Easy Interview – Overall Positive Experience – Yes, and I accepted – Tue, 4 Nov 2014
Interviewed null -1(took 14 days)
Interview process was great compared to other firms I interviewed with. Had first round interviews through University career services.
Two 30 minute interviews: 1 behavioral and 1 case
- They had a nice greeting team that made you feel very relaxed.
- Behavioral: relatively straight forward. Asked questions you would expect tailored to problem solving, team work, and leadership.
- The interviewer was very friendly and you could really be yourself while answering questions.
- I was very relaxed and felt like I was just having a conversation with the interviewer.
- Case Interview: Not very difficult if you can think critically and quickly. It's all about how well you solve problems and realize problems and can explain the cause and effects of solutions/issues
- The interview was stiff when I first began the interview. I was given the case, told I had 5 minutes to read the case, and asked when I was ready. It's important that you look at everything your given before diving into the case to get an overall picture of how the case will look. Taking notes will make your life much easier and just do an info dump as you go along. I finished reading the case and writing notes within a couple minutes. I started to analyze the problems and developed solutions. I told the interviewer I was good to go before the 5 minutes was up.
- The interviewer starting asking questions such as: what problems did I notice etc... He asked for solutions, and potential risks with not implementing solutions and leaving things how they were. In general, if you have some business sense, you will realize many of the inherent business risks associated with technology flaws. Think "bigger picture".
- As I started answering questions, the interviewer lightened up and became friendlier. Maybe because I was saying some good stuff?
- I was able to completely finish the case interview within 15-20 minutes so we had plenty of time for questions and general talk. The interviewer opened up a lot at this point and I asked a few questions and he seemed to really enjoy telling me the answer.
I had a really good impression of the firm and the position after the interviews and the interviews actually made me want this position more than the other positions I applied to.
I was invited to second round interviews and those went well.
- These were used to get to know you better and to see if you would be a good fit with the firm. Really be yourself and if you really want the position, they will see that. Just a couple behavioral interviews, nothing too stressful or hard. Make sure to get all of your questions answered during these interviews because this is pretty much your best bet to figure out if you will like the job or not.
I was so impressed with the second round interviews that it bumped this job and firm to the top of my list.
It goes to show, other firms could really learn something from them about the interview process. Sure many firms have the same format/idea but it's all in the execution. Maybe it has to do something with their parent company being Robert Half International.
Hope this was thorough enough for those who are looking now and in the future and want to prepare.
Interview Questions
two different manager assign tasks to you with expected completion dates. How do you handle this situation? (not too hard but hardest I was asked)
Answer Question
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview