I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at American Cancer Society (Southfield, MI) in Oct 2014
Interview
Online questionairre and 45-60 minute phone interview. Basically a personality test online and a "What would you do?" on a very lengthy phone interview where questions are read, dryly, in a robotic voice, with no further explanation. The interviewer and the recruiter are in two different states and had time zone issues. Therefore, they had major communication breakdowns. So one had my interview scheduled for 10am and one had it schefuled for 11am. Neither one apologized for the mix up and kept calling and emailing me mixed messages about the time mix up. I felt both blamed me for their communication breakdown issues. It was as if I lost the job before I even had the chance based on the interview time mix-up they had between the two of them that I was caught up in the middle. Most annoying interview process, ever. Adding insult to injury no one even bothered to take the time to email me a rejection and thanks for applying but... They just simply blew me off!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you do with a volunteer who is exceeding all goals and expectations?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at American Cancer Society
Interview
The hiring process was very efficient.
1) Completed Online application
2) Received an email to arrange a phone interview
3) Completed phone interview
4) Received phone call within 2 days to arrange in person interview for the following week
5) In person interview
6) Received job offer within 2 days
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a situation in which you had to deal with a difficult volunteer.
I applied online. I interviewed at American Cancer Society
Interview
I applied online and about 3 weeks later I received a request to set up a phone interview. The interview was with someone in HR that did not work at the location I was interviewing for. She gave me more information about the position and asked me a few questions like when I would be available to start, my ability to work evenings and weekends, and other questions specific to being able to fulfill basic job responsibilities. I applied for a position that was out of state and she told me that they don't like to hire people that aren't from the area that the position is in and that I would be better off applying in my own state. She then asked me if I was ready to begin the scripted questions. She read these questions like a robot to the extent that they were difficult to understand because her inflection didn't make sense. It was like listening to Siri. They were all what would you do if... questions that were specific to circumstances you might face in the position. Some were very easy, while others were more difficult because there wasn't enough information in the question to make a judgment call. After the scripted questions I was able to ask any questions I had and told that I would hear back whether I moved forward or not. I got a generic email a week later saying that the position had been filled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you apply for this position?
Why the ACS?
Tell me about your experience working with volunteers.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at American Cancer Society
Interview
I applied online, received an email the next day asking me to complete a questionnaire, within 4 hours had another email asking to set up a phone interview. The phone interview lasted over an hour, the person interviewing me sounded like a robot and read off the wrong prompt for the first 30 minutes of the interview because she was confused about what position I even applied for. Very impersonal, after the interview I was no longer interested in the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions based off of finances, which were not mentioned in anything I had researched about the job prior to the interview
Specialist, Relay for Life applicants have rated the interview process at American Cancer Society with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Specialist, Relay for Life roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at American Cancer Society overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at American Cancer Society as a Specialist, Relay for Life according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
Group panel interview: 19%
One on one interview: 17%
Background check: 15%
Personality test: 8%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Skills test: 4%
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