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- 10%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%RecruiterRecruiter
- 3%OtherOther
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
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- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Penguin Random House as 58.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.86 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Design and Marketing Specialist rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate Product Manager and Data Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Penguin Random House takes an average of 24 days when considering 276 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 Assistant Editor had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas SummerProgram roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Penguin Random House according to 276 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 29%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 4%
Other: 2%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Editorial Assistant(50) ;
- Editor(33) ;
- Intern(29) ;
- Editorial Intern(25) ;
- Designer(21) ;
- Publicity Assistant(21) ;
- Marketing Assistant(20) ;
- Publicity Intern(15) ;
- Assistant Editor(13) ;
- Director(13) ;
- Senior Designer(13) ;
- Manager(12) ;
- Graphic Designer(11) ;
- Marketing Coordinator(11) ;
- Author(10) .
