I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Weber Shandwick in Jan 2015
Interview
I filled out my application and submitted my resume and cover letter through the company website. It helped that I also sent my resume to an employee I knew internally so she could flag it to HR. When I heard back, I was brought in for an interview with my potential manager, and also conducted interviews with several other teammates on the same day. I was very persistent in my email follow up after the interviews, which paid off.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about a specific marketing or PR project that you worked on and how you contributed to its success.
It was a tougher interview than I expected. Tough writing test. Interviewers were very nice. Culture seemed great. Very similar to other PR firms. Nice interviewers. Two team members interviewed me.
Got an email from an in-house recruiter to hop on a call. The call was pretty casual. Then went in for an interview with two Vice Presidents, both of whom seemed disengaged, unprepared, and curt. Neither of them reviewed my resume beforehand, and both were making up questions on the spot. I felt rude and disrespected. They also ghosted me after the interview.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Weber Shandwick (New York, NY) in Aug 2015
Interview
I reach out to a recruiter via Linkedin about my interest in the AAE position. I was emailed by HR few weeks after I made initial contact. I then had a phone interview with HR. A week later I came in for a in person interview. I met with 3 people from each team on different levels. It was very fast. 30 mins for each person. I tried to give the as much information about me as I could and I tried to ask them a lot of questions. At the end if the interview I met with HR who told me the next steps would be a writing test. I was never sent the writing test so I knew I did not get the position. Overall it was a little unorganized, but efficient.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In a situation you cannot finish a product or ask help from you team. What do you do? (This was a really hard question)