaign you've worked on
Tell us about a time where you had to work with someone you didn't get on with
Favourite book on our list
Describe what you think the role would look like on a daily basis
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Penguin Random House (London, England) in Apr 2019
Interview
I applied for the Marketing Executive role at Transworld, working on the crime lists online. I was invited for a video interview which was one of the worst experiences, as there is nobody to bounce off. I managed to get through to the first physical interview which was in their offices in Ealing.
The physical interview was fine in itself, however I was interviewed by 2 managers for 2 Executive positions, which made it complicated after they each said what they were looking for, so it was hard to tailor answers. I attempted to stick to the job description I'd applied for as much as possible. I did feel as though the job description was very lacking, as when I dug deeper and, based on their questions, I figured out that the experience they wanted was quite specific, and some of it wasn't listed in the initial description, making it difficult to prepare.