HarperCollins interview questions
Updated Jun 5, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
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How others got an interview
- 10%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 3%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
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HarperCollins interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at HarperCollins as 65.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.79 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate Publisher and Social Media Director rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Email Marketing Manager and Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at HarperCollins takes an average of 22 days when considering 92 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Internship had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Associate Publisher roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at HarperCollins according to 92 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 12%
Background check: 6%
Skills test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Other: 1%
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